expression / ichidan verb:

• to let things end up as they will; to let nature take its course

noun:

• young female TV announcer (who also frequently functions as a television talent doing on-location fluff pieces for variety shows) - abbreviation ➜ アナウンサー

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to offer something to a deity or somebody's spirit
• to pay a tribute to a person who is about to depart

noun / ~の noun / suffix noun / prefix:

• previous; prior; former; first; earlier; some time ago; preceding
• point (e.g. pencil); tip; end; nozzle
• head (of a line); front
• ahead; the other side
• the future; hereafter
• destination
• the other party

noun:

• here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place ➜ 何処・其処・彼処
• these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) ➜ 今迄
• these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ... ➜ 此れから

noun:

• cabinetwork; joinery - usu. 指(し)物
• hair ornament; hairpin - often 挿(し)物
• colours; banner; small banner worn by soldiers during battle (for identification) from the Sengoku period to the end of the Edo period - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out - idiom

auxiliary verb:

• indicates recollection or realization (i.e. of hearsay or the past); can form a poetic past tense
• indicates continuation from the past to the present
• end; conclusion - also written with the ateji 鳧

noun / ~する noun:

• reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work)

noun:

• one paragraph

expression:

• there's no point; it's no use; it's not worth it

adjectival noun / noun:

• unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
• impossible

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• forcible; forced; compulsory - often as 無理に

adjectival noun:

• excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

~する noun:

• to work too hard; to try too hard

interjection:

• no way; not a chance; never; dream on - colloquialism

~の noun:

• irrational - Mathematics term

noun:

• errand; mission; going as envoy - polite language ➜ 使い【つかい】
• messenger; bearer; errand boy; errand girl - polite language
• familiar spirit - polite language - honorific language

interjection:

• heigh-hoh; heave-ho
• hold on!; just a minute
• used as a meaningless word in a song for rhythm

adverb:

• freely; readily; cheerfully; without any sense of hesitation; without reserve; without treating it as a big deal; casually

adverb:

• at any rate; anyhow; anyway; in any case; because; as you know; for you see ➜ 何せ

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• half-year (sometimes esp. as an Edo-period duration of employment) ➜ 一季
• half of a season

noun:

• things happening exactly as one pleases (wishes); someone being very attentive to one's wishes - four character idiom

noun:

• shadow cast by Mount Fuji; image of Mount Fuji as reflected in a lake, etc.

noun:

• logical paragraph (as opposed to a formal paragraph); segment of text expressing a single meaning ➜ 形式段落

noun:

• picture painted by hand; painting (as opposed to a woodblock print); original painting; original drawing

noun:

• writing some characters (esp. complex kanji) of a compound as kana instead of kanji - e.g. しょう油, 宝くじ

noun:

• mind-made body; body as born out of a certain kind of intent or mindfulness - Buddhism term

noun:

• whole cake; cake sold whole (as opposed to in individual slices)

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ... ➜ 大人びる・鄙びる

godan ~く verb:

• to do in advance; to do as a preparation - contraction of ～しておく - colloquialism