expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to beat someone by ganging up on them - colloquialism ➜ 袋叩き【ふくろだたき】

noun:

• driving out evil spirits (on New Year's eve) ➜ 追儺

noun / ~する noun:

• inscription on stone monuments, metal receptacles, etc.; exergue; inscribing

noun:

• computer game based on music and rhythm

noun:

• limit on maximum power consumption - From English "peak cut"

noun:

• on-deck circle - Baseball term - From English "next batter's circle"

noun:

• touch controls (e.g. on a smartphone)

interjection:

• hi; hello - male language
• hey; listen!
• oh - expression of mild surprise
• come on! - in kendo

expression:

• (it won't be possible) on such short notice

noun:

• platform on which a structure is built; stylobate; foundation

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to amuse; to delight; to entertain; to please; to regale; to give someone a good time; to impart delight; to give pleasure to

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to fix (a time, date, etc.); to set ［きする］ ➜ 期す
• to expect; to hope for; to look forward to; to foresee; to anticipate ➜ 期す
• to resolve (to do); to decide upon; to prepare for; to promise; to pledge ➜ 期す

conjunction:

• cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

noun:

• Heian era court lady's song (accompanying men's oouta); court lady singing a kouta ➜ 大歌
• ditty; ballad; short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era ➜ 小唄・端唄
• kyogen kouta; style of kyogen song based on the Muromachi songs, often love ballad
• noh kouta; unusual style of noh song based on the Muromachi songs

noun:

• young man of conscription age who has not yet undergone military training - archaism
• man with no title and no rank (under the ritsuryo system); commoner - archaism
• servant dressed in a white uniform who carries objects for his master ［はくちょう］ - archaism ➜ 白張

expression:

• complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways - four character idiom

expression:

• anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb

noun:

• the system in government offices and business corporations in which draft proposals are prepared by someone in charge of the matter and circulated for collective deliberation and final approval by particular (designated) officials or executives - four character idiom

adjective:

• old; aged; ancient; antiquated; antique; timeworn - of things, not people
• long; since long ago; time-honored
• of the distant past; long-ago
• stale; threadbare; hackneyed; corny
• old-fashioned; outmoded; out-of-date

noun / ~する noun:

• entering a higher-level school, esp. going on to university

noun:

• milk
• breast
• loop ［ち］
• decorative bump (on a hanging bell) ［ち］ ➜ 梵鐘

noun / suffix noun:

• look; appearance
• spectacle; sight
• observation meditation - Buddhism term

suffix noun:

• outlook on ...; view of ...

noun / ~の noun:

• intent; intention; (on) purpose; bad faith

noun:

• mens rea (guilty mind) ➜ 構成要件

noun / ~する noun:

• switching on and off (of a light); flashing; blinking; flickering

noun / ~する noun:

• pardon; forgiveness; tolerance; overlooking
• leniency; mercy; going easy (on someone)