元

fourth dimension; four dimensions; 4D

to leave home; to leave one's parental roof; to leave the nest; to go out on one's own

banker (gambling); bookmaker; person who runs a gambling den; person who rents out space for gambling and charges commission

manager; boss

Computing

originator

Go (game)

tengen; central black dot on a go board; center of the board

Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)

Go (game)

Tengen (professional title)

manufacturer; maker

15th day of the 7th lunar month; (last day of) Bon lantern festival

mid-year gift; summer gift; Bon Festival gifts

identification; background check; identity confirmation

to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin

mid-year gift; summer gift

guarantor; surety; person responsible for another's behavior

giving something a try because it will not do any harm

commander-in-chief; generalissimo

dualism

brewery (sake, soy); brewer

Archaic

warehouse overseer

original home; birthplace; originator

low-level; trivial; coarse; vulgar

Mathematics

low-dimension

local residents

Proverb

words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it

place where fire is likely to break out; possible cause of a fire

pluralism; diversity

change of era

multidimensional

Colloquial

identity or background check (often to see if someone is a burakumin)