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一色いっしょくisshoku

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

  • one color
  • one kind
  • one tendency, being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.
同人どうじんdoujin

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

  • same person
  • said person, the person in question
  • coterie, clique, fraternity, kindred spirits, comrade, colleague
  • dōjin, doujin, Japanese fans or hobbyists who produce their own magazines, manga, software, etc.
こうじkouji

popular  obsolete reading  noun  noun (generic) 

  • kōji, malted rice, malt, malt-like material from growing mold on rice, barley, beans, etc. (used as a starter to make sake, miso, soy sauce, etc.)
gu

popular  noun  noun (generic)  counter 

  • tool, means
  • ingredients (added to soup, rice, etc.)
  • counter for sets of armor, utensils, furniture, etc.
館内かんないkannai

popular  noun  noun (generic)  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic) 

  • inside a library, museum, cinema, etc., on the premises
聖地せいちseichi

popular  noun  noun (generic)  slang 

  • sacred place, holy ground, the Holy Land
  • real-life location used as a setting in a novel, film, anime, etc.
安価あんかanka

popular  な adjective  adjective (generic)  noun  noun (generic)  Internet slang 

  • low-priced, cheap, inexpensive
  • shallow (e.g. sympathy), superficial, cheap (e.g. government)
  • link back to discussion group, bulletin board, etc. posting
御所ごしょgosho

popular  noun  noun (generic)  honorific language 

  • imperial palace (esp. Kyoto Imperial Palace), imperial residence, residence of a shogun, minister, etc.
  • emperor, ex-emperor, empress, imperial prince, shogun, minister
字詰めじづめjizume

popular  noun  noun (generic) 

  • number of characters per line, page, etc.
呼び出しよびだしyobidashi

popular  irregular okurigana  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  computing  sumo  abbreviation  archaic 

  • call, summons, paging, curtain call
  • call, invocation
  • usher who calls the names of wrestlers, sweeps the ring, etc.
  • telephone number at which a person without a telephone can be reached
  • box-shaped area containing clean water for rinsing oneself (in an Edo-period bathhouse)
  • high-ranking prostitute in the Yoshiwara district (Edo period)
  • unlicensed prostitute in the Fukagawa red-light district (Edo period)

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