noun:

• doing something together; co-owning something and using it together - archaism
• being on par with one another - archaism

noun:

• Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern - letters beginning with this typically end with 敬具

adverb / ~と adverb:

• dilatorily; sluggishly - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to take a lot of time; to become late; to take it easy

noun:

• cutting a person down (without a second thought); sacrificing; throwing to the wolves; treating as sword fodder
• omission; rounding down (e.g. fractions); truncation ➜ 切り上げ

noun:

• overwhelming majority (number of parliamentary seats required in order for the ruling coalition to chair all standing committees and pass bills without the support of other parties)

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to feign ignorance; to pretend to be ignorant of; to play innocent; to brazen it out

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get along; to hit it off; to be on the same page; to work well together; to synchronize

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least

noun:

• traditional short winter coat resembling a haori without gussets ➜ 羽織
• livery coat ➜ 印半纏
• half the sky ［半天］
• mid-air; middle of the sky ［半天］

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting; presentation

noun:

• Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern - salutation of a formal letter - honorific language

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have (a) potential for ...; to have it in one to do

expression:

• briefly; in short; in a nutshell; in summary; to put it briefly

noun:

• kayōkyoku; form of Japanese popular music that developed during the Showa era
• (Western) pop song - early Showa era term

noun:

• Asura; demigod; anti-god; titan; demigods that fight the Devas (gods) in Hindu mythology - Buddhism term

noun:

• that kind (may be used as a disparaging term for another person)
• competition; match

noun:

• captured piece that can be reused - Shōgi term
• person or object held in reserve; available means

noun:

• face sheet (top copy); questionnaire that asks for a demographic profile

noun:

• second life (esp. that of a retiree)
• SecondLife (online virtual world)

noun:

• taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)

noun / suffix noun:

• nature (of a person or thing)
• that which does not change according to external influences - Buddhism term

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun:

• pipe buried under a road with nozzles that spray liquid to melt snow

expression:

• talking so fast that even a four-horse coach cannot catch up to the words

noun:

• everybody's friend; person who is affable to everybody - oft. used derogatively
• flawlessly beautiful woman; flawless beauty