noun:

• tea gathering (for the tea ceremony)
• some matter concerning tea
• family tea gathering held in memory of deceased ancestors

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be left in the dust of; to play second fiddle (to); to take second billing (to)

noun:

• saliva held in one's mouth during times of tension ➜ 固唾をのむ【かたずをのむ】

noun:

• tongues (i.e. utterances or "languages" spoken during instances of glossolalia)

noun:

• supervised trading of a stock, e.g. during delisting ➜ 監理銘柄

noun:

• end; finish; stop
• bounds; limits ➜ 切りがない・切りのない
• delivery date (of a futures contract) - esp. 限り,限
• finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

suffix / counter:

• counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)

particle:

• only; just - senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech - usually written using kana alone ➜ っ切り【っきり】
• since; after - usu. in a negative sentence - usually written using kana alone
• remaining (in a particular state) - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

expression / noun:

• ray of light; ray of hope; promising talent - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• rōnin; ronin; masterless samurai
• waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ［浪人］

noun:

• person out of work; jobless person ［浪人］
• wanderer; drifter ［浪人］ - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• manager (e.g. of a business, an idol, etc.)
• in a sports team (esp. at school) someone who does the routine drudge work

noun:

• bull's-eye
• object of desire; most-coveted goal
• male crotch (as a target in fighting); the jewels (as in "kick him in ...") - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• Galapagosization; widespread design of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species

noun:

• domination of the world; world hegemony; world domination ➜ 世界征服

noun / adjectival noun:

• shaft end; axial end; end of the shaft

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to raise; to rear; to bring up
• to train; to teach; to educate
• to promote the growth of; to nurture; to foster; to develop

expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

noun:

• 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months ➜ 上元・中元・下元
• heaven, earth and man
• 1st January; New Year's Day

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• ternary - Chemistry term

noun:

• starting; engaging
• expenses; costs - esp. 掛かり, 掛り
• attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go) - esp. 掛かり, 掛り; often as カカリ ➜ カカリ
• barb
• charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk ［掛かり・掛り］ - esp. for government offices, railways, etc. ➜ 係【かかり】

noun:

• embossing a pattern; repoussé; hammering
• drum signaling the end of a performance ➜ 打ち出し太鼓
• serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf)
• printout; printing out ➜ 打ち出す【うちだす】

expression:

• if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist - proverb

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to censure; to criticize; to criticise; to rebuke; to defy; to disobey - archaism
• to fashion after; to make in the form of; to imitate - archaism

noun:

• yak hair dyed red; red hair
• frizzled fake hair; curly fake hair

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be famous; to be celebrated; to be worthy of the name ➜ 名にし負う【なにしおう】