noun:

• official post; regular post; permanent office
• principal post (as opposed to secondary post)

pronoun:

• I (of someone in government or the civil service)

expression / adjective:

• unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight)
• hard to chew

noun:

• compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

noun:

• good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns; skilled actor who knows little of life; person who excels in one occupation (profession) but lacks simple common sense - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise - four character idiom

noun:

• compound ideograph formation (one of the six kanji classifications); making kanji up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain) ➜ 会意文字

conjunction:

• then; well then; if so - Kansai dialect ➜ それでは・それなら

noun:

• moratorium; period of grace; extension (of time, e.g. to make payments); cessation (for a period, e.g. nuclear testing)
• postponement (of social responsibility); immaturity; not having developed emotional maturity; mental state of a young person who does not want to become an adult ➜ モラトリアム人間【モラトリアムにんげん】

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be equal to; to be as good as; to be a match for; to rival

noun:

• visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to (gift for) persons hard at work as a sign of support - four character idiom

noun:

• The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you") ➜ 金科玉条

noun:

• this duty; this task; this job

pronoun:

• I (as the person in charge of this task)

noun:

• cavities in the frame of a door used as part of a pivot hinge ➜ 枢【くるる】
• door

adverb:

• as a test; as an experiment; by way of experiment; by way of trial; tentatively

adjectival noun:

• so; like that

interjection:

• that's right; indeed
• let me see...

expression:

• it can't be helped; so it goes; c'est la vie - Kansai dialect ➜ 仕方がない

noun:

• dyeing of degummed silk; dyeing of raw silk at the same time as degumming

expression:

• room to breathe (usually in the negative as "no room to breathe") ➜ 立錐の余地もない

noun:

• realism (as opposed to idealism) ➜ 観念論
• realism (as opposed to nominalism) ➜ 唯名論

pronoun:

• where; what place ➜ 此処・其処・彼処
• how much (long, far); what extent ➜ 何れ程

expression / adjective:

• too much for one to handle; beyond one's capacity; unmanageable; uncontrollable; incorrigible; obstreperous

expression:

• metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term

expression / adverbial noun:

• how long; how far; how much ➜ どの位【どのくらい】

expression / adverbial noun:

• how long; how far; how much ➜ 何れくらい【どれくらい】