expression / noun:

• next inning; next time

noun:

• election time; election period

noun:

• first time

~の noun:

• first; initial

noun / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• rudeness; impoliteness; disrespect; impertinence

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving; going (on one's way); saying goodbye
• taking without permission; stealing; pinching; pilfering

interjection:

• My apologies; I must be going now; So long - male language

noun:

• (a) grain; (a) drop; (a) bead

noun:

• arranging a group of people so as to form a character or spell out a message

adjectival noun / noun:

• standing on formality; in a reserved manner; treating a friend as a stranger; unduly distant; formal - four character idiom

noun:

• batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a track (of a train); arrival of a train (at a platform)
• passing the post (horseracing); crossing the finish line

expression:

• a wise retainer chooses a great lord to serve; a wise bird chooses a good tree in which to roost [literal] - proverb

noun:

• eldest child; oldest child; first-born child
• child who carries on the family name
• pre-ritsuryo official established in key provinces, responsible for administration of his home and surrounding provinces - archaism ➜ 律令制・総領【すべおさ】
• head of a warrior clan (Kamakura period) - archaism

expression:

• almost; very nearly; only just; barely; just in time

adverb:

• exactly; just; precisely - onomatopoeia
• punctually; exactly on time - onomatopoeia

~と adverb:

• clearly delineated (of boundaries, etc.) - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• at all times; at any time; in rain or shine; reliably

noun:

• after five; one's private time; after-hours

noun:

• the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono ➜ 袷

noun:

• appropriate time to do (something); occasion when (something) must be done

expression / adverb:

• before very long; soon; someday; one of these days; sooner or later
• of the previously mentioned; of that number; among them; among others

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to operate (e.g. a machine); to handle; to manage; to control; to maneuver; to steer
• to have a good command of (a language); to play proficiently (of a musical instrument)
• to work (a puppet); to pull the strings of a puppet
• to manipulate (a person, public opinion, etc.); to pull the strings; to control from the shadows; to mastermind

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

noun:

• cheap wines and unpalatable dishes (a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest) - four character idiom

noun:

• staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

godan ~ぐ verb / transitive:

• to look up (at)
• to look up to; to respect; to revere
• to ask for (e.g. guidance); to seek; to turn to (someone) for
• to depend on; to rely on
• to gulp down; to quaff; to drink