noun

1. starting (e.g. of an engine); engaging (e.g. of a lock)
2. expenses; costs
3. Go attack (esp. a corner approach) (esp. カカリ)
4. barb (of a fish hook)
5. charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk (esp. for government offices, railways, etc.)

suffix

1. taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.)
2. similar to ...
3. dependent on ...; reliant on ...
4. while ...; when ...; in the midst of ... (after the -masu stem of a verb)