adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• all day long

temporal noun:

• last day of the month; last day of the year; New Year's Eve

noun:

• bowl of rice; single serving of rice
• bowl of rice placed by the pillow of the recently deceased

noun:

• spring and autumn; spring and fall
• years; age
• The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu; Chunqiu; Ch'un Ch'iu ［しゅんじゅう］ ➜ 五経

adverb:

• to that degree; to that extent; that much

adverb / noun:

• somewhat; to some extent; to some degree

noun:

• some; part; portion

noun:

• hard problem; person hard to please; hard nut to crack

noun:

• full to capacity; full to bursting; house full; sellout

noun:

• bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto - four character idiom

noun:

• part of the fabric that is wrapped farthest from the skin when wearing a garment that is wrapped in front of one (such as a kimono) ➜ 下前
• percentage; commission ➜ 上米【うわまい】

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use one's intuition; to use one's instinct; to use one's head

noun:

• number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji) - abbreviation ➜ ナンバークロス

noun:

• for the first time; first thing; doing something for the first time - archaism
• first menstruation - archaism

noun:

• the week after the following week; two weeks later; two weeks after that

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• high (e.g. ball in baseball); highish; on the high side
• on the expensive side; comparatively expensive ➜ 安め【やすめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a higher score - Mahjong term

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾国傾城

noun:

• front company set up to hide someone's true profession by pretending to employ them (often used by call girls) ➜ ダミー会社

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 迷い箸

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 惑い箸

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国【けいせいけいこく】

noun / suffix noun:

• just before; on the verge of; on the brink of
• just in front of; just ahead of

noun:

• interior of the womb (of a pregnant woman); interior of the uterus
• interior of a Buddhistic statue

noun:

• looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of); swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of) - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to light (a candle, lamp, etc.); to turn on (a light)