noun:

• time convention; way of dividing day into hours; hour system

noun:

• navigability; accessibility; ease of getting around ➜ 回遊【かいゆう】
• schooling behavior (in fish) ➜ 回遊【かいゆう】

expression / noun:

• one's only good set of clothes (suit, kimono, etc.) - obscure term ➜ 一帳羅【いっちょうら】

noun:

• four of a kind (poker hand) - From English "four card"

noun:

• large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain - from the idea that such sounds came from trees being felled by tengu ➜ 天狗

noun:

• atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience - colloquialism ➜ 雰囲気

noun:

• official promotional photo of a musician, model, etc. - from アーティスト写真 - abbreviation

expression:

• what's up with; what's the deal with; what's to be done with - colloquialism

expression:

• You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom

noun:

• one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to shut; to close; to lock; to fasten
• to block (e.g. the way); to shut off; to shut in
• to plunge (in grief) ［とざす］

expression:

• no matter how you put it; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like; no matter how you look at it

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to hear; to hear by chance; to hear by accident; to catch (the sound)

~する verb (spec.):

• to come to (in the end); to end in
• to attribute; to blame

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する):

• to come to (in the end); to end in ➜ 帰する
• to attribute; to blame

noun / ~する noun:

• nailing on; nailing down; nailing shut; being glued (to); being unable to take one's eyes (from)
• being stationary; being rooted to the spot; halting; freezing - idiom
• (price) pegging

adverb / interjection:

• how; how much; how many; how long; how far - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら
• under no circumstances; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら何でも【いくらなんでも】

noun:

• being meaningful; being significant; having value; having worth - Kansai dialect

adverb / interjection:

• how; how much; how many; how long; how far - old form of 何ぼ - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら・何ぼ【なんぼ】
• under no circumstances; whatever the circumstances may be; say what you like - Kansai dialect ➜ 幾ら何でも【いくらなんでも】・何ぼ【なんぼ】

noun:

• being meaningful; being significant; having value; having worth - Kansai dialect ➜ 何ぼ【なんぼ】

expression:

• what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray [literal] - proverb

adjective:

• wanted; wished for; in need of; desired ➜ 欲しがる

auxiliary adjective:

• I want (you) to - after the -te form of a verb - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• island
• territory (of a prostitute, organized crime gang, etc.); turf - usually written using kana alone

noun / ~する noun:

• breakdown; failure; fault; accident; out of order
• damage; hurt
• objection; protest

noun / suffix noun:

• state; province; county; oblast; department (of ancient China)
• continent

suffix:

• dear - after someone's name - archaism

noun:

• plot of land; lot; soil
• locality; region; place

noun / ~する noun:

• exchange; interchange; switching; reciprocity; barter; substitution; replacement; clearing (of checks, cheques)