noun:

• now-now-ism; being interested only in the here and now without any regard for the future

expression:

• the day is short, and the work is much; my goal is still a long way off - proverb

noun:

• Actinopterygii (class of the ray-finned fishes comprising nearly 95% of the 25,000 species of fish)

noun:

• School of Diplomacy; one of the Schools of Thought during the Warring States period in China ➜ 諸子百家【しょしひゃっか】

noun:

• official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period)
• titled lady (legal wife of an important official) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 北の政所
• government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
• clerk working for large temples and shrines

noun / ~の noun:

• three colours; three colors

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同順
• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同刻

noun:

• dish placed on the far side of the serving table (kaiseki cuisine); side dishes at a banquet (e.g. sashimi, salad, vinegared dish; not rice or soup) - Food term ➜ 懐石
• resting one's forehead on the chest of one's opponent and grabbing his belt - Sumo term

noun:

• arrowhead
• target of a flying arrow; brunt (of an attack)
• the very moment (when); the point (of doing) ➜ 矢先に

noun:

• white night (i.e. at the North or South Pole); short night; night under the midnight sun

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go to the bottom of an affair; to inquire into the origin ➜ 糺す

noun:

• six coins placed in a casket (said to be to pay the fare to cross the River Sanzu) ➜ 三途の川

adverbial noun / temporal noun / suffix:

• ago; before (some event); previously; (minutes) to (the hour) ➜ 前【ぜん】
• in front (of); before (e.g. the house)
• head (of a line); front (e.g. of a bus); fore part
• in the presence of
• helping; portion ➜ 人前【にんまえ】
• privates; private parts

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to abide (by the rules); to keep to the regulations Antonym: 規則を破る

counter:

• counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted); a noun read using its on-yomi

noun:

• totally useless (fruitless) effort; wasting time on an impossible task (like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea) - four character idiom

noun:

• Naso (genus of tropical marine surgeonfishes in the family Acanthuridae known as unicorn fishes due to a spike protruding from the forehead)

expression:

• what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes? (expression of confidence from someone going out into the world)

noun:

• young bird; chick
• hina doll; doll displayed during the Girls' Festival ［ひな］
• green; wet behind the ears; juvenile ［ひよこ・ひよっこ］

noun / ~する noun:

• writing with the brush in one's mouth

noun:

• foreword; preface
• affidavit; written confession (of a commoner in the Edo period)

noun:

• with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin - four character idiom

noun:

• the principle of not resuming debate on an item in the same Diet session in which it has been voted down

noun:

• an utai (noh chant) piece for recitation
• accompanied singing in which the singing is emphasized over the instrumental part (emphasised)

noun:

• kingdom - Biology term
• erathem (rock layer corresponding to the era in which it was deposited) - Geology term
• partition of land

suffix:

• the world of (some category)

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak - proverb

noun:

• milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific) ➜ 平頭