noun:

• study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
• English literature; British studies

expression / noun:

• criminal groups and individuals; groups and individuals who seek economic profit through violence, force and fraudulent means; violent criminals, extortionists and racketeers; organized crime; anti-social forces [literal]

expression / adverb:

• well; properly; suitably
• best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of; please do
• just like ...; as though one were ... - as ...よろしく
• by all means; of course - as よろしく…べし

noun:

• means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication

noun / adjectival noun:

• appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

expression:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

noun / ~する noun:

• reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential; mistaking the means for the end - four character idiom

particle:

• indicates location of action; at; in - にて is the formal literary form
• indicates time of action
• indicates means of action; cause of effect; by

conjunction:

• and then; so

auxiliary:

• indicates continuing action ［で］ - alternate form of 〜て used for some verb types ➜ て

particle:

• indicates certainty, emphasis, etc. ［で］ - at sentence-end - Kansai dialect ➜ よ

expression:

• for money; just for money; by means of money; by force of money

noun:

• small chrysanthemum
• small low grade piece of japanese paper used as a kettle rest or as a tissue - obscure term
• paper handed as a means of congratulations in a red light district - obscure term

noun:

• paper flowers ［紙花］
• paper flowers for a funeral ［紙花］ - archaism
• paper handed out as a means of congratulations in a red light district (as a promise of a future money donation) ➜ 小菊【こぎく】

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be able to reach; to be within one's reach; to be able to afford; to have the means to buy - idiom
• to be near (a certain age) - idiom

noun:

• hand; arm - occ. pronounced た when a prefix ➜ お手【おて】
• forepaw; foreleg - colloquialism ➜ お手【おて】
• handle
• hand; worker; help
• trouble; care; effort
• means; way; trick; move; technique; workmanship
• hand; handwriting
• kind; type; sort
• one's hands; one's possession ➜ 手に入る
• ability to cope ➜ 手に余る
• hand (of cards)
• direction ➜ 山の手

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• move (in go, shogi, etc.)

expression:

• a bad wife spells the ruin of her husband; a bad wife means a hundred years of bad luck to her husband

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be left without means of sustenance; to be turned adrift in the streets; to be rendered homeless; to be out in the cold; to be down and out - idiom

noun:

• road; path; street; lane; passage
• route; way
• distance; journey
• road (e.g. to victory); course
• way (of living, proper conduct, etc.); moral principles
• teachings (esp. Confucian or Buddhist); dogma
• field (e.g. of medicine); subject; speciality
• means; way; method

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• (what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

noun:

• direction; way; side; area (in a particular direction)
• side (of an argument, etc.); one's part
• type; category
• field (of study, etc.)
• indicates one side of a comparison
• way; method; manner; means
• length (of each side of a square)

adverb:

• earnestly; intently; determinedly; by all means - archaism
• ... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?") - archaism ➜ 一体全体【いったいぜんたい】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards ➜ 余
• beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that)
• above-mentioned; foregoing
• since ...; seeing that ...
• this is all; that is the end; the end

conjunction:

• if one were to speak of ..., then certainly; if it were the case that ..., then certainly; if it were a ..., then certainly; phrase used to indicate the inevitability of what follows it (based on what precedes it) ➜ 言う・言う
• so that means (when used in sentence-initial position)

adverb:

• that is to say; that is; in other words; I mean; that (this, it) means
• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it; basically

noun:

• clogging; obstruction; stuffing; (degree of) blockage
• shrinkage
• end; conclusion ➜ とどのつまり
• dead end; corner - archaism
• distress; being at the end of one's rope - archaism