expression:

• at this juncture; after all this time; at this stage; now

noun:

• division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term ➜ 五時教

noun:

• promotional model (at a trade show, etc.); female guide (at a convention); booth babe
• hostess (of a party, banquet, etc.)
• companion - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• open-air tea ceremony
• aristocrat taking a break during a trip in a palanquin
• something standing in the open

noun:

• at the present time; at present

~の noun / temporal noun:

• last time; the last; the preceding

noun:

• plan of a house; arrangement of rooms; list of rooms in an apartment, excluding bathroom and toilet, encoded as a string of digits and letters (e.g. "2DK" for a two-room apartment with a kitchen/dining area)

noun:

• stage prop in kabuki, consisting of a revolving panel with a life-size doll on each side
• rapid change in a situation, person's attitude, etc.

conjunction:

• if it happens that; if we make ...; if we take ...; if we assume ...; what if ...?

expression / adjective:

• unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye - idiom

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented - abbreviation ➜ 草食系男子
• men who pretend they aren't interested in women; spineless males; men with no balls - abbreviation - slang

particle:

• by (indicating means of action); as (a group, etc.) ➜ からして・として・にして・為る
• indicates patient of a causative expression - as 〜をして in modern Japanese
• acts as a connective - after the ren'youkei form of an adjective
• adds emphasis - after an adverb or a particle

conjunction:

• and then ➜ そして

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip ➜ 禹歩
• dance steps inspired by this ceremony

noun:

• on-stage performance by musicians in a kabuki play
• shamisen accompaniment when a performer (esp. a rakugo story teller) appears on stage

noun / ~する noun:

• swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing
• taking something in without fully understanding it
• accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be used up (e.g. one's savings); to dwindle away
• to be wasted (time, effort, etc.)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to play accompaniment; to keep time
• to cheer; to applaud
• to jeer; to mock; to banter

particle:

• particle used to indicate the speaker's hope, desire, wish, etc. (e.g. "it would be nice if ...", "I wish there were ...", etc.) - at sentence-end ➜ もがな
• emphatic particle - at sentence-end - colloquialism
• particle adding uncertainty - often associated with an interrogative

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• in confusion; in a fluster; in bewilderment; in a dither; in a panic; all shook up; helplessly - onomatopoeia
• sobbing; tearfully; trembling (voice) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• crevice; crack; gap; opening; clearance
• spare moment; interval; break; pause; spare time
• chink (in one's armor, armour); unpreparedness; carelessness

noun / adjectival noun:

• idle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time - four character idiom

noun:

• time - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "samaya"
• meeting; coming together - Buddhism term
• equality, warning, or riddance of hindrances (esp. in esoteric Buddhism as vows of the buddhas and bodhisattvas) - Buddhism term

expression:

• one cannot escape from one's worldly desires; the hounds of earthly desires would return each time they are driven away [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be deserved; to be worth it; to have merit; to have value

expression:

• what is called; as it is called; the so-called; known as; so to speak