noun:

• appointment or dismissal conjecturally reported in the media (esp. when the conjecture turned out to be wrong); announcement of an appointment that turns out to be mere press speculation - four character idiom

noun:

• a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery ➜ 破水
• signature mark (crest) used by members of the Imperial family to mark their belongings
• a sign (with honorific 'o') ➜ しるし

interjection:

• goodbye; so long; farewell ➜ さようなら

noun / ~する noun:

• saying goodbye to (e.g. life as a bachelor); putting an end to; parting with

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• farewell (performance, party, etc.); final; last; game-winning (e.g. hit)

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱

noun:

• fire ship
• steamship (esp. a paddle steamer); steamboat ［かせん］
• ship with a fire to attract fish while net fishing at night (prior to the invention of electric fish-luring lights) ［ひぶね］

noun / ~する noun:

• crossing; traversing
• traversing horizontally; passing west to east (or east to west)
• cutting horizontally

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to expose one's true colors (colours); to expose one's true character - idiom

noun:

• opinion (in legal context); indication

~する noun:

• to hold that (in legal context); to judge that

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be drawn in by something wicked; to be won over by something wicked - archaism

noun:

• being done for; giving up; being in a hopeless situation; not knowing what to do; being brought to one's knees; throwing up (one's) hands [literal]

expression / adjective:

• it goes without saying; there is no need to say so, but of course; it is needless to say; it need scarcely be said

noun:

• thrust; stab; lunge; pass (in fencing)
• tsuki; thrust to the throat (in kendo) - Martial Arts term
• tsuki; thrust to the chest - Sumo term

noun:

• tool for scrubbing wood to give it texture, traditionally made of dried grass bound together by hemp cord
• scrubbing wood to give it texture

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

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 / godan ~る verb:

• to be indicated as the winner of a bout by the raising of the referee's fan - Sumo term
• to be declared the winner - idiom

noun:

• non-return-to-zero change-on-ones recording; NRZ-1; non-return-to-zero (mark) recording; NRZ(M) - IT term

noun:

• feelings toward other people; sensitivity to other people's feelings; feelings one gives to other people through interpersonal relationships - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to get the short end of the stick; to get the bad end of a bargain

expression:

• every man knows his own business best; one should go to specialists for the best results; for rice cakes, (go to) the rice cake shop [literal] - proverb ➜ 餠

noun:

• documents to be presented; work to be submitted; submitted document; submitted work

noun:

• approximate age; apparent age ➜ 年の頃

noun / ~の noun:

• marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood

noun:

• appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) - after modifying phrase

noun / adverbial noun:

• past few years; for some years - archaism ➜ 年来

noun:

• man-to-man; one-to-one

noun:

• house to house; door to door