noun:

• chips or shavings left after cutting wood or metal with a saw, etc.

noun:

• kanji "metal" or "gold" radical at left
• the metal industry

noun:

• metal rod; metal bar; iron rod; crowbar
• iron club; iron staff with rings on top (traditionally used by night watchmen)

noun:

• consent or refusal; yes or no; decision to accept or decline; up or down (vote); assent or dissent; accept or reject

noun:

• existence or nonexistence; presence or absence
• consent or refusal; yes or no

noun:

• existence or nonexistence; presence or absence
• consent or refusal; yes or no

expression / ~の noun:

• sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

expression / adverb / ~の noun:

• win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of thin metal or plastic surface caving in and springing back - onomatopoeia
• action of quickly bowing or lowering one's head; (with a) bob of the head - onomatopoeia

noun:

• word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people

noun:

• metal jar or pot

noun:

• sake bottle; tall and slender bottle with a narrow mouth made from ceramic, metal or glass that can be used for sake, shoyu or rice vinegar
• turtleneck (sweater)
• someone who cannot swim

expression / adverb:

• good or bad; right or wrong; for better or for worse; rightly or wrongly

expression / adverb:

• or perhaps I should say; or more precisely; or, how should I put it; or rather ➜ ってゆうか

noun:

• following or later or last clause or article, etc.

adjectival noun / noun:

• many troubles or sadnesses or vexations or grudges

adverb:

• something or other; one thing or another; this or that

noun:

• three-legged metal pot or kettle (used in ancient China) - archaism

noun:

• immersion quenching (hardening by dropping heated metal into water or oil)

noun:

• metal frame stairs or ladders found on military and commercial ships - From German "Leiter"

noun:

• Edison effect (thermionic emission from a heated metal or semiconductor)

noun:

• gold or silver lacquer; lacquer decoration sprinkled with metal powder

noun:

• safe, easy childbirth - abbreviation
• guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara) ➜ 子安観音・子安地蔵

conjunction:

• or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean - colloquialism ➜ と言うか

noun:

• position (in finance: amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); open interest; outstanding account; sales or purchase contract