noun:

• preamble
• the above statement

noun:

• early summer
• fourth month of the lunar calendar ［しょか］ - obsolete term

noun:

• year-end gift ➜ お歳暮
• end of the year; year end

noun:

• (musical) time; tempo; beat; rhythm
• the moment; the instance; chance - esp. 〜した拍子に

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• halving; dividing (into two parts); bisection
• the two equinoxes (vernal and autumnal)

noun:

• military administration; military government ➜ 民政
• government affairs relating to the military

noun:

• public-service corporation; charitable corporation ➜ 営利法人
• juridical (legal) person working for the public good

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to come along; to come around; to turn up
• to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

noun:

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

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• fluently (speaking a foreign language) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• incessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously; volubly - onomatopoeia
• one after the other (flipping through pages) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy; weak - onomatopoeia

noun:

• year-end gift ➜ 歳暮・お中元
• end of the year; year end ➜ 歳暮【せいぼ】

noun:

• other side; another side; different angle

adverbial noun:

• on the other hand

noun:

• civil administration; civil government ➜ 軍政
• politics focused on the promotion of public welfare

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to commiserate; to pity; to have mercy on; to sympathize with; to sympathise with
• to enjoy the beauty of; to appreciate (e.g. the moon, flowers) ［哀れむ］ - archaism

noun:

• dressing room; green room; backstage
• behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs ➜ 楽屋裏【がくやうら】

adverb:

• finally; after; following - used after long, hard work ➜ のちに
• at the end (of) - with noun, e.g. 来週の末に

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to have more wins than losses; to lead someone (by no. of matches)
• to take the lead over an opponent (in points)

noun:

• dazzling victory
• win of a rank-and-file wrestler over the grand champion - Sumo term

noun:

• green willow (i.e. one that has budded)
• meat of the trough shell (Mactra chinensis) ［あおやぎ］ ➜ バカ貝

noun:

• length of a blade (sword, knife, etc.)
• walking on the edge of a sword

noun / ~する noun:

• theater closure; theatre closure; stage absence
• wrestler's absence from the tournament - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• war renunciation; anti-war
• bout cancelled due to absence of one of the wrestlers - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• founding a country
• opening of a country (e.g. Japan) to the world ➜ 鎖国

noun:

• overhand throw - Baseball term
• a throw using the outside of the arm - Sumo term

noun:

• one person; one customer - honorific language
• unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - colloquialism ➜ 負け犬