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

particle:

• certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
• even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although - usu. with vol. verb or adj. stem
• without even; without so much as - with neg. verb
• at the (least, earliest, etc.) - after an adverb ➜ 遅くとも

expression:

• also (called)

particle:

• well - sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と

noun / ~する noun:

• returning alive; surviving
• reaching the home plate - Baseball term

expression / adverb:

• among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else) ➜ 中でも【なかでも】
• at the same time; simultaneously; at once; both

noun:

• vocal message; speech; statement
• prologue at the start of a kabuki performance

noun / ~する noun:

• glued to; closely related to
• giving total coverage to the key figure(s) of a TV or film documentary

noun:

• boss; leader; head
• difficult enemy in a video game, usu. found at the end of a level or game

noun / ~する noun:

• pressing; stamping; printing

noun:

• press (machine)
• the press; news media

noun / ~する noun:

• military press (weight lifting)

noun:

• only
• prostitute attached to the exclusive service of a single member of the Occupation Forces (WW2) ［オンリー］

noun:

• soap
• brothel where one can bathe with the prostitutes - abbreviation - slang ➜ ソープランド

noun:

• noodle
• TV personality who has appeared in the nude - abbreviation - slang ➜ アイドル・ヌード

adjectival noun / noun:

• now; "in"; trendy ［ナウ］ - From English "now"

suffix noun:

• in the middle of doing...; currently... - esp. in status updates in social media - slang

noun:

• meat

noun / ~する noun:

• hitting the ball squarely - Baseball term ➜ ジャストミート

noun:

• passion; ardor; enthusiasm
• The Passion (Christianity)

noun / ~の noun:

• mesh; grid
• highlight in the hair; streaked hair ［メッシュ］ - From French "mèche"

noun:

• main street (esp. in a capital); main thoroughfare ➜ 小路【こうじ】
• most important of the three classes of highway (ritsuryo period) ［たいろ］ - archaism