adjectival noun / noun:

• chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors) - いき is also written as 意気 Antonym: 野暮
• considerate; understanding; sympathetic

noun / adjectival noun:

• essence; the best; the cream ［すい］

expression:

• attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb

noun:

• chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor
• ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous ➜ 任侠・侠客

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make the smart move (after taking in the situation, etc.) ➜ 気が利く
• to do the tactful or helpful thing (after considering someone's feelings) ➜ 気が利く

noun:

• Osaka Conference; meeting held by the leaders of the Meiji Restoration in Osaka to discuss the formation of a representative assembly (January-February, 1875)

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾国傾城

noun:

• woman so glamorous as to bring ruin to a country (castle) as its king (lord) is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale - four character idiom ➜ 傾城傾国【けいせいけいこく】

noun:

• uxoriousness; being easy on one's wife; man who is easy on his wife - humorous term ➜ サイコロジー

noun / ~する noun:

• possession (of what is required); fulfilment (of conditions); being equipped with; being endowed with

expression / noun:

• beginning to learn (something) when one is old; not being too old to learn - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to muster one's courage; to resolve oneself; to ready oneself for what is to come - obscure term ➜ 覚悟を決める

noun:

• friend of a mother who is also a mother; mothers who are friends

expression:

• money speaks louder than words; money is better than (empty) words; yen bills over salutations [literal] - pun on 挨拶 and 円札 both ending in さつ - proverb - humorous term

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be deserved; to be worth it; to have merit; to have value

adjective:

• smelling burnt; smelling scorched
• smelling of gunpowder (i.e. as if military action seems about to happen); war is looming
• suspicious; dubious; questionable

noun:

• on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) - esp. ほとり
• (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby

suffix noun:

• around (Sunday, last year, etc...) ［あたり］
• for instance ［あたり］

noun:

• black surgeonfish (Acanthurus gahhm, species of tang endemic to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about something/someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this - Hiroshima dialect ➜ こんな

noun:

• young people subsisting on part-time work; one whose livelihood is provided by part-time work - from freelance and arbeiter - abbreviation

expression:

• not to be able to settle down (if something is not done); must (do something)

noun:

• position (where one is standing); place where one stands
• position (in society); status; role; station

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect