Nounone leaf (of a book bound in Japanese style) · one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant) · one long and narrow thing (e.g. a gun, scissors, spade, hoe, inkstick, palanquin, candle, jinrikisha, shamisen, oar)

Nounkitchen knife · cooking; food

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbbinding (of a book) · design (of a book cover)

Nounskillfulness

Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)eloquence; cleverness in speaking

Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounboth eloquent and skilled

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Nounboth eloquent and skilled

Countercounter for long and narrow things (e.g. guns, spades, hoes, oars, ink sticks, candles, abacuses, kitchen knives, scissors, shamisen, violins); counter for palanquins, rickshaws, and similar vehicles

Countercounter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding) · counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant · even number

Nounfourth rank; fourth class; fourth party (in a contract, etc.) · fourth sign of the Chinese calendar · Denmark

Nounladder

Nounservant; janitor; messenger

Nounstable boy; stable hand; groom

Nounsymbol; sign; mark · (secret) price mark · secret language; code; cipher; argot; password

Nounmissing page

Nounincorrect collating; pages out of order

Adverb (fukushi), Adverb taking the 'to' particle(sound of) hitting repeatedly; pummelling; clashing; clacking; clicking (e.g. of go stones)

Nounbystreet; side street; back street; alley; lane

Noungardener

Nounyouth; young man who has reached adulthood (conscription age)

Nouncourt attendant

Nounperson who carries a palanquin; palanquin bearer

Nounman in good health between 21 and 60 years of age to whom applied various corvee and taxes (under the ritsuryō system)

Nounquire (bookbinding); gathering; section; signature

Nounman between 61 and 65 (ritsuryō system)

Nounold and lightly handicapped men (ritsuryō system)

Nounmen pressed into forced labor (ritsuryō system) · palanquin bearer (Edo period)

Nounmen 17-20 years, subject to a quarter of the obligations of older men (ritsuryō system)

Nounyoung man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training · man with no title and no rank (under the ritsuryō system); commoner · servant dressed in a white uniform who carries objects for his master

Nountowns and villages (official urban area classification)

Nouneight (in mekuri karuta) · third-rank prostitute in the Kyoto red-light districts

Nounsignature; print signature

Adverb taking the 'to' particle, Taru adjectivewith a chopping sound (of an axe); with a thump (when hammering a post into the ground)

Nounassistant to a prison warden; jailer

Nounvoluble; eloquent

NounJapanese-style kitchen knife (esp. with single-beveled blade)

NounWestern-style kitchen knife (esp. with double-beveled blade)

Nountuna knife

Nounstone harvesting knife; stone knife

NounArgentina

Nountailor's knife

Nounsashimi knife

Nounbroad-bladed kitchen knife (for dressing fish); deba knife

Nounhalf-leather binding

NounA, B, C and D; first, second, third and fourth

Nounone cake of bean curd

Nounkitchen knife for sashimi

Nounall-purpose kitchen knife; santoku knife

Noun(light) scoring (in cooking)