adverb:

• anyhow; at any rate; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; at least

adverb:

• sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case

adverb:

• anyway; either way; one way or the other; whichever; whatever

expression / noun:

• the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage

noun:

• arrow (mark or symbol); directional marker or indicator

noun:

• furigana; kana over or beside kanji to indicate pronunciation ➜ ルビー

noun:

• about to start out; just about to leave or go out - oft. used as a greeting in the form of お出かけですか？ - honorific language - polite language ➜ 出掛け【でがけ】
• outing; trip

noun:

• junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution - abbreviation ➜ 短期大学

expression / suffix:

• things like ...; or something like that ... - often derogatory

noun / ~の noun:

• vacancy; room for rent or lease

noun:

• kyogen; farce presented between noh plays or during the interlude of a noh play ➜ 本狂言・間狂言
• kabuki play; kabuki performance
• make-believe; ruse; trick

noun:

• discrepancy; different or conflicting opinions

noun / ~の noun:

• red and white; colours for festive or auspicious occasions (colors)

noun:

• two teams; two groups
• Red and White singing contest; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK) - abbreviation ➜ 紅白歌合戦【こうはくうたがっせん】

noun:

• critical moment; do-or-die situation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hardly recognise; to mistake for something or somebody else

noun:

• junior college; vocationally oriented two or three year post-secondary education institution

noun / ~する noun:

• storage; putting or stowing away
• receipt (of funds, payment, etc.)
• harvesting

noun / ~の noun:

• life and death; life or death

noun / ~の noun:

• lyricism; description or expression of one's feelings

noun:

• result (of an election); success or defeat (in an election)
• winning or losing (a lottery, raffle, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• public debt; public bond or securities

noun:

• tomoe; heraldic design composed of two or more interlocked comma-shaped figures

adverb / noun:

• please; somehow or other

noun:

• Alice band; horseshoe-shaped hairband made of metal or plastic (often covered with cloth) - named after a character in Tolstoy's novel "Resurrection" - From Russian "Katyusha"
• Katyusha rocket launcher (Soviet)