expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

noun:

• determined purpose
• an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought) - Buddhism term
• a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu) - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土宗

noun:

• ground to ground

noun:

• door-to-door

~の noun:

• air-to-air

~の noun:

• surface-to-surface

noun:

• house to house

noun:

• face-to-face

noun:

• face to face - IT term

noun / ~の noun:

• point-to-point - IT term

noun:

• end-to-end - IT term

noun:

• many-to-many ➜ 一対多

noun:

• last moment; eleventh hour - idiom
• platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period - orig. meaning

noun:

• (inferior) imitator; epigone; poor imitation; copycat
• follower; adherent; person belonging to the same school (e.g. of thought)

noun / ~する noun:

• going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships for the sake of vengeance - four character idiom

noun:

• zun (ancient Chinese wine vessel, usu. made of bronze)

prefix:

• honorific prefix referring to the listener - archaism - honorific language

suffix / counter:

• counter for buddhas

noun:

• form of magic or divination (e.g. animating objects to act as the sorcerer's agent)

noun:

• leatherman; conspicuously gay male who belongs to the leather subculture and engages in bodybuilding - From English "hard gay"

expression:

• obviously; as we all know; needless to say; of course; it goes without saying

noun:

• inactive bank account (no withdrawals or deposits made, and to which the owner's rights have been terminated)

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place

noun:

• six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions ➜ カメコ

noun:

• welcome board (e.g. placed outside wedding reception to greet guests, and confirm location)

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Kantō dialect