suffix noun:

• choosing; selecting; deciding (on) ➜ 嫁選び

noun:

• crema; froth on espresso coffee - From Italian

expression / ~よい adjective:

• close; intimate; on good terms - colloquialism - abbreviation

noun:

• reducing dependence on nuclear energy ➜ 脱原発

noun:

• reducing dependence on nuclear energy ➜ 減原発

noun:

• lookout; watch; person on guard

expression:

• what on Earth is this? - colloquialism ➜ 何だこれは【なんだこれは】

expression / ~よい adjective:

• close; intimate; on good terms

noun:

• phone duty; being on call

noun:

• arrest on a separate charge

noun:

• inscription on a temple bell

noun:

• bassinet (esp. on airplane); bassinette

noun:

• parched beans scattered on Setsubun ➜ 節分

noun:

• university; college ➜ 総合大学
• former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) - abbreviation ➜ 大学寮・国学【こくがく】
• the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• frame (e.g. of film, panel in a comic, etc.)
• scene
• time block (e.g. of a class schedule)

noun / ~する noun:

• participation in government
• state councillor (in the ritsuryo system); state councilor ➜ 太政官
• vice-minister (early Meiji period)
• Cabinet Councillor (1937-1943); Cabinet Councilor

expression:

• attempting two tasks at the same time, accomplishing neither; falling between two stools; catching neither the horsefly nor the bee [literal] - proverb

noun:

• fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
• location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra ［しゅらじょう］ ➜ 阿修羅【あしゅら】・帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】
• difficulties (in a love relationship) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism
• crunch time (esp. for cartoonists) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism

adverbial noun / noun:

• to the end of time; to the crack of doom; for ever and ever

interjection:

• (can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?

noun:

• Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871 CE) ［だんじょうだい］
• Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• making great haste, having been caught off guard; scurrying unprepared
• rushing to an emergency with sword in hand, not having had time to affix it at the waist

noun / ~する noun:

• crowning a boy for the first time at a coming-of-age ceremony - archaism ➜ 元服

noun:

• noh cap with a rolled or drooping tail (indicative of nobility) ［ういかんむり］ ➜ 巻纓・垂纓

noun / suffix noun:

• period; time
• age - Geology term
• term (e.g. in office); period
• session (e.g. of parliament)
• stage (e.g. disease)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to adopt (method, proposal, etc.); to take (measure, course of action, etc.); to decide on
• to pick (e.g. flowers); to gather (e.g. mushrooms); to catch (e.g. insects)
• to extract (e.g. juice); to take (e.g. a sample)
• to assume (an attitude)
• to take on (workers, students); to employ; to hire
• to draw in (e.g. water); to let in (e.g. light from a window)