noun / ~する noun:

• taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed - Mahjong term - From Chinese "lizhi"
• being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)

noun:

• miso lees; miso strainings; miso dregs
• child who is made light of; child who is left out of games; immature child or person; good-for-nothing

noun / ~する noun:

• slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic) - slang
• banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour) - colloquialism

noun:

• et cetera; and so forth - From Latin

noun / ~する noun:

• dying of shame; being so ashamed one wants to die ➜ 慙死

noun:

• emperor; living god; god incarnate
• miracle-working god (who appears as the occasion demands)

adverb / noun / adjectival noun:

• as one wishes; as one pleases; to one's heart's content

prefix:

• white
• unseasoned; undyed; unaltered
• very much; precisely
• playing dumb ➜ しらばくれる

noun / adjectival noun:

• unfeigned; honest; diligent

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• practice of buying a bottle of spirits at a bar which is then kept there for the customer - From English "bottle keep"

noun / ~する noun:

• brood parasitism (planting one's eggs in another bird's nest, as demonstrated by the cuckoo, etc.)

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka) ➜ 京の着倒れ・食い倒れ

noun:

• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

noun:

• Cephaloscyllium (genus of catshark known as swellsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae capable of inflating their body)

noun:

• folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)

expression:

• A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom

adverbial noun / noun:

• in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

noun:

• in these times; in times likes these; the season being what it is ➜ 時節柄

adjective:

• fast; quick; hasty; brisk - esp. 速い, 疾い, 捷い
• early (in the day, etc.); premature - esp. 早い
• (too) soon; not yet; (too) early - esp. 早い
• easy; simple; quick - esp. 早い ➜ 手っ取り早い

noun:

• light used as a religious offering ➜ 御灯・神灯
• paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)

noun:

• komi; extra points given to the white player as compensation for playing second (in go)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand
• to turn out as one thought ➜ 我が意を得たり

auxiliary:

• probably isn't (doesn't, won't, etc.)
• don't (doesn't) intend to; intend not to
• must not; (when used in an imperative sentence) don't

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that