suffix:

• (strongly emphatic) too preoccupied or busy to even think of ...; ... is out of the question; this is not an occasion for

expression:

• the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite - proverb

noun:

• helmet with white hair coming out of the top to make one look like an old person ➜ 老冠
• kanji "old" radical at top

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.)

noun:

• Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

adverb:

• at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

noun:

• party to welcome (e.g. new employees) and send off (e.g. retiring employees)

noun:

• applicant; candidate; person interested in doing something; person wanting to do something; interested party

noun:

• drinker; person fond of alcohol (as opposed to sweets) ➜ 甘党
• person fond of spicy food - colloquialism

adverb:

• instead of; for; as; in exchange for; in return (for); to make up for ➜ 代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】・代わり【かわり】

noun:

• the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other - four character idiom

noun:

• mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) - abbreviation ➜ マイミクシィ

noun:

• my mixi; refers to the 'friend list' on mixi (or people on that list) ➜ マイミク

noun:

• viewpoint; point of view
• way of understanding; way of appreciating; how to look at something (e.g. noh, train schedule) - esp. 〜の見方

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control - four character idiom

noun:

• peacock monitor (Varanus auffenbergi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the island of Roti in Indonesia); Auffenberg's monitor

noun / ~する noun:

• attendance (at work); being at work; presence (in the office); going to work; reporting for work ➜ 退勤

noun:

• made-to-order; custom-made - From English "order made"

noun:

• practice (as opposed to theory); actual practice
• actual site; (at) the scene; (on) the spot

noun:

• morning coat; cutaway coat; morning dress (as opposed to evening dress)

noun:

• the five night watches; fifth watch of the night (approx. 3 am to 5 am)

noun / ~する noun:

• being reduced to poverty; living in poverty; coming down in the world; straitened (reduced) circumstances

noun:

• sale of one's belongings before returning to one's country; sayonara sale

noun:

• company president, with responsibility to represent the company in its dealings with the outside world