adjective:

• regrettable; disappointing; unfortunate
• precious; dear; valuable
• too good for; deserving better
• almost (but not quite); close (but no cigar)

expression:

• impossible to do (although wants to); cannot afford to; must not; no way we can

expression:

• no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook

expression:

• no matter what it takes; by any means necessary; at all costs; by hook or by crook ➜ 何としても

noun:

• last spurt; home stretch; last part of a race or period of time where you give it your best effort

noun:

• five implements placed in front of a Buddhist altar: two candlesticks, two vases (usu. containing flowers made of gilded copper) and one incense burner

noun:

• soryo system; organization of regional landholding families based on divided inheritance under the leadership of a main heir, usu. the eldest son (Kamakura period)

adjective:

• no objection; nothing to criticize; nothing to criticise

expression / adjective:

• too ashamed to meet; having no face to meet [literal]

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / intransitive verb:

• to ripen; to mature
• to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act)
• to be in common use; to come to sound natural
• to become skilled

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to ripen; to mature
• to be ready for action; to be the right time (to act)
• to be in common use; to come to sound natural
• to become skilled

noun:

• area of a soccer pitch between the penalty area and the centre ring (of tactical importance) - Sports term - From English "vital area"

noun:

• daruma; tumbling doll; round, red-painted good-luck doll in the shape of Bodhidharma, with a blank eye to be completed when a person's wish is granted
• Bodhidharma
• prostitute

noun:

• seducer; smooth talker; ladies' man; playboy; playgirl

noun / ~する noun:

• picking up women (on the street) - usu. written as ナンパ - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ 逆ナン

noun:

• moderate party; moderate ➜ 硬派
• social story (in a newspaper, etc.); society columnist (of a newspaper)
• bearish trader; bear

noun:

• pivot hinge (using extensions on the top & bottom of a door that fit into cavities in the frame)
• sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut) ➜ 猿

noun:

• no overtime day; day which employees are not allowed to work overtime

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• you'll have to pay for it; the bill will come due; there's no escaping

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cast amorous glances at a man (of a woman); to make eyes at; to give (someone) the eye; to make advances

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be due to; to be caused by - esp. 依る;拠る
• to depend on; to turn on - esp. 依る
• to be based on; to come from - esp. 因る;由る
• to be based at (a location, an organization); to be headquartered at - esp. 拠る

adverb:

• in an instant; in a moment; immediately; right away; at once
• suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

expression:

• only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom

noun:

• (sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees
• (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle

noun:

• man with a gentle nature
• man of delicate features; man of slender build
• effeminate man; feeble man

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to become old enough to understand what's going on around oneself (of a child, etc.); to reach the age of discretion

noun:

• servant (esp. a samurai's attendant)
• chivalrous man (c. Edo period)
• cubed tofu (often served cold) - abbreviation ➜ 奴豆腐
• kite shaped like a footman - abbreviation ➜ 奴凧
• Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants - abbreviation ➜ 奴頭
• enslavement (of a woman; Edo-period punishment for her own or her husband's crime)

pronoun:

• he; she; him; her - archaism - derogatory term