noun / suffix noun / ~の noun:

• gold (Au); golden (color); gold (medal, cup)

~の noun / noun:

• valuable; of highest value

noun:

• money; gold coin
• Friday - abbreviation ➜ 金曜
• metal (fourth of the five elements) ➜ 五行
• Jin (dynasty of China; 1115-1234 CE)

noun / suffix noun:

• gold general - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 金将

noun:

• testicles - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 金玉【きんたま】

suffix / counter:

• karat; carat

noun / ~する noun:

• viewing and treating as one; regarding as the same; equating one thing with another; identification

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to chase after two hares; to try and do two things at the same time - idiom ➜ 二兎を追う者は一兎をも得ず

noun:

• vital part (of the body); tender spot; weak point; vitals
• key point; essential point; crux (of a problem); heart (of a matter)
• male crotch (as a target in fighting) - colloquialism ➜ 金的

noun:

• bittern; concentrated solution of salts (esp. magnesium chloride) left over after the crystallization of seawater or brine

noun:

• wooden board used on the ridge-ends of a roof instead of an onigawara tile (sometimes covered in copper sheeting) ➜ 鬼瓦

noun:

• kami celebrated at the beginning of New Year (usu. to pray for a good harvest) ➜ 神【かみ】
• goddess of (lucky) directions ➜ 歳徳神

expression / adverb:

• by the end of this year; before the year comes to a close; during this year

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to concur; to be the same (thought, opinion, etc.); to have the same way of doing

expression / noun:

• the crucial moment; the moment of truth; do-or-die situation; crucial juncture; crucial stage

noun / ~する noun:

• trade; buying and selling; trafficking (e.g. of humans, arms, drugs); dealing

adverbial noun / temporal noun / ~の noun:

• originally; primarily
• essentially; naturally; by nature; in (and of) itself
• proper; legal

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• an infinite variety of; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging - four character idiom

noun:

• active substance from plants used in manufacture of soap, detergents and medication - From German "Saponin"

noun:

• Garuda or Garua (man-bird deity and 'vahana' of Hindu-Buddhist myth)

noun:

• breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
• punctuation - abbreviation ➜ 句読点
• way of reading (esp. kanbun)

noun:

• Tokai region of Honshu (incl. Aichi, Shizuoka, Mie and southern Gifu prefectures)

noun:

• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised)

noun:

• drink made of boiled water poured over preserved cherry leaves and blossoms

noun:

• one full game (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds) - Mahjong term - From Chinese "yizhuang" ➜ 半荘

noun:

• photograph of two people, usu. male and female - From English "two shot"

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• being full of vitality (energy); vigorous and in high spirits - four character idiom

expression:

• three kinds of beneficial friends: straightforward, sincere, and well-informed ones (Confucius) - four character idiom Antonym: 損者三友【そんしゃさんゆう】

noun:

• rescue and assistance (by public bodies) (e.g. in time of disaster)

noun:

• Semite (speaker of a semitic language, esp. Jews and Arabs)