noun:

• living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take care doing something; to be prudent; to take no chances; to play it safe

noun:

• blue sky
• skyrocketing (of prices); having no limit; the sky being the limit - idiom

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world

noun:

• son (of others); boy; young master - honorific language ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】
• green young man from a well-to-do family; young man innocent of the ways of the world ➜ 坊ちゃん【ぼっちゃん】

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to carry; to transport; to move; to convey

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to come; to go - usu. as お運びになる, お運び下さる, etc. - honorific language ➜ 足を運ぶ

godan ~ぶ verb / transitive:

• to wield (a tool, etc.); to use

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to go (well, etc.); to proceed; to progress

expression:

• room to breathe (usually in the negative as "no room to breathe") ➜ 立錐の余地もない

expression:

• all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)

noun:

• Ama no Ukihashi (the heavenly floating bridge; by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth) - archaism

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control

expression / noun:

• withered trees and cold ash; "someone who is detached and free of desires" [figurative]; "someone who has no vitality" [figurative]

expression:

• nothing costs as much as what is given to us; there's no such thing as a free lunch - proverb

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wandering; wavering; aimlessly; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality
• The Emperor's New Clothes (tale by Hans Christian Andersen) - orig. meaning

expression / auxiliary adjective:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to - after the -nai stem of a verb

expression / adjective:

• having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance - idiom

expression:

• the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age

expression:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to ➜ ざるを得ない【ざるをえない】

noun:

• dejected loser; dog that has lost a fight (with its tail between its legs) [literal]
• unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - slang - derogatory term ➜ お一人様【おひとりさま】

noun:

• being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another - four character idiom

expression:

• bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness - four character idiom
• strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱

noun:

• holding a job; being employed ［ゆうしょく］ Antonym: 無職
• being learned; being knowledgeable - archaism
• having great artistic talent; being a skilled performer - archaism
• being well-versed in usages or practices of the court or military households - archaism

conjunction / expression / adverb:

• unavoidable; this is it; this is the end; left with no choice; it's all over now