| お邪魔虫;御邪魔虫 | [おじゃまむし, ojamamushi] (n) someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel |
| 一丁 | [いっちょう, icchou] (n) (1) one sheet; one page; one leaf; (2) one block of tofu; one serving (in a restaurant); (3) (also written as 一挺, 一梃) one long and narrow thing (e.g. guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.); (4) one cho (unit of distance, 109.09 m); (5) one game; one task; (n-adv) (6) well then; come then; (P) |
| 一挙両全 | [いっきょりょうぜん, ikkyoryouzen] (n) killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends |
| 一挙両得 | [いっきょりょうとく, ikkyoryoutoku] (n) killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends |
| 会社勤め | [かいしゃづとめ, kaishadutome] (n) serving in a company |
| 供僧 | [ぐそう, gusou] (n) (1) (abbr) (See 供奉僧・1) monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; (2) Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine |
| 供奉 | [ぐぶ, gubu] (n,vs) (1) accompanying; being in attendance on; (n) (2) (abbr) (See 内供奉) inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall) |
| 供奉僧 | [ぐぶそう, gubusou] (n) (1) monk who attends to the principal image of a temple; (2) Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine |
| 別当 | [べっとう, bettou] (n) (1) groom; footman; stableman; equerry; (2) steward; intendant; (3) (arch) head of an institution, edp. religious; head of one institution serving also as the head of another |
| 取り箸 | [とりばし, toribashi] (n) (See 取り皿) chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish |
| 向付け;向付 | [むこうづけ, mukouduke] (n) (1) (See 懐石・2) dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes (not rice or soup) at a banquet; (2) resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt (sumo) |
| 塩梅 | [えんばい, enbai] (n) (1) (arch) (originally, esp. salt and plum vinegar) seasoning; flavour; flavor; (2) (arch) serving one's lord well (of a retainer) |
| 妾奉公;めかけ奉公 | [めかけぼうこう, mekakeboukou] (n,vs) serving as a concubine |
| 御綱柏 | [みつながしわ;みつなかしわ, mitsunagashiwa ; mitsunakashiwa] (n) (1) (See 大谷渡) Asplenium antiquum (species of spleenwort); (2) (See 隠れ蓑) Dendropanax trifidus (species of flowering plant); (3) (See 三角柏) leaves used for serving or offering sake, rice, etc. |
| 接待(P);摂待 | [せったい, settai] (n,vs) (1) reception; welcome; serving (food); (2) wining and dining; business entertainment; corporate entertainment; entertaining politicians; (P) |
| 替え玉(P);替玉 | [かえだま, kaedama] (n) (1) substitute; double; (2) second serving (ball) of noodles (to add to previously purchased ramen); (P) |
| 武家奉公 | [ぶけぼうこう, bukeboukou] (n) service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet, chambermaid, etc.) |
| 湯桶 | [ゆとう, yutou] (n) (See 湯桶読み) pail-like wooden container typically lacquered in Japanese style, used for holding and serving hot liquids |
| 給仕 | [きゅうじ, kyuuji] (n,vs) (1) waiting on a table; serving (at dinner); (n) (2) waiter; waitress; waitperson; server; cabin boy; bellboy; page; pageboy; (3) office boy; office girl |
| 膳 | [ぜん, zen] (n) (1) small dining table (usu. for a single person); serving tray (with legs); (2) (See 御膳) meal; food; serving; (ctr) (3) counter for bowlfuls of rice; counter for pairs of chopsticks; (P) |
| 膳越し | [ぜんごし, zengoshi] (n) rudely reaching over one's serving tray to grab food behind it with one's chopsticks |
| 菜箸 | [さいばし, saibashi] (n) cooking or serving chopsticks |
| 薬味皿 | [やくみざら, yakumizara] (n) plate for compounding condiments; small dish for serving condiments |
| 飲食店 | [いんしょくてん, inshokuten] (n) restaurant; shops serving food and drink; (P) |
| 首相兼外相 | [しゅしょうけんがいしょう, shushoukengaishou] (n) Prime Minister also serving as Foreign Minister |
| 駄目 | [だめ(P);ダメ, dame (P); dame] (adj-na,n) (1) (uk) no good; not serving its purpose; useless; broken; (2) (uk) hopeless; wasted; in vain; purposeless; (3) (uk) cannot; must not; not allowed; (P) |
| アルコール漬け;アルコール漬 | [アルコールづけ, aruko-ru duke] (n) (1) preserving in alcohol; (2) pickling one's liver; drinking incessantly; being a souse |
| 丁 | [てい;ひのと, tei ; hinoto] (ctr) (1) counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.; (2) counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; (3) (See 挺) counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; (n) (4) (See 半・はん・3) even number; (5) (See 町・3) 109.09 m |
| 保安処分 | [ほあんしょぶん, hoanshobun] (n) measures preserving law and order |
| 塩蔵 | [えんぞう, enzou] (n) preserving in salt; salting down |
| 御都合主義;ご都合主義 | [ごつごうしゅぎ, gotsugoushugi] (n) opportunism; double standards; timeserving; expediency |
| 惜しい | [おしい, oshii] (adj-i) (1) regrettable; disappointing; (2) precious; dear; valuable; (3) too good for; deserving better; (4) almost but not quite; (P) |
| 戒行 | [かいぎょう, kaigyou] (n) {Buddh} observing the precepts (of Buddhism) |
| 批判材料 | [ひはんざいりょう, hihanzairyou] (n) elements deserving criticism; material used to criticize someone (something) |
| 構造保持 | [こうぞうほじ, kouzouhoji] (n) structure preserving |
| 注視 | [ちゅうし, chuushi] (n,vs,adj-no) gazing steadily at; observing (a person) closely; maintain a watch over |
| 燻煙 | [くんえん, kun'en] (n) smoking (esp. as a means of preserving food) |
| 留保 | [りゅうほ, ryuuho] (n,vs) reserving; withholding; (P) |
| 皿(P);盤 | [さら, sara] (n) (1) (See お皿) plate; dish; platter; disc; (n,n-suf,ctr) (2) serving; helping; course; (n) (3) kanji radical 108 (at the bottom); (P) |
| 砂糖漬け;砂糖漬 | [さとうづけ, satouduke] (n) preserving in sugar; food preserved in sugar |