expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go up in smoke; to burn down; to be cremated; to vanish into thin air

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

noun:

• performance; take; going before an audience or on-air - colloquialism ➜ 本番【ほんばん】
• game; season; crucial moment - colloquialism ➜ 本番【ほんばん】
• actual sexual intercourse (i.e. not simulated); penetration - colloquialism ➜ 本番【ほんばん】

godan ~す verb:

• to pose; to be affected; to put on an air

noun:

• refreshment; something refreshing; welcome relief; breath of fresh air
• tonic; refreshing medicine

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become extremely serious (in attitude); to look solemn; to assume a solemn air - usu. as 真面目くさった or 真面目くさって

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• awe-inspiring; majestic; commanding; stately; with an imposing air; in a stately (dignified) manner - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• pulmonary alveolus; alveoli; lung cavity; air cell

~と adverb:

• gurgling; burbling; bubbling; sound of water mixing with air (e.g. water welling up, pouring water, drain pipe, gushing forth) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• cool biz; cool business; business casual (Japanese Ministry of the Environment (MOE) campaign encouraging people to wear lighter clothes and for companies to set their air conditioners to 28C, etc.) ➜ ウォームビズ

expression:

• innocent look; nonchalant look; air of innocence

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to affect a serene mood; to affect a serious demeanor; to act prudishly; to assume an air of superiority

noun:

• the flavor of Zen; the flavour of Zen; air or style of disinterestedness

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• being majestic; with great pomp and circumstance; with an imposing air - four character idiom

noun:

• battlecry; cheer; cry where one breathes in a large volume of air and then releases it suddenly in a loud cry ➜ 鬨の声

noun / ~する noun:

• rushing at the enemy ➜ 突貫

noun:

• draft; draught; cold air entering through the crack of a door or window
• cooling off of a relationship; draft of cold air between two persons

noun:

• cold; chill; cold weather; cold wave; cold air

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to become clear (water, air, etc.); to become transparent
• to resonate clearly (e.g. voice)
• to become serene; to become tranquil; to be free of worries
• to pronounce as an unvoiced sound ➜ 清音

adjective:

• refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air); brisk; bracing; fresh; refreshed

noun / ~する noun:

• floating (e.g. in air, water); floatation; buoyancy; buoying up (e.g. economy)

noun:

• (air or sea) route; course; line; run

adjectival noun / noun:

• thin (e.g. air); diluted; sparse; lean; weak; rarified; rarefied
• lacking (e.g. empathy); deficient; insufficient (e.g. zeal)

noun:

• controller (usually air-traffic)

noun:

• (air) bubble (esp. in a liquid)