noun / ~の noun:

• old person; elderly person; senior citizen

noun:

• trustee of the Japan Sumo Association; retired high-ranking wrestler who is licensed to coach and receives retirement pay - Sumo term
• senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)
• important local official (under the Tokugawa Shogunate)

particle:

• such things as ...; and ... and - used for non-exhaustive lists related to a specific time and place
• the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as - after the dictionary form of a verb ➜ や否や

unclassified:

• be; is - plain copula - Kansai dialect ➜ だ

interjection:

• o; oh - punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.
• huh; what - interjection expressing surprise
• hi - male language
• yes; what? - archaism

particle:

• yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it? - indicates a question - archaism

noun:

• end; conclusion

~の noun:

• last; final; latest; most recent

expression:

• no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) - after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga"

noun:

• one's final moments - archaism ➜ 最期

interjection:

• ah!; oh!; alas! - also written as 於乎, 於戯, 嗟乎, 嗟夫, 吁, etc.
• yes; indeed; that is correct
• aah; gah; argh - in exasperation
• hey!; yo!
• uh huh; yeah yeah; right; gotcha

noun:

• this way (direction close to the speaker or towards the speaker); this direction ➜ 何方【どちら】・其方・彼方【あちら】
• here (place close to the speaker or where the speaker is)
• this one (something physically close to the speaker)

pronoun:

• I; me; we; us
• this person (someone physically close to the speaker and of equal or higher status)

expression / adverb:

• by all means; at any cost; no matter what; at any rate; surely
• whether (one is) willing or not; willingly or unwillingly; willy-nilly
• on no account; by no means - with. neg. verb
• in the end; in the long run; after all; eventually

noun / ~する noun:

• praising Buddha; sermon - Buddhism term
• praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness) - Buddhism term ➜ 五念門
• style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc. - Buddhism term
• rumor; rumour; hearsay - archaism

noun:

• losing initiative; being forestalled ➜ 先手【せんて】
• second move (in go or shogi); moving second; person with the second move
• rear guard ➜ 後詰め

noun / ~の noun:

• flowers in full bloom; time of year in which flowers are in full bloom
• the age at which someone (esp. a woman) is at the peak of their beauty
• booming or peaking (in popularity)

expression / adjective:

• have no choice
• there is nothing but
• no more than

expression / prefix:

• to allow oneself to ...; to take the liberty of ... - with noun+する or noun+をverb

expression:

• it is presumed that; (I, we) presume that
• on one's own accord; by one's arbitrary decision ➜ 勝手に

noun:

• the dharma eye - Buddhism term ➜ 五眼
• second highest priestly rank in Buddhism - abbreviation
• title bestowed upon doctors, etc. - archaism

noun:

• hanger-on; dependent
• someone who is received coldly
• third, fourth, fifth, etc. sons (during the Edo period when only the oldest male could inherit an estate) - familiar language

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to stop (doing something); to cease; to put aside
• to leave as is; to leave alone
• to exclude; to except ➜ を措いて【をおいて】

expression:

• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb

particle:

• I wonder - at sentence end
• should I?; is it? - at sentence end
• I wish that; I hope that - at sentence end; with a negative

adjective:

• smelling burnt; smelling scorched
• smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if military action seems about to happen); war is looming
• suspicious; dubious; questionable

noun:

• private secretary
• flunky; someone who is always following around someone of high rank - derogatory term
• someone who carries a bag for someone; luggage carrier; carrying a bag

noun:

• bull's-eye
• object of desire; most-coveted goal
• male crotch (as a target in fighting); the jewels (as in "kick him in ...") - colloquialism

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• in general; almost all
• mainly; mostly; most likely
• moderately; suitably

noun / ~の noun:

• only one (person, thing); sole; unique

~の noun:

• highest; best; most outstanding
• custom-made

noun:

• one chance; only opportunity - abbreviation ➜ ワンチャンス
• maybe; perhaps; there is a chance that - slang
• one-night stand - slang

noun / ~の noun:

• middle of the road; centrism; moderation; golden mean

noun:

• the middle (of what one is doing); half-way
• middle way; middle path - Buddhism term

noun:

• screw - From French "vis"
• -bis (again, second version) - From French "bis"
• Bank of International Settlements; BIS

noun:

• carton (e.g. of cigarettes)
• tray (in which money is placed when paying); dish
• pasteboard ［カルトン］ - From French "carton"