adverb:

• to the last; persistency; thoroughness

adverb:

• to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost
• after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply

expression:

• to the end; to the last

noun / ~する noun:

• defending to the last; defending desperately

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fight to the last (death)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn everything into a joke; to continue joking to the last

expression:

• don't despair because you're the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure - proverb

expression:

• the husband is always the last to know; everyone knows of the wife's infidelity but the cuckolded husband - idiom

noun:

• paper-covered frame put over a hearth or brazier to make the fire last longer

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to perform the last rites over the deceased
• to give someone their final notice (e.g. when firing them); to give someone the final word

expression:

• as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day) ➜ 声を限りに

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to conclude a dance; to dance the last dance

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

noun:

• Premium Friday; government-backed campaign to allow workers to go home early the last Friday of the month - From English

expression / noun:

• tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to rush in (at the last minute); to stampede

noun:

• Last Judgment (judgment of mankind to take place when the world ends, according to various religious traditions)

noun:

• rite seeing off the gods on their way to Izumo Shrine (held on the last night of the ninth lunar month and first night of the tenth lunar month) ➜ 神迎え
• exorcism

expression / noun:

• the last remaining piece (which people are reluctant to take for themselves) - Ōsaka dialect

noun:

• the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies (of which the last resort was said to be beating a retreat) - four character idiom

noun:

• last day of winter in the traditional Japanese calendar (usually February 3 or 4); holiday for end of winter (accompanied by a bean scattering ceremony)
• last day of any season (according to the traditional Japanese calendar) - original meaning