noun:

• performance; take; going before an audience or on-air - colloquialism ➜ 本番【ほんばん】
• game; season; crucial moment - colloquialism ➜ 本番【ほんばん】
• actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated); penetration - colloquialism ➜ 本番【ほんばん】

noun:

• (many) mountains

adverb:

• very much (esp. wanting to do something one cannot); greatly; really - often as 〜のはやまやまである, etc. - usually written using kana alone

particle:

• if ... then; when
• and - often ...も...ば...も...
• why don't you...?
• the more (one does something) - often ...ば...ほど
• because; since - archaism

noun:

• relief pitcher brought in to face one batter - Baseball term - From English "one-point relief"

adverb:

• absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• arrogance; audacity; (behaving) outrageously as though there were no one around; insolence; defiance; overbearing - four character idiom

noun:

• Chinese "Hairy Head" constellation (one of the 28 mansions); Pleiades; Seven Sisters - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・白虎【びゃっこ】

adjectival noun:

• having a single meaning; allowing only one interpretation; unequivocal; unambiguous
• principal; primary; most important

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint - four character idiom

noun:

• brief remark; few words
• one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

expression:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose ➜ 駄目元

adjective:

• insufficient; not enough; lacking Antonym: 足りる
• dim-witted; slow; one brick short of a full load

expression / noun:

• casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back

adverb:

• absolutely every little bit; everything from A to Z; systematically; thoroughly; one after another ➜ 片っ端から

adverb / ~と adverb:

• clanging (of a bell); jangling; ding-dong - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• continuously; incessantly; one after another; rapidly; plentifully; freely - onomatopoeia

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh - abbreviation ➜ 半跏趺坐

noun:

• roadside stone distance indicators placed at intervals of one cho (approx. 109 meters) ➜ 町【ちょう】

noun:

• ekayana (doctrine that only one teaching, usu. the Lotus Sutra, can lead to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

expression:

• he who touches pitch shall be defiled therewith; one rotten apple spoils the barrel - proverb

noun:

• weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - abbreviation ➜ レコーディングダイエット

noun:

• umbrella; parasol
• something shaped like an umbrella or a conical hat; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus ➜ 笠【かさ】

noun:

• bright light
• hope; bright future
• light emanating from a buddha or bodhisattva, symbolizing their wisdom and compassion - Buddhism term

noun:

• natural features; scenery
• things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners

adverb / ~と adverb:

• crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; scraping; scratching - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• hard and crunchy - onomatopoeia
• very skinny; emaciated; all skin and bones - onomatopoeia