temporal noun:

• at the time of writing

noun:

• Land of the Rising Sun ➜ 日出ずる国

noun:

• pinna (of the ear); auricle - Anatomy term

noun:

• Declaration of Independence (the document) ➜ 独立宣言【どくりつせんげん】

noun:

• morning of the New Year ➜ 元朝【がんちょう】

noun:

• closing of the winter hearth

noun:

• immediate follower (of the shogun) - obscure term ➜ 直参【じきさん】

noun:

• gonarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the knee - Medicine term

noun:

• theatre of the absurd (theater)

expression:

• remote; out-of-the-way

expression / adjective:

• remote; out-of-the-way ➜ 鳥も通わぬ【とりもかよわぬ】

noun:

• flowers of the season

noun:

• rear part of the tongue

noun:

• the right of innocent passage - Law term

noun:

• climate of the Setouchi Region

noun:

• Minister of the Imperial Household ➜ 宮内省

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• last third of a month; 21st to the last day of a month

noun:

• end; finish; stop
• bounds; limits ➜ 切りがない・切りのない
• delivery date (of a futures contract) - esp. 限り,限
• finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

suffix / counter:

• counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)

particle:

• only; just - senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech - usually written using kana alone ➜ っ切り【っきり】
• since; after - usu. in a negative sentence - usually written using kana alone
• remaining (in a particular state) - usually written using kana alone

expression / noun:

• completely empty (of a residence, etc.); vacant; deserted ➜ 蛻【もぬけ】
• body from which the soul has left; corpse
• shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc.) - orig. meaning

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal] ➜ いたちの道

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to talk around something (exp. derived from having something stuck in your back teeth and thus be unable to speak clearly); to imply something in a roundabout way - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to occupy the throne; to sit on the royal throne ➜ 座を占める
• to be at the top; to hold the premier position; to win a championship ➜ 座を占める

noun:

• the first half-year; first half of the year