noun:

• portmanteau word; combination of two words (often first half of one, second half of another) ➜ 混成語

noun:

• old age; old person; the old; the aged

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the preceding year; the previous year; last year

particle:

• certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
• even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although - usu. with vol. verb or adj. stem
• without even; without so much as - with neg. verb
• at the (least, earliest, etc.) - after an adverb ➜ 遅くとも

expression:

• also (called)

particle:

• well - sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と

noun:

• service at the head office; work at the home office ➜ 詰め【つめ】

noun:

• the (one's) best pupil; the (one's) top disciple

noun:

• both labor and management; both the workers and the employers - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to lay the blame on; to put the fault on

noun:

• counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses

expression:

• the customer is always right; the customer is king

noun:

• way; path; route; along the way; along the road ➜ 途次

noun / ~する noun:

• playing the victim; playing the victim card

~の noun:

• towards the Soviet Union; with the Soviet Union

noun:

• double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

noun:

• double-sided wait (for one's last tile); wait for either of two different tiles to complete a chow which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term ➜ 両面待ち【リャンメンまち】

noun / ~の noun:

• shopworn goods; dead stock; shelf warmer
• being left unresolved for a long time (e.g. a problem); being shelved - often as 〜が店晒しになる or 〜を店晒しにする

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability

noun:

• a printer's; a printer

adverb:

• with a bump; with a clunk - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• with a click; with a snap - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• a little bit ➜ 些と
• a little while ➜ 些と

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to put back up; to stand back up
• to restore (to former strength); to revive (e.g. the economy); to reorganize; to rearrange; to put right; to recover; to put back on its feet
• to make again (a plan, policy, etc.); to reformulate; to revise

noun:

• valuation; estimation; assessment; evaluation; rating

~する noun:

• to value; to assess; to rate; to estimate value
• to appreciate; to value highly; to acknowledge the value (of something)

noun / ~の noun:

• under the wing (esp. of an aircraft)
• under one's wing; under one's control

noun:

• global language; world language
• languages of the world; world languages