noun:

• spring and autumn; spring and fall
• years; age
• The Spring and Autumn Annals; The Chronicles of Lu; Chunqiu; Ch'un Ch'iu ［しゅんじゅう］ ➜ 五経

expression / adjective:

• mere shadow of one's former self; having no trace left (of former glories, talent, looks, etc.); unrecognizable (as the person one used to be); unrecognisable - idiom

noun:

• humble samurai who served as a body guard on foot ➜ 徒侍
• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period) ➜ 徒士組【かちぐみ】

noun:

• imperial palace; person living in the imperial palace (esp. the emperor) - honorific language ➜ 内裏
• festival dolls representing the emperor and the empress - polite language ➜ 内裏雛

noun / ~の noun:

• eventful times for the nation (world); the nation (world) being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land - four character idiom

expression:

• there is only the thickness of the boat's planking between one and perdition; on a boat, one is only an inch or two from a watery grave - proverb

noun:

• thing; object; article; stuff; substance
• one's things; possessions; property; belongings - as 〜のもの, 〜のもん
• things; something; anything; everything; nothing
• quality
• reason; the way of things
• used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen - formal noun often used as 〜ものだ - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun:

• item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...
• cause of ...; cause for ...

prefix:

• somehow; somewhat; for some reason ［もの］ ➜ 物寂しい【ものさびしい】
• really; truly ［もの］ ➜ 物珍しい【ものめずらしい】

~の noun / noun:

• not covered (e.g. of a sports opponent); unobserved; under the radar - From English "no mark"
• unmarked (e.g. of a product); unlabelled

noun:

• compound ideograph formation (one of the six kanji classifications); making kanji up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain) ➜ 会意文字

noun:

• household of which half of the taxes were given to a designated person (ritsuryo system); vassal household allotted to a courtier ➜ 食封

noun:

• number crossword (var. of kanji crossword puzzle with numbers where squares with the same number contain the same kanji) - abbreviation ➜ ナンバークロス

expression:

• one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue - proverb ➜ 物を言う

noun:

• jar; pot; vase
• dice cup
• depression (i.e. the basin of a waterfall)
• target (when aiming an arrow) - archaism
• (figurative) bull's-eye - usually written using kana alone ➜ 思うつぼ
• key point (of a conversation, etc.) - usually written using kana alone
• acupuncture point; moxibustion point - usually written using kana alone
• nodes on a fingerboard (of a shamisen, etc.) - often ツボ - usually written using kana alone

adverb:

• to the end; to the bitter end; to the last; stubbornly; persistently; consistently; to the utmost
• after all; it must be remembered; only; purely; simply

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to be unable to; to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do ➜ 兼ねない

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously; to contain (or combine) two or more features
• to work in two or more jobs simultaneously (positions, etc.); to do alongside
• to hesitate to do something (out of consideration for others)
• to think of the future (as well as the present)

noun:

• monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; non-human primate ➜ ニホンザル
• sly person - derogatory term
• idiot; hick - derogatory term
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut)
• clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook ➜ 自在鉤
• bathhouse prostitute - archaism ➜ 湯女

noun:

• time; hour; moment - 刻 signifies a time of day; 秋 signifies an important time
• occasion; case ［時］
• chance; opportunity; season ［時］
• the times; the age; the day ［時］
• tense ［時］ - Linguistics term

noun:

• attitudinal expression (indicating the speaker's respect, contempt, etc. for the listener or the person being discussed)

expression / noun:

• bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground; deep forward bow

noun:

• political dynamics; dynamics of political forces; the balance of political power - four character idiom

noun:

• the best one can do; one's best effort

adverbial noun:

• with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

adverbial noun:

• with the exception of; excepting

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• end of the month

noun:

• Committee of the National Diet - abbreviation

noun:

• king (of the senior player) - Shōgi term