noun:

• winning streak; good time to make a profit

expression / temporal noun:

• a long time ago ➜ 疾っくの昔

noun:

• earnings from a part-time job - colloquialism ➜ バイト

expression:

• a long time ago; in those days

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 / ~の noun:

• writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke) ➜ 側筆
• frank writing; writing the bare facts ➜ 曲筆

expression:

• being excessively cautious; knocking on a strong stone bridge before crossing it [literal] - idiom

noun:

• outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it)

noun:

• snow remaining in the form of a mist after it has melted

noun:

• treating a metal surface to make it look worn and aged; antique finish

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to decide to
• to pretend that - after the past tense form of a verb
• to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to - as 〜ことにしている

noun / suffix noun:

• charge; cost; price
• generation; age; reign
• era - Geology term
• a representative of; on behalf of; for (someone) - after someone's name or title
• used after a phone number to indicate that it is a switchboard number ➜ 代表電話番号

counter:

• counter for decades of ages, eras, etc.
• counter for generations (of inheritors to a throne, etc.)
• proxy application company - abbreviation ➜ 代理申請会社

noun:

• pronoun - used in dictionaries, etc. - abbreviation ➜ 代名詞

adverb:

• (simply) because; on account of
• as if

conjunction:

• due to the fact that; because of

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to give an answer; to find an answer to a question; to work out a solution

auxiliary:

• it is assuredly (that)...; can say with confidence that it is... ➜ なのだ

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to obey (an order, law, etc.); to abide by (a rule, custom, etc.); to follow; to observe; to conform to; to yield to
• to follow (a person); to accompany; to go with
• to go alongside (e.g. a river); to follow (e.g. a sign)
• to serve (as); to engage in (work)

noun:

• trainer (someone who works with sports athletes)
• sweatshirt - From English "trainer"

noun:

• spaceman ➜ 宇宙飛行士【うちゅうひこうし】
• person who works with advertisements in trains, stations, etc. - From English "space man"

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• prolific (writer, artist, etc.); productive Antonym: 寡作

noun / ~する noun:

• producing many works; writing prolifically

noun:

• lending rights (for copyrighted works under Japan's copyright law)

noun:

• original character (i.e. not a character from some other existing work) - abbreviation ➜ オリジナルキャラクター

noun:

• work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields) - Buddhism term

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to work out (a mine); to exhaust (vein of ore)

noun:

• false start; jumping the gun - From English "flying start"
• flying start; running start
• broadcasting a television or radio program a few minutes before its scheduled time