noun:

• border; boundary - usu. さかい
• turning point; watershed ［さかい］ - often ...を境に
• area; region; spot; space; environment - usu. きょう
• psychological state; mental state - usu. きょう
• cognitive object; something perceptible by the sense organs or mind ［きょう］ - Buddhism term

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

noun:

• large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish
• useless man about the house; husband that is retired and considered a nuisance - colloquialism - derogatory term

noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

~する noun:

• to apply (the law) with necessary modifications; to apply mutatis mutandis; to apply correspondingly

godan ~る verb:

• to blow violently; to blow incessantly; to blow hard (e.g. the wind)

noun:

• fur seal (esp. the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus); Alaskan fur seal

noun:

• the three creator gods (Amanominakanushi no Kami, Takamimusuhi no Kami & Kamimusuhi no Kami)

noun:

• dial (on timepiece, meter, etc.)
• letter board (e.g. on typewriter, writing aide for the disabled, etc.); character board

noun:

• family trouble (quarrel); domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

noun:

• New Year's banquet (held annually by the emperor on Jan. 5, prior to WWII)
• New Year's party ➜ 新年会

expression / adjective:

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

expression:

• to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

particle:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed

particle:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to weep the night out; to weep all night

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fail to earn a credit
• to fail to make the grade

godan ~す verb:

• to draw for a specific purpose; to draw for the occasion

godan ~す verb:

• to drink someone down; to drink someone under the table

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

noun:

• "Do-nothing" farming; nature farming; natural farming; Fukuoka farming; the Fukuoka method

noun:

• indirect principal offender; indirect perpetrator; principal offender in the second degree - Law term ➜ 直接正犯

noun:

• direct principal offender; direct perpetrator; principal offender in the first degree - Law term ➜ 間接正犯

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ すら

noun / ~する noun:

• inscription; epitaph; composing the text for an inscription, usu. an epitaph