expression / adverb:

• hoping against hope; desperately hoping; as a last hope

expression / noun:

• voice acting; appearing in a movie, TV show, etc. as a voice actor ➜ 出演

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
• to settle; to pay back
• to get along (without something); to make do with (without) - often with で ➜ なしで済ます

noun:

• beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
• person reborn into the animal realm - Buddhism term ➜ 畜生道
• brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)

interjection:

• damn it; damn; Christ; for Christ's sake - usually written using kana alone

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb

noun:

• cause; factor
• hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions) - Buddhism term ➜ 縁【えん】
• the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya) ➜ 因明

noun / adjectival noun:

• selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will - four character idiom

noun:

• skull (esp. weatherbeaten, used as symbol of death); death's head; cranium

noun:

• rainfall of a strange, dark color (colour); whirlwinds accompanied by rain which also drops strange objects such as fish

noun:

• redundant keigo (i.e. improper use of the -rareru honorific form together with an honorific verb such as ossharu)

expression:

• woman who has lost a man's affection or interest (as does a fan when summer turns to autumn)

noun:

• Mobile Suica; train ticketing system (mobile phone fitted with special chip used as swipe card) - also モバイルSuica ➜ スイカ

noun:

• light spot (e.g. blip on radar); always-on pixel (as a defect in LCD screens, etc.); calescence point

noun / ~する noun:

• walking while holding on to something (such as a wall or table); cruising (i.e. children learning to walk)

~と adverb:

• up and down; lightly; nimbly; moving in small leaps as a frog or rabbit - onomatopoeia
• casually; (strolling about) without a care - onomatopoeia ➜ ひょいひょい

noun:

• always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom

noun:

• staff (esp. one used by a monk, e.g. as a walking stick during a pilgrimage)

adjectival noun / noun:

• sure; certain; positive; definite
• reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact

adverb:

• If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly

noun / ~する noun:

• popular use; circulation

~する noun:

• to pass as; to pass for

noun:

• as one pleases; to one's heart's content

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to appoint; to nominate
• to assume (responsibility)
• to pose as

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to appoint; to nominate
• to assume (responsibility)
• to pose as

noun:

• archery range
• brothel (covering up as an archery range) ➜ 楊弓場

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be enthralled by
• to be disguised as

expression:

• as a child; when one was a child