noun:

• sense of the trend of the times; sensitivity to the changing times - four character idiom ➜ 時世感覚

noun:

• Yamaraja (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead) - honorific language - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• (at) the beginning of the New Year; early in the New Year

expression / ichidan verb:

• to relax one's efforts; to let up; to let one's guard down

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］

noun:

• air; atmosphere
• mood; situation ➜ 空気を読む【くうきをよむ】
• someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all - colloquialism - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• ramming attack; hurling oneself (at)
• throwing oneself into (e.g. a role); going all out

noun:

• (police) legwork; house-to-house inquiry; canvassing; investigation carried out by questioning neighbours, bystanders, etc.

noun:

• tatami-mat room rented out for meetings, meals, etc.
• place for assignations
• (Edo-period) brothel

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

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)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fall to one's knees; to go down on one's knees (e.g. to express respect)

noun:

• up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let down one's guard; to relax one's guard

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to bring back; to carry home; to take out (e.g. food)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to awaken; to perk up; to snap out (of something) ➜ 目覚める

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to give out an odor, scent or perfume (odour); to suggest; to insinuate

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

pre-noun adjectival:

• this (something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or ideas expressed by the speaker) ➜ 何の【どの】・此れ・其の・彼の

noun:

• kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji; kanji enclosure-type radical - e.g. 道, 起