expression:

• would be a waste of words; would be a waste of breath; there's no point in saying

noun:

• beginning; clue; starting point

noun:

• joint; link; knot; tie-together point

adverb:

• just when (one is about to ...); just as; the very moment when; on the point of

noun:

• one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point

~する verb (spec.):

• to be on the verge of; to be about to; to be on the point of

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be obvious; to be obviously correct; to point to one's palm [literal] - idiom

noun:

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

expression:

• once (e.g. "once, when I was studying .."); on one occasion; at one point

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky ➜ 陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

noun:

• negotiator; bargainer; point man

adjectival noun / noun:

• vague; ambiguous; noncommittal; off-point - four character idiom

noun:

• exemplification; good example; case in point

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky - abbreviation ➜ 天一神・陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

expression:

• until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

noun:

• locking doors; lock and key; vital point - obscure term

noun:

• place of articulation; region of articulation; point of articulation - Linguistics term

noun:

• fault; defect; weak point ➜ 長【ちょう】
• minor - Music term ➜ 長【ちょう】

expression / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• just now; at this moment; at this point of time

noun:

• profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point ➜ 意味がある【いみがある】

expression / adverb:

• since that time; since then; from that point (on)

expression:

• judging from; on the basis of; from the point of view of

noun:

• lungs; bottom of one's heart; vital point

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to jerk one's chin; to nod toward; to point one's chin at ➜ 決る【しゃくる】