noun:

• (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; copycat
• follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• charmed and cursed - archaism ➜ 蠱
• something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons

noun:

• charmed and cursed - archaism ➜ 蠱物
• something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons

noun:

• yellow soil; loess ➜ 黄土【おうど】
• Hades; hell; underworld; world of the dead - archaism ➜ 黄泉【こうせん】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to steer a ship
• to manage; to take command; to take the helm

noun / ~する noun:

• incomplete combustion; imperfect combustion
• being off one's game; not doing one's best; being unable to use all of one's strength; failing to obtain the desired result - idiom

noun:

• essence; true nature; substance; reality - archaism

adverb:

• originally; naturally; by nature; from the start - archaism

noun:

• old road; ancient road
• ancient methods; ancient moral teachings; the way of learning ［こどう］

conjunction:

• subsequently; next

expression:

• after ...; following ...; in the wake of ... - as 〜に続いて

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to suddenly assume an antagonistic attitude; to suddenly become defiant; to turn aggressive (in one's manner)
• to moon; to point one's naked buttocks at someone; to give somebody the brown-eye

godan ~く verb:

• to pass; to pass on; to give (something) a miss
• to cut it out; to knock off (for the day); to let the matter drop

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take care of some business; to go on an errand
• to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

noun / ~する noun:

• top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends

noun:

• upper and lower classes; ruler and ruled; the government and the people ［しょうか］

noun:

• teacher - colloquialism - derogatory term
• previous ruler; previous lord; lord of the previous generation

noun:

• handwriting; autograph; authorization; authorisation ➜ 墨付き
• certificate; certified document; paper with signature of the shogun or lord

noun:

• knight - Shōgi term
• keima (in go); knight's move; stone placed at a knight's jump from another stone of the same color - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• puppeteer; puppet player
• wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes ［かいらいし］

adverb:

• early; quickly; soon - slang, ksb, arch. equiv. of 早く - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• early morning; early hour; early in the day

expression / adverb:

• in all; in total; collectively - esp. 合わせて, 合せて

expression / conjunction:

• in addition; besides; at the same time - esp. 併せて

adverb:

• now; soon; shortly; before long; presently
• already; yet; by now; (not) anymore ➜ すでに
• further; more; again; another; the other

interjection:

• tsk; dammit; jeez; come on - used to strengthen expression of an emotion (often exasperation)

adverb:

• too; also; likewise; either ➜ 矢っ張り【やっぱり】
• still; as before ➜ 矢っ張り【やっぱり】
• even so; either way; nonetheless; in any event; all the same ➜ 矢っ張り【やっぱり】
• as expected ➜ 矢っ張り【やっぱり】

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• natural; reasonable; obvious
• usual; common; ordinary; commonplace; the norm

adverb:

• too; also; likewise; either ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• still; as before ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• even so; either way; after all; nonetheless; in any event; all the same ➜ 矢張り【やはり】
• as expected ➜ 矢張り【やはり】

auxiliary adjective:

• seeming ...; appearing ... - expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay

suffix / adjective:

• -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ... - after a noun, adverb or adjective stem