noun:

• smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle - four character idiom

noun:

• number (in a series)
• (one's) turn
• watch; guard; lookout
• bout; match - Sumo term

noun:

• something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

noun / ~する noun:

• limpness

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• soft; limp; flabby
• mumbling; talking with food in one's mouth - sometimes instead of むにゃむにゃ

expression / adjective:

• unable to stomach; sticking in one's throat; displeased with

noun:

• nudity ➜ 真っ裸

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• stark naked; in one's bare skin
• penniless

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• staunch (steadfast, single-hearted) in one's devotion to his master (lord) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying a person in one's arms - colloquialism ➜ 横抱き

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to spend all of one's time in idle amusement

noun:

• large regional newspaper (usu. sold in more than one prefecture)

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose one's way ➜ 道に迷う
• to waver; to hesitate; to be of two minds over; to be puzzled; to be perplexed ➜ 迷い
• to give into temptation; to lose control of oneself
• to turn in one's grave

noun / ~の noun:

• essence; quintessence; spirit; soul; heart; pith; pith and marrow

noun:

• Tenmangu shrine (shrine dedicated to Sugawara no Michizane's spirit)

noun:

• single horseman
• wait for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; wait for half of one's pair with four melds completed - Mahjong term ➜ 単騎待ち【たんきまち】

noun:

• young adult still living at home; dependent ➜ 部屋住み
• female servant working for a lady-in-waiting working in the inner part of a lord's house (Edo period) ➜ 部屋方
• freeloader living in a samurai's house
• young kabuki actor in service of a master (Edo period)

noun / ~する noun:

• bursting through the surface; suddenly surfacing; rapid ascent
• sudden increase (e.g. in public interest)
• fast rise (e.g. in rank)

noun:

• waiting for one tile to finish one's pair and one's hand; waiting for half of one's pair with four melds completed - Mahjong term

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb

noun:

• starting; engaging
• expenses; costs - esp. 掛かり, 掛り
• attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go) - esp. 掛かり, 掛り; often as カカリ ➜ カカリ
• barb
• charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk ［掛かり・掛り］ - esp. for government offices, railways, etc. ➜ 係【かかり】

noun:

• embossing a pattern; repoussé; hammering
• drum signaling the end of a performance ➜ 打ち出し太鼓
• serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf)
• printout; printing out ➜ 打ち出す【うちだす】

noun:

• crossing without meeting (e.g. letters in the post, people on the road); going astray
• difference of opinion; misunderstanding; estrangement; disagreement

noun:

• senior high school (esp. the senior high school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)

noun / ~の noun:

• firing one shot at a time; single-shot gun ➜ 単発銃【たんぱつじゅう】
• having only one engine; single-engined aeroplane; single-engined airplane ➜ 単発機【たんぱつき】
• one-shot (e.g. story); non-serial; one-off; single occasion