noun:

• this world; present world (as opposed to the realm of the dead)

noun / ~の noun:

• light purple (similar to that of the flowers of the Tartarian aster) ➜ 紫苑

noun / ~の noun:

• head of an organizational section; head of an organisational section

noun / ~の noun:

• the future (usually distant)
• future tense
• the world to come

noun / ~の noun:

• the world; the earth

noun:

• this world (as opposed to heaven) - Buddhism term

noun:

• part of the garden close to the house; nearby garden

noun:

• precious stone (esp. jade) - also formerly read as ごく
• egg (sometimes esp. as a sushi topping) - Food term
• stock or security being traded; product being bought or sold
• position (in finance, the amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer) ➜ 建玉
• geisha
• time charge for a geisha - abbreviation ➜ 玉代
• king (of the junior player) - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 玉将

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death; more dead than alive - four character idiom

noun:

• tao-tie (mythological Chinese creature engraved on bronzeware during the Shang & Zhou dynasties) - archaism
• brutal person - idiom
• coveting of wealth (property, etc.)

noun:

• Nivkh (ethnic minority group of Russia, living near the Amur river and on Sakhalin)

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) - obscure term ➜ 八咫烏
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology ➜ 八咫烏

expression:

• better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization; better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond - four character idiom

conjunction:

• even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite

noun / ~の noun:

• putting one's life on the line; giving everything one has got; acting out of desperation

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

noun:

• troubles brought on by what one has written; incident occasioned by a serious slip of the pen - four character idiom

noun:

• on-the-sea ballot (votes cast in a federal election by ships' crewmen and sent by fax)

noun:

• aligning one's chopsticks by tapping them on the table, a dish, etc. (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• Festival of the Ages (held at Heian Jingu Shrine in Kyoto on Oct. 22); Jidai Festival

noun:

• stile; doorjamb; doorpost; vertical frame element on the left or right of a door or window

noun:

• newspaper article where the journalist gives their own opinions, etc. on a particular topic; op-ed article

godan ~る verb:

• to do in place of or on behalf of (someone)

noun:

• compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• kneeling down (to pray); going down on one's knees

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• revival (e.g. musical); come-back
• restoration; rebirth; resurrection