adverb / ~する noun:

• (doing) various things; (doing) this and that

adverb:

• being apt to; being prone to; tending to
• at any rate; anyhow; anyway

~の noun:

• all sorts of (negative things); various

noun:

• things that do not exist; rabbit horns [literal] ［兎角］ - idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 亀毛兎角

noun:

• part; section
• part of the body; affected part (of the body)

~の noun:

• local (e.g. anesthesia); topical

noun:

• private parts; genitals

pronoun:

• such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that

interjection:

• What?; What is the matter?; What are the items?

prefix noun:

• the last (i.e. immediately preceding) (e.g. "the last mayor"); previous; one-time; former
• pre- (e.g. "premodern") - before the name of an era

~の noun / noun:

• before; earlier ➜ 前【まえ】

noun:

• Kusanagi no Tsurugi (alternate name for Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi; the sword of the Imperial regalia); grass-mowing sword ➜ 天叢雲剣

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a spectacular photograph (often of the female form); taking a photo at just the right moment - colloquialism

noun:

• powerful photograph; intense photograph

noun:

• great longitudinal fissure; longitudinal cerebral fissure; longitudinal fissure; interhemispheric fissure; fissura longitudinalis cerebri; groove that separates the two hemispheres of the brain

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

expression:

• having no choice but to carry on; having no choice but to go on; unable to change one's course of action; a man riding a tiger cannot disembark halfway through

noun:

• age of the moon; number of days since the new moon
• age in months (esp. of an infant)

noun:

• Asian stubtail (bird), Urosphena squameiceps; family of birds (stubtails), Urosphena, including the Asian stubtail, the Timor stubtail, etc.

expression / ichidan verb:

• to raise one's face; to lift one's head; to raise one's eyes

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to restore one's energy; to restore one's spirits; to recharge one's batteries

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to snap one's fingers
• to pop one's fingers; to crack one's knuckles

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to stay up all night; to sit up all night; to do something all night

noun:

• opposite side; other side; opposite direction
• over there; that way; far away; beyond
• the other party; the other person
• future (starting now)

noun:

• chancy trade (business) with a high turnover rate and uncertain profitability
• the entertainment, eating, and drinking business
• the night entertainment (nightlife) business

noun:

• viewing all things as undifferentiated and equal; non-discriminative thought
• contemplation of the equality of all things from the standpoint of emptiness - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun / expression:

• asking for the moon; asking for too much; asking for the impossible

noun:

• folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
• paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony) ➜ 懐紙【かいし】

adverb / temporal noun:

• for the present; for the time being
• for a while; for some time

noun:

• sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life

noun / ~する noun:

• behind-the-scenes maneuvering; behind-the-scenes manoeuvering; secret maneuvers; secret manoeuvres - four character idiom

noun:

• lamenting the passing of spring; lamenting the passing of one's youth

noun:

• 34th of the sexagenary cycle; thirty-fourth of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支