Nounarmor; armour

Nounhelmet (of a warrior); headpiece

Nouncarapace; shell · 1st in rank; grade A · instep; back of hand

Nounfirst and second; A and B · superiority and (or) inferiority; distinction (in quality); discernment; discrimination

NounA-grade; first-class

Nounresult (that makes an act worthwhile); worth (in doing something); value; effect; use; benefit; avail

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbarmoring; armouring; armor; armour

Noundeck (of a ship)

Nounthyroid (gland)

NounKoshien Stadium (baseball park in Nishinomiya, Hyōgo Prefecture) · National High School Baseball Tournament (held annually in August at Koshien Stadium); Summer Koshien · National High School Baseball Invitational Tournament (held annually in March at Koshien Stadium); Spring Koshien

Nounreason for living; something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être; ikigai

Nounvalue in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction

Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no', Na-adjective (keiyodoshi), Noun(feet) with a high instep; having a high instep · shoes or socks with a high instep

I-adjective (keiyoushi)worthless; pointless; useless

I-adjective (keiyoushi)good-for-nothing; spineless; gutless; spiritless; feckless; pluckless; cowardly; tame; timid; pathetic; pitiful; disappointing; shameful; useless; worthless

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)useless; in vain

I-adjective (keiyoushi)brisk and efficient; diligent; devoted; spirited

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)unbecoming; unsuitable; disgraceful; wrong for one's age; unworthy of one's years; thoughtless for one's age

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.), I-adjective (keiyoushi)difficult to say which of the two is better; hard to tell which is better; (there is) little to choose between them

Nountreble range (in Japanese music); high note

Nounfirst sign of the Chinese calendar

Noun60th birthday; age of 60

Nouncrust-like shell

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'armour (e.g. tank); armor

Nountortoiseshell; tortoise shell · tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern · tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'carapace; shell; crust

Nounarmored cruiser; armoured cruiser

Nounsharp high voice

Nounarmored warrior; armoured warrior

Noun, Noun which may take the genitive case particle 'no'armor; armour; armor plate; armour plate

Nounarms; war; armed warrior

Nounfirst division of the night (approx. 7pm to 9pm)

Nounshell (of a crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; plastron · (person's) back · years of experience

Nounarmor and helmet

Nounall-A (student)

Nounrhinoceros beetle (esp. the Japanese rhinoceros beetle, Trypoxylus dichotomus)

Nounbeetle

Nounposition on the fingerboard (of a shamisen, koto, etc.) · vital point; crux

NounWood Rat (1st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1924, 1984, 2044)

Nounhorseshoe crab

Nounsea air; sea breeze · ocean and atmosphere · type of yarn-dyed silk goods

Nouncovering for the back of the hand and wrist

Nounaconite (esp. species Aconitum japonicum); wolfsbane; monkshood · traditional bugaku hat

Noundark sleeper (species of sleeper goby, Odontobutis obscura)

Nouniron armor (armour); iron helmet

Nounsternum; breastplate; plastron

Nountype of astrology

NounWood Horse (31st term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1954, 2014, 2074)

NounWood Dog (11th term of the sexagenary cycle, e.g. 1934, 1994, 2054)