noun:

• dead end; cul-de-sac; blind alley; no through road (i.e. on signage)
• end; end of the road; end point; as far as one can go

adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ 凡そ【およそ】
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

noun:

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

noun:

• sky
• heaven ［てん］
• svarga (heaven-like realm visited as a stage of death and rebirth) ［てん］ - Buddhism term
• deva (divine being of Buddhism) ［てん］ - Buddhism term

noun / prefix noun:

• having a fetish for ...; specializing in ...; majoring in ... - abbreviation - slang ➜ 専門

noun:

• first; foremost; number one priority - archaism
• doing as one pleases; acting selfishly - archaism
• fired brick - archaism

adverb:

• or; otherwise
• furthermore; also
• perhaps; by some chance; possibly - archaism
• that being said; be that as it may - archaism
• however; but - archaism
• not to mention; needless to say - archaism
• as expected; sure enough - archaism
• really; at all - used to express emphatic denial, suspicion, or emotion - archaism

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:

• strong independent Japanese woman from the Kochi area - Tosa dialect

noun:

• demoness; witch; ogress; she-devil
• married woman - pun on 既女 - slang - derogatory term - humorous term ➜ 既女

noun:

• brave woman; heroine; lady of character; Amazon

noun:

• ephemeral (easily scattered) cherry blossom; fickle woman

noun:

• woman's heart; female instincts or psychology

noun:

• woman whose presence seems to cause rain

noun:

• obatarian; generally obnoxious pushy middle-aged woman - from おばさん and バタリアン (horror film) - colloquialism

noun:

• Andromeda (constellation); the Chained Woman - Astronomy term

noun:

• betrothal money given from man to woman ➜ 御袴料

noun:

• betrothal money given from woman to man ➜ 御帯料

noun:

• hazing; gruelling training
• waistband; woman's undergirdle

noun:

• double-width cloth
• woman's underskirt ➜ 腰巻き

noun:

• old woman ghost from the Kanto region

expression / noun:

• heavily made-up woman; flour-shop burglar [literal] - archaism - derogatory term - idiom

noun:

• unhygienic young woman; dirty girl - slang - derogatory term

noun:

• woman interested in Buddhism and Buddhist images

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

expression:

• start with the first step; when embarking on a great project, start with immediate steps ➜ 隗より始めよ
• he who first suggests it should be the first to do it ➜ 隗より始めよ