noun:

• passing each other; crossing paths without meeting; being at cross purposes

expression:

• do your best; go for it; hold on; keep at it

noun / ~する noun:

• regularization; regularisation; getting up speed; proceeding at full tilt

noun / ~の noun:

• before one's very eyes; under one's nose; imminence; close at hand

noun:

• accused; defendant; prisoner at the bar

noun / ~する noun:

• remaining in office; staying in office; remaining at one's post

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• in the end (after a long process); finally; after all; at last - esp. 〜したあげく

noun:

• last line (of a renga) ➜ 発句

noun:

• miko; shrine maiden; young girl or woman (trad. an unmarried virgin) who assists priests at shrines - Shintō term
• medium; sorceress; shamaness

interjection:

• no!; no no!; no, not at all ➜ 嫌々【いやいや】

expression / suffix:

• one by one; each; every; at intervals of

adverb:

• just as; in the act of; as soon as; at the moment that - after past tense of verb

noun:

• undermentioned (statement); the following; at left - primarily used in vertical writing

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; from the very beginning; through and through; at heart
• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form

noun / ~する noun:

• self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

adjective:

• pitiful; pathetic; painful to look at

expression:

• Suspicion will raise bogies; Once you suspect something, everything else will look suspicious; Jumping at shadows - abbreviation - four character idiom ➜ 疑心暗鬼を生ず

noun / ~の noun:

• getting rich quick; making a killing; making a fortune at a single stroke - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• ease; comfort; feeling at home

noun:

• weekly ideas; weekly thoughts; ideas brought forth at the conclusion of a week

noun:

• contract (entered into on the basis of a promise or previous agreement); formal agreement; contract at hand

noun:

• avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth - four character idiom

expression:

• for crying out loud!; for chrissakes!; denotes shock at ignorance

expression:

• it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London - proverb

conjunction:

• additionally; in addition; moreover; at the same time

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】