noun:

• broom (esp. one for sweeping a silkworm-raising room on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)
• plant used for constructing brooms (e.g. kochia) ➜ 箒草
• liquor; alcohol; sake

noun:

• offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice - Buddhism term
• twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar
• year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat) ➜ 臈

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

suffix:

• ending; quitting; closing - after a noun ➜ 店じまい
• ending before one had time to do something one wanted or intended to - after the 〜ず negative form of a verb; indicates disappointment

expression / adverb:

• in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

noun:

• last spurt; home stretch; last part of a race or period of time where you give it your best effort

noun / ~の noun:

• shopworn goods; dead stock; shelf warmer
• being left unresolved for a long time (e.g. a problem); being shelved - often as 〜が店晒しになる or 〜を店晒しにする

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to wait for a long time; to wait and wait; to eagerly await

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• women's New Year (15th day of the first month of the year); New Year for women who were too busy to celebrate on the 1st (Kyoto-Osaka) ➜ 小正月

noun:

• occasion; time
• section (of a literary work); paragraph; verse; stanza; passage
• principle; integrity
• node (of a plant stem)
• clause - Linguistics term
• (taxonomical) section

expression:

• no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it [literal] - proverb

noun:

• sign staked to a building's ridgepole at construction time stating the building's donor, builder, date, reason for construction, etc.

expression:

• till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
• concerning (an area of expertise)
• swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

adverb:

• for the present; for the time being; at present; in the meantime ➜ 差し当たり

expression / ichidan verb:

• to hoist one's sail when the wind is fair; to get one's time to shine - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be betrayed - idiom
• to be brought to grief (by an enemy); to be given a hard time - colloquialism - idiom

expression:

• meanwhile; in the meantime; by the same token; likewise; equally; at the same time - usu. その一方で
• in contrast

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north) ➜ 九星
• white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch
• surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white

adjectival noun:

• proper

noun:

• propagandist; propaganda - abbreviation
• full time (staff); career (job title) (e.g. someone who has worked in the same area from the start)
• regular price; net price

noun:

• the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have a time-limit expire; to pass a deadline; to pass an expiration date ➜ 期限切れ・切れる

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire

expression / ichidan verb:

• to already have enough; to already have what one needs - often used in turning down an offer ➜ 間に合う
• to be on time