noun / ~の noun:

• being one or more laps behind (in a race)
• being behind the times

noun:

• assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.) ➜ 朝礼【ちょうれい】

noun:

• vehicle burglary; theft from a vehicle; stealing valuables from an unattended car ➜ 車上荒らし【しゃじょうあらし】

noun / ~する noun:

• making a web page hard to find through search engines; avoiding search engines - slang

noun:

• putting one's own interest ahead of one's party (for a politician) - play on 党利党略 ➜ 党利党略【とうりとうりゃく】

noun:

• final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue

expression / adverb:

• hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

noun:

• phonetic alphabet (e.g. A for alpha, B for bravo, etc.); phonetic code

noun:

• ski bus; bus that goes to a ski resort

noun:

• head of year; teacher in charge of all classes for a whole year

expression / noun:

• waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game ➜ 後出し・じゃんけん

noun:

• abacus; flat slab forming the top part of the capital of a column - Architecture term - From Greek

noun:

• black beard
• type of noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to drive a wedge into (e.g. enemy defences); to wedge apart

noun / ~の noun:

• having no plan; acting without a plan; acting impulsively - From English "no plan"

noun:

• Islamic state (state where shari'a law is enforced); Islamic country

noun / suffix noun:

• direction; orientation; aspect; exposure

suffix noun:

• suited to; suitable for; designed for

noun:

• tendency; inclination
• nature (of a request or desire)
• person

noun:

• line (i.e. of text); row; verse
• carya (austerities) - Buddhism term
• samskara (formations) - Buddhism term
• running script (a semi-cursive style of kanji) - abbreviation ➜ 行書

noun / ~する noun:

• flight from one's country; seeking asylum; defection; emigration (for political reasons); (going into) exile; becoming a (political) refugee

adverb / ~と adverb:

• splashing (water); splashing about; with a splash - onomatopoeia
• vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); plenty - onomatopoeia
• greatly (using or making money) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• speculatively buying a rice harvest, while the fields are still green
• recruiting of university students before the agreed date

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• moment; instant - From Sanskrit "kṣaṇa"

noun:

• kshana; duration of a single mental event (about 1/75 second); shortest possible interval of time - orig. meaning - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• a blink of time; the time it takes to say "Ah!" [literal] ➜ あっと言う間に

prefix noun:

• one-man

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• tyrant; dictatorial person

noun:

• conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train - abbreviation ➜ ワンマンカー

noun:

• sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica)
• evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)