expression:

• fighting with one's back to the wall; having burnt one's bridges; last stand; from strategy of general Han Xin in the Battle of Jingxing - idiom

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】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a clash; with a thud; with a bang; with a flop; plump - onomatopoeia
• unexpectedly (meeting someone) - onomatopoeia
• suddenly (ending); abruptly (coming to a halt) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• evening moon; moon that can only be seen in the early hours of the night (esp. from the 2nd to the 7th of the eight month) ➜ 夕月

noun / ~する noun:

• replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new - four character idiom

expression:

• to one's heart's content; following one's heart's desires ➜ 思うまま

noun:

• Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)
• Tendai sect of Buddhism

expression:

• what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak

~と adverb / adverb:

• lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore) - onomatopoeia
• steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough - often used adverbially as ひたひたに - onomatopoeia

~と adverb / adverb:

• speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothly - onomatopoeia - archaism
• closely; exactly - onomatopoeia - archaism

noun:

• deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

conjunction:

• for; for the sake of; to one's advantage; in favor of; in favour of; on behalf of
• because of; as a result of

noun:

• construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

noun:

• meeting or association of stable masters belonging to the same grouping - Sumo term
• meeting or association of followers of a famous performer (in rakugo, etc.)

noun:

• Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• second (party to an agreement); the B party (e.g. in a contract); the latter; defendant ➜ 甲【こう】
• stylish; chic; spicy; witty; tasty; romantic

adjectival noun:

• strange; quaint; queer

expression:

• thank you; good job; goodbye; goodnight - abbreviation - slang ➜ お疲れ様

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:

• metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs ➜ 切り金
• cutting a thin sheet of metal into shapes and affixing it with lacquer forming natural features (e.g. clouds) ➜ 切り金

noun:

• young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

• Storr's pygmy monitor (Varanus storri, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia); Storr's goanna; Storr's monitor

adjectival noun / noun:

• deeply in love with; madly in love with; heads over heels in love with; to be crazy about

noun / ~する noun:

• coordinate; co-ordinate; coordination
• matching (e.g. clothes, accessories, furniture, colours)

noun:

• coordinated outfit (clothes and accessories); ensemble
• coordinates (items of clothing, furniture, etc. designed to be used together)

noun / ~の noun:

• bargaining; negotiation
• turning one's body to the left or right and standing (when leaving the presence of nobility, etc.)
• sailing close-hauled; sailing on a close reach

expression:

• honey is sweet, but the bee stings; I would like to taste fugu, but I value my life [literal]; hesitating from doing something because of fear of consequences - proverb ➜ フグ

noun / ~する noun:

• mounting (animal behaviour)
• putting somebody down (esp. in an underhanded way) in an attempt to appear superior; putting somebody in their place