noun:

• commander-in-chief
• one of the eight gods of the koyomi ➜ 八将神

noun / ~の noun:

• the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom

noun:

• being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another - four character idiom

noun:

• the best one can do; one's best effort

adverbial noun:

• with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees

expression:

• actio libera in causa; manufacturing the conditions of one's own defence (e.g. getting drunk in order to commit a crime)

expression / noun:

• the person in question
• prominent figure; distinguished person - as その人あり

expression / pronoun:

• that person

noun:

• Rip van Winkle feeling; feeling that everything has changed once one comes back to one's hometown

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to think hard about (something that one doesn't know much of); to rack one's brain

noun / ~する noun:

• slamming one's hand into the wall in front of somebody (e.g. to stop them from leaving; often viewed as romantic) - slang
• banging on the wall (e.g. to quieten one's neighbour) - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• joining; joint
• intermediation; acting as an intermediary

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• relaying; taking over

noun:

• middle relief pitcher; middle reliever - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ 中継ぎ投手
• pole-shaped item with a join in the middle
• tea container with a lid that is the same size as the body

noun:

• priest - used at certain shrines, e.g. Ise, Kamo - Shintō term
• member of one of the four administrative ranks in the ritsuryo system - archaism ➜ 四等官
• government official in charge of a town, esp. in Heian Kyoto - archaism
• prominent member of a town - archaism
• river boatman; captain of a riverboat
• (medieval) harbor manager - archaism
• bandit leader; head of a gang of brigands - archaism

expression:

• the past; bygone days (years, age, etc.) ➜ 来し方
• the course (route) one has come by; the direction one came from

noun:

• familiar (spirit or otherwise magical creature which aids a magician or sorcerer); familiar spirit

noun / ~する noun:

• setting the table; laying the table
• setting up; getting one's ducks in a row; running interference; setting the stage - idiom

adverb:

• in order; in turn; one by one

noun:

• spirit of the age; trends; conditions

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to diminish (dampen) the spirit

noun:

• powerful spirit
• power of the emperor

expression:

• as (i.e. in the role of); for (i.e. from the viewpoint of)
• apart from... (used to change the topic)
• even (e.g. "not even a single person") - before a negative form
• thinking that...; trying to... - after a volitional form ➜ とする

expression:

• home is wherever one lays one's hat; you can make your living anywhere in this world; there's room for us all in the world; wherever there are humans, there are burial places [literal]

noun:

• gods and demons; divine spirits and souls of the dead
• one with (spiritual) power beyond that of humans
• fierce god ➜ 鬼神【きしん】

noun:

• twisting of the truth in one's writing; playing with text to distort the truth

expression / adjective:

• heavy-footed; slow of foot
• reluctant; disinclined; unwilling ➜ 気がすすまない

noun:

• kalpa (eon, aeon) ［こう・ごう］ - Buddhism term
• ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones - usu. コウ - usually written using kana alone