adverb:

• forever; for good; eternally; as long as one likes; indefinitely; no matter what

noun:

• with an open and calm mind; with no preconceived notions; without reserve; frank; candid - four character idiom

expression:

• some prefer nettles; there's no accounting for taste; every man to his taste - proverb

noun:

• white dragon tile - Mahjong term - From Chinese
• shaved pubic area; person with little or no pubic hair - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 断ヤオ九

expression:

• one never knows (what will happen); there's no telling (what the future holds)

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

noun:

• sitting outdoors - archaism
• room that served both as a reception room and as a living room in a Heian-period mansion ➜ 寝殿造り
• temporary sitting place installed in the garden at the imperial court, used on the occasion of archery or sumo ceremonies

noun:

• representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

noun / ~する noun:

• sidewise crawl (e.g. of a crab); crawling sideways ［よこばい］

noun:

• leafhopper (insect); jassid - usually written using kana alone
• sidewinder (Crotalus cerastes) - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ ヨコバイガラガラヘビ
• levelling off (of prices, etc.); stabilizing

noun:

• bowstring
• string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
• bail (arched pot handle) - esp. 鉉
• diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu - also written as 梁 ➜ 枡

noun:

• Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to be aware of; to know; to be conscious of; to cognize; to cognise
• to notice; to feel
• to understand; to comprehend; to grasp
• to remember; to be acquainted with (a procedure)
• to experience; to go through; to learn
• to be acquainted with (a person); to get to know
• to concern

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel guilty; to suffer from a guilty conscience; to feel uneasy; to have qualms about; to have scruples about; to feel regret

noun / ~する noun:

• being at sea; losing one's bearings; confusion; wonderment

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• arrears; (being) overdue; delay (e.g. in payment); procrastination

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• suffering; distress; difficulty; hardship; misery; being bogged down; hurdle

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• idling; lazing; slovenly - onomatopoeia
• flirting; philandering; womanizing; being lovestruck; fawning; mooning - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• loving something but being very bad at it - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being circumscribed by one's own words and actions

noun / ~する noun:

• being initiated (e.g. into the arts); receiving instruction ➜ 伝授

noun:

• the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being

noun / adjectival noun:

• (an explanation, advice, etc. being) kind, careful, and thorough