adverb:

• along the road; along the way

noun:

• the authorities concerned; the competent authorities - four character idiom

noun:

• the said person; the target (person)

noun:

• in the ministry; in the department

expression / adverb:

• to the bitter end; to the hilt

noun:

• the 108 kleshas; the 108 afflictions - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

pre-noun adjectival:

• of the time; at the time ➜ 時【とき】

noun:

• the same agency; the same office

noun / ~の noun:

• south; southern; southward

noun:

• countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take along; to hold in the hand
• to hang (e.g. from the shoulder or waist) ➜ 下げる【さげる】

godan ~る verb:

• to reach the limits; to come to the end of one's tether

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