foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature
backing paper (for a photo, painting, etc.); mat; mount
spoiled; spoilt; ruined; wasted (chance, etc.); messed up; destroyed
to spoil; to ruin; to destroy; to make a mess of
to come to nothing; to be spoiled; to be spoilt
account book; ledger; register; script (of a play); libretto; scenario
wife of a shogun or a highest-ranking nobleman
lighthouse; old-fashioned interior light fixture comprising a wooden pole with an oil-filled dish and a wick atop it
low dining table; tea table
dining table; (arch.) cooked rice
(truck) load-carrying tray; (bicycle) luggage carrier; roof rack
plateau; tableland; eminence
(playground) slide; (ship) launching platform; sliding ways; slipway
viewing platform; observation deck; observation platform
your honor (honour); his (or her) honor (honour)
laboratory testing bench; laboratory table; subject of an experiment; (human) guinea pig
practice kit; practice board; practice partner; training partner
(major) mark; level; barrier; 100-yen unit (stock market)
Tendai sect (of Buddhism)
lotus-shaped pedestal for images of the Buddha; river palanquin; river litter (vehicle)
lookout platform; viewing platform; observation tower; viewpoint; overlook
(spoken) line (in a play, film, comic, etc.); one's lines; comment; remark; stock phrase; set phrase
script; libretto; scenario
high ground; elevation; hill; plateau
low dining table; tea table
platform truck; hand truck; trolley; truck; bogie
(beheading) block; guillotine; scaffold
kitchen table; kitchen counter; working surface
watchtower; watch tower; lookout tower
attendant's booth (in a bathhouse changing room); door-keeper's stand; watcher's seat
witness stand; witness box
oval tub or tray used in fish shops
observation platform; lookout platform
number of large objects such as cars, computers, etc.
step in a Japanese entranceway
victory stand; winners' podium
table tennis table; ping-pong table
balance beam (in gymnastics)
examination table (at a doctor's office)
clothes-drying platform; place for drying laundry
Censorate (Later Han and Song dynasty surveillance agency)
chopping block; springboard for discussion; draft proposal; tentative plan
Balcony of Appearances; balcony where the imperial family appears before the public; (sports) interview platform; winner's platform; dancing platform (in a disco)
stand where captured shogi pieces are placed
ski jump; jump ramp (skateboarding, BMX, etc.); launch ramp; wedge ramp
gas range; gas burner; gas ring; gas cooker; gas cooktop
TV stand; TV table; TV unit
opposing arcade machines wired together (for two-player games)
meteorological observatory
display stand; exhibition table
(childbirth) delivery table; birthing table
telephone table; telephone stand
starting block (in swimming); starting box
(telephone) switchboard; switchboard operator
table for memorial flowers; table for laying flowers (after someone's death)
lofty building; tall building
rectangular flower pot; stone pedestal
bedside cabinet (in a hospital, nursing home, etc.); bedside table
outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)
fire pit; outdoor brazier; bonfire stand
fishing stand; small portable stand that can be assembled quickly; stand used to transport people or things (Edo period)
Olympic cauldron; Olympic flame platform
platform on which the decapitated head of a criminal was displayed
building berth (for ships); stocks; slipway
stand; base; platform; holder; rest
queen cell (of a beehive); royal cell
ornament representing the Isle of Eternal Youth
curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)
cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk
new type of machine (esp. a pachinko or slot machine)
oblong stand for trays of food; weighing table
bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on
window-sill; window-ledge
drainboard; draining board
wash stand; wash basin; sink
free seat (e.g. a park bench)
free seat (e.g. a park bench)
in-store video game installation (for customer trials)
turntable; revolving plate; rotating platform; rotary table
training partner; training hall (esp. one made of wooden planks and used for dancing practice)
altar, stand or table for burning incense
draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)
platform scales; weighing platform
stand for tea bowls (tea ceremony)
Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871); Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryō system)
exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala; platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern
braiding stand with a circular top
(Japanese) Darby and Joan dolls
dressmaker's dummy; dress form; mannequin
marine meteorological observatory
truncated cone; frustum of a cone
to be fired; to be decapitated
billiard table; pool table
a rise above a certain level (of a stock price, etc.)
table for filling out a form (in a city hall, voting booth, etc.)
(Chinese) television station
plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes
counter in a sushi restaurant
lotus seat (under Buddhist statues); lotus base
bagging table (at a supermarket, etc.); bagging area
punching an arcade cabinet (in frustration)
honorific used in company correspondence
stool (stood on to reach high objects); stock (in grafting)
terminal block (electrical)
very large float used to carry taiko at festivals
wooden plane with a convex base curved in the cutting direction
copy holder; stand for holding papers during typing, etc.; glass part of a scanner, copier, etc.
a fall below a certain level (of a stock price, etc.)
panoramic viewing platform
food set out on a stand; gift placed on a stand; (arch.) food brought on a large stand to a brothel by a red-light district caterer
wave-cut platform; abrasion platform; coastal bench
frustum (of a cone or pyramid)
coppicing-like technique used with cedar trees
free stock (in grafting); compatible rootstock
gambling table; gaming table
spherical segment; segment of a sphere
dado (part of a pedestal between the base and the cornice)
serving table (for meals); serving stand
director (of an observatory)
coachman's seat; driver's seat (on a carriage)
observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc.; astronomical expert; place where the soul is located
caterer in a red-light district
Sakuradai Station (Tokyo)