expression:

• for better or worse; for good or for evil

expression:

• waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks - four character idiom

noun:

• article for sale; goods for sale; offering; For Sale (on a sign)
• specialty; selling point

noun:

• straw bag; bale; sack

suffix / counter:

• counter for sacks; counter for bales; counter for bags ［ひょう］ - sometimes pronounced びょう, ぴょう

noun:

• six copies
• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan) - abbreviation ➜ 六十六部

noun / ~の noun:

• for the time being; for the present; temporarily; for a time
• immediate; present; current
• for some time (after)
• current account ➜ 当座預金

counter:

• counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle); counter for insects in a collection; counter for helmets, masks, etc.

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to show appreciation for (efforts, esp. by someone of equal or lower status); to thank for; to reward for

noun:

• stepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss - Sumo term

temporal noun:

• one o'clock

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• once; at one time; formerly; before

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• for a time; for a while; for the time being; for the present; for the moment; temporarily - in weather forecasts, indicates that a given condition will hold for less than one-quarter of the forecast period

noun:

• a time; one time; once ➜ 一時に

counter:

• counter for sheets, pages, leaves, etc.
• counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant
• counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc. ➜ 挺

noun:

• even number ➜ 半【はん】
• 109.09 m ➜ 町

noun:

• sake cup; cup for alcoholic beverages ［はい］

suffix / counter:

• counter for cupfuls
• counter for ships, octopuses and squid ［はい］

noun:

• business; task; errand; engagement
• use; purpose

suffix noun:

• for the use of ...; used for ...; made for ...

noun:

• call of nature; excretion ➜ 用を足す

expression:

• forming; comprising; making up ➜ 為す【なす】

adverb / interjection:

• why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for ➜ 如何して【どうして】

noun:

• store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

noun:

• store that has been gone out of business; household that lives without carrying on a business

noun:

• trick of leaning back and carrying one's opponent round and out of the ring - Sumo term
• last-minute reversal

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to search for; to seek for; to look for

adverb / interjection:

• why?; for what reason; how; in what way; for what purpose; what for ➜ どうやって

noun:

• carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to make up for; to compensate for; to indemnify; to recompense; to redeem (e.g. a fault); to atone for

noun:

• taiko; title for a regent, later for the grand chancellor, also for the father of an Imperial adviser (advisor) who passed the role to his son - esp. refers to Toyotomi Hideyoshi - honorific language ➜ 関白【かんぱく】

noun:

• without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• insertion; letter drop
• things sent to a prisoner
• supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to atone for; to expiate; to redeem; to make up for; to compensate for