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

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to get dark; to begin to set (the sun)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to follow with one's gaze; to follow with the eyes

noun:

• profit motive; (with) the intention to profit; profit-making intention; for profit

particle:

• (but) what about (the) ...; (but) what about those ... - following a noun; used to mimic and mock people who are upset over something - slang ➜ が

noun / ~する noun:

• perusing as a side business; doing in addition to one's main work; running (businesses) simultaneously

noun:

• side business; job on the side

noun:

• Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps, Artemisia indica var. maximowiczii)
• general term for plants in the Artemisia genus; mugwort; sagebrush; wormwood

noun:

• inn where one rests on the way - archaism
• inn that serves as a meeting place for lovers - archaism ➜ 出合い宿
• inn that introduces clients to prostitutes - archaism ➜ 引き手茶屋

noun:

• getting poised again for charging; toeing the mark again - Sumo term
• starting again; getting a fresh start; going back to square one

noun:

• random attacker, e.g. person who randomly attacks people on the street; slasher
• demon who brings misfortune to houses or people he passes by - original meaning