noun:

• complete emptiness (i.e. as a denial of the inherent existence of all things); nirvana (where this emptiness is realized) - Buddhism term

adjectival noun / noun:

• quiet and lonely - archaism

expression:

• the end of the world; the world is beyond saving; there's no hope for the future; this degenerate age

noun:

• fashion style heavy on make-up and elaborate hairstyles, used among Japanese rock bands, musicians, etc. ➜ Ｖ系【ブイけい】
• handsome man (esp. one who knows this)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)

~する noun:

• to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; to worry - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that; (obsessing) to no end - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• concerning the result (as opposed to the means used to achieve this result or the original goal)

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin a trip; to depart; to embark
• to die; to pass away; to depart this life

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip ➜ 禹歩
• dance steps inspired by this ceremony

expression:

• as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day) ➜ 声を限りに

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

expression:

• Just a short note to tell you ...; This will just be a short note - set formula of greeting used by a man at the beginning of a brief note - male language - four character idiom

expression:

• very early in the morning; so early in the morning; at this ungodly hour

noun:

• Zen monk's waistcoat (short, informal kasaya) - archaism ➜ 袈裟・絡子【らくす】
• ring (usu. made of ivory) attached to this waistcoat
• netsuke; item attached to a netsuke ➜ 根付け

pronoun:

• such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that

interjection:

• What?; What is the matter?; What are the items?

noun:

• bai zhi (Chinese name for angelica species Angelica dahurica); traditional Chinese cure made from the root of this plant ➜ 鎧草
• Heracleum nipponicum (species of hogweed) ➜ 花独活

expression / adverb:

• at precisely this moment; at precisely that moment; just then; just when

noun:

• details; particulars; whole story; sequence of events; chronology; circumstances; how it started; how things got this way ［いきさつ・けいい］
• longitude and latitude ［けいい］
• warp and weft; warp and woof ［けいい・たてぬき・たてよこ］ - orig. meaning of けいい ➜ 縦横【たてよこ】

godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to also be (implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case) - である with も; formal, literary ➜ である
• to be ... or something

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker); like this ➜ あんな・そんな・どんな

noun:

• compared to our company's products (a phrase often used in advertising when comparing old and new products); in this company's comparison
• as I see it; by my estimate - colloquialism

expression:

• just as it is reassuring to have a companion when traveling, it is important for us to care for each other as we pass through this life

noun:

• this way; here ［こなた］ ➜ こちら
• the person in question; he; she; him; her ［こなた］
• since (a time in the past); prior to (a time in the future) ［こなた］

pronoun:

• me ［こなた］
• you

noun:

• book; volume; script ➜ ご本【ごほん】

prefix:

• this; present
• main; head
• real; regular

suffix / counter:

• counter for long cylindrical things; counter for films, TV shows, etc.; counter for goals, home runs, etc.; counter for telephone calls - sometimes pronounced ぼん or ぽん

noun:

• cannot allow (oneself) to live (with someone) under the canopy of heaven; cannot allow (the sworn enemy) to live in this world; irreconcilable (enemy) - four character idiom