noun:

• origin; source; authority
• birthplace ［しゅっしょ］

noun / ~する noun:

• release (discharge) from prison ［しゅっしょ］

noun:

• exit; point of departure ［でどころ・でどこ］
• time to take action ［でどころ・でどこ］

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 大禍時

noun / suffix noun:

• system; lineage; group
• corollary - Mathematics term
• system (range of strata that correspond to a particular time period) - Geology term
• (taxonomical) series

noun:

• winter-time practice of eating meat of animals such as boar and deer to ward off cold

noun:

• spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.); coming close to; pressing hard
• pressing hard (e.g. with a question); taking to task; grilling

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year) - obscure term ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• new moon - Astronomy term
• first day of the lunar month
• (in ancient China) next year's calendar and decrees (distributed by the Emperor at year's end)

noun:

• twentieth day of the first month (end of New Year celebrations, upon which remaining New Year's food is eaten, decorations are stowed away, etc.)

expression:

• the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to stay in bed; to sleep; to be laid up for a long time

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

noun:

• first year (pupil) in junior middle school; second year (pupil) in lower secondary school ➜ 中学校

expression / adverb:

• among (other things); especially; particularly; inter alia; above all (else) ➜ 中でも【なかでも】
• at the same time; simultaneously; at once; both

noun / ~する noun:

• laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter
• scornful laughter; snicker; snigger - colloquialism

noun:

• recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) - Buddhism term

noun:

• student taking (university) entrance exams while still enrolled in school; student who passed their university entrance exams on the first try ➜ 現役

noun:

• part
• part-timer - abbreviation ➜ パートタイマー
• part-time (work) - abbreviation ➜ パートタイム

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• half-term; half-time; half period

noun:

• phonetic value - Linguistics term
• note value; time value - Music term

noun:

• duple meter; duple metre; duple time - Music term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• self-proclaimed; self-professed; self-styled; would-be

noun / ~する noun:

• professing oneself to be; calling oneself; describing oneself as

noun:

• first person - Linguistics term

adverb / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• a little; partially; somewhat; slightly; semi-; -ish; on the ... side; a short time; a while

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare - colloquialism

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸