expression:

• of all times (for this to happen); of all days

adverbial noun / noun:

• here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over

noun:

• this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)

expression:

• I can't help but laugh; I have to laugh at this - slang ➜ 草

noun / ~の noun:

• the world; the earth

noun:

• this world (as opposed to heaven) - Buddhism term

expression:

• this way and that; (by) various means; (by) every means

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• being held in suspense; being on edge; scared stiff; one's testicles going up and down [literal] - idiom - male language ➜ 上がったり下がったり【あがったりさがったり】

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

noun:

• (lying on one's belly and) basking in the sun; sunbathing (e.g. on a beach)

ichidan verb:

• to stay on (e.g. at one's friends house); to remain in the same neighborhood

noun:

• stream of water cascading onto one's back (in an onsen); pelting water; waterfall shower

expression:

• like a pigeon who's been shot by a peashooter (i.e. wide-eyed in shock)

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

noun:

• company; fellow; colleague; associate; comrade; mate; group; circle of friends; partner
• member of the same category

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to control; to take the lead in; to have under one's thumb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to corner (esp. an opponent's king in shogi); to trap; to checkmate - slang ➜ 詰める

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have tears in one's eyes; to be close to crying

noun:

• squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii)
• Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern) ➜ 軒忍
• color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue) ➜ 襲の色目
• ancient women's hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 忍髷
• clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern - abbreviation ➜ 忍摺

noun:

• by the end of this week; within the week

adverb / noun:

• so; so much; this much

noun:

• one thing or another; this and that; something or another

expression / noun:

• modern times; the modern age; this day and age

noun:

• serving tea (esp. at a company); tea server; tea lady - polite language ➜ 茶汲み

noun:

• one's youth; one's youthful days (years); the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life - four character idiom

noun:

• Sincerely yours (with the nuance of "please excuse the brevity of this letter")