noun:

• a child dying before its parents

expression / adverb:

• before long; in a few days ➜ 日ならず

adverb:

• before long; in a few days

noun:

• best-before period (e.g. foodstuffs)

noun / ~する noun:

• steady advance; carrying all before one

noun:

• mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight - derogatory term

suffix:

• -ways; -wards - indicates direction
• in the act of ...; just as one is ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
• manner of ...; way of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様【さま】

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have readied a bow and stand at ready; to watch for an opportunity; to wait until the time is ripe ➜ 満を持す

noun:

• place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position - archaism

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to speak distinctly; to speak clearly
• to put it bluntly; to get to the point; to be frank

expression:

• that being the case; in that case; if that's how it's going to go

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

noun / ~の noun:

• flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom
• the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty
• booming or peaking (in popularity)

noun:

• opening section of a Chinese poem or essay (in which the topic is broached); broaching the topic of a poem or essay in its opening lines

noun:

• sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

noun:

• canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood
• helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; a mulberry field changes into a blue sea [literal] - proverb

expression:

• in evil, there is odds; there is more evil than good in this world; one good thing tends to cause many bad things to happen - four character idiom

expression:

• once a beggar, always a beggar; if one begs for three days, one cannot stop [literal] - proverb

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• soon; nearness; before long

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• turning upside down; placing nonessentials before essentials

noun:

• just before noon
• late-morning snack

expression:

• before anything else; first of all

adverb:

• quickly; swiftly
• already; before

noun / ~の noun:

• long time ago

noun:

• stable period (with ref. to pregnancy, typically from 4th month when the placenta is fully formed, morning sickness usually goes away and risk of miscarriage decreases)