1. The Rat (first sign of the Chinese zodiac)

2. Hour of the Rat (around midnight, 11pm to 1am, or 12 midnight to 2am) obsolete term. See also 子の刻.

3. North obsolete term.

4. Eleventh month of the lunar calendar obsolete term.

1. Root (of a plant)

2. Root (of a tooth, hair, etc.); Center (of a pimple, etc.)

3. Root (of all evil, etc.); Source; Origin; Cause; Basis

4. One's true nature

5. (fishing) reef

1. Price; Cost

2. Value; Worth; Merit

1. Right?; Don't you think

2. Hey; Come on; Listen

1. Sleep

1. Year See also 年に一度.

2. Counter for years (e.g. of an era), grades (e.g. school)

3. Period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years) abbreviation. See also 年季.

1. Sound; Noise; Report

2. Note

3. Fame Only applies to おと.

4. Chinese-derived character reading See also 訓. Only applies to おん.

1. To lie down

2. To go to bed; To lie in bed

3. To sleep (lying down) See also 眠る.

4. To sleep (with someone, i.e. have intercourse)

5. To lie idle

1. Welsh onion (Allium fistulosum); Green onion; Spring onion word usually written using kana alone.

1. To aim at

2. To be after (something); To have an eye on

1. (period of) a year

2. During an era

1. Cat (esp. the domestic cat, Felis catus)

2. Shamisen

3. Geisha

4. Wheelbarrow abbreviation. See also 猫車.

5. Clay bed-warmer abbreviation. See also 猫火鉢.

6. Bottom; Submissive partner of a homosexual relationship word usually written using kana alone.colloquialism.

1. Indicates emphasis

1. To sleep (not necessarily lying down) See also 寝る.

2. To die

3. To lie idle (e.g. of resources); To be dormant; To be unused Only applies to ねむる.

4. To close one's eyes archaism.

1. To desire; To wish; To hope

2. To beg; To request; To implore; To pray

3. To have something done for oneself

1. Age; Era; Period; Date

1. Older sister; Elder sister honorific or respectful (sonkeigo) language.

2. Young lady

3. Miss

4. Ma'am

1. Material (for a story, article, etc.); Information; News item See also 種.

2. Joke; Jest; (comedy) routine; Made-up story

3. Proof; Evidence

4. (magician's) trick; Secret

5. Ingredients

6. (Internet) meme slang.

1. Aim

1. Heat

2. Fever; Temperature

3. Zeal; Passion; Enthusiasm; Mania; Craze; Rage