expression:

• too late (by a short time); just failed (by a small margin) - colloquialism Antonym: ギリギリセーフ ➜ ぎりぎり・アウト

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to wheedle a person into doing something
• to carry a portable shrine

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a position (e.g. on an issue); to adopt a stance

adverb / ~する noun:

• tensely; tightly; tautly - onomatopoeia
• erectly - onomatopoeia
• intuitively; instinctively; immediately - onomatopoeia
• with a burst; with a crack - onomatopoeia

noun:

• forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 碰【ポン】

noun / ~する noun:

• forming a pung by picking up a tile discarded by another player - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping out of school; withdrawing from school
• expulsion from school; dismissal
• leaving school (university, etc.) after completing a course

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; horses work best together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb ➜ 牛は牛連れ馬は馬連れ

adverb:

• involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

noun:

• room for zazen meditation; room for Buddhist practices ➜ 座禅
• Zen monk's quarters
• head priest (of a Zen temple)

noun:

• field of activities; area of activity; range of behavior (behaviour); habitat

noun / ~の noun:

• chain (of); series (of); sequence; suite (e.g. of rooms)

noun:

• head and neck carcinoma; cancer of the head and neck

adjectival noun / noun:

• subtle grace; hidden beauty; yugen; mysterious profundity; elegant simplicity; the subtle and profound; the occult

noun:

• problems caused by the elderly (esp. gerontocracy, and elderly people's control over the young)

noun:

• guide melody (karaoke melody to help the singer hold the tune)

noun:

• shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji) - obsolete term

expression:

• the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one - proverb

expression:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections - abbreviation

noun:

• the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
• the human body
• Tao, heaven, earth and king

noun:

• pillow money; tip left by the pillow for the room maid ➜ 枕銭

expression / noun:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections ➜ 責了

noun:

• wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

noun:

• arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories ➜ 口裏を合わせる

noun:

• dog (Canis (lupus) familiaris)
• snoop (i.e. a detective, a spy, etc.)
• loser; asshole - derogatory term

prefix noun:

• counterfeit; inferior; useless; wasteful