expression:

• dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs) ➜ 犬猿

noun:

• the best one can do; one's best effort

adverbial noun:

• with all one's might; to the best of one's ability

noun:

• hundredth of a yen
• coin made of non-precious materials ➜ 銭【ぜに】
• one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency) - obsolete term ➜ 貫
• one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• job transfer away from one's home; taking up a new post leaving one's family behind - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• lapse of memory; forgetting for a moment something one knows well; (something) slipping one's mind ➜ ど忘れ

noun:

• a square sun (i.e. approx 9sq. cm.) ➜ 寸
• one's mind; space occupied by one's heart

noun:

• little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
• female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period) ［しょうじょ・少女］ - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to fray one's nerves; to wear out one's nerves; to frazzle one's nerves; to be a nervous wreck

adjectival noun / noun:

• having one's own way; giving free rein to one's desires; acting as one pleases

expression:

• even though one has fallen on hard times; however down on one's luck one may be

prefix:

• sub-
• -ous (indicating a low oxidation state); -ite

noun:

• height difference; difference in elevation

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place - four character idiom ➜ 一生懸命
• sticking at living in one place

noun:

• training method in sports, etc. where one imagines how a scenario would play out; mental rehearsal; mental preparation; visualization (for practicing a skill in one's mind)(practising); practicing under simulated conditions (e.g. while watching a video) - abbreviation ➜ イメージトレーニング

noun:

• star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)
• offender; perpetrator - police slang - slang
• star point (in go); hoshi; intersection marked with a dot
• circular symbol (said to be shaped like a shining star)
• bullseye
• one's star (out of the nine stars); the star that determines one's fate ➜ 九星
• small dot; spot
• point; score - Sumo term

expression:

• one should not rush to make a profit; business is best run when sales flow like a cow's drool: long and thin - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• reaching a stopping place; settling down (before the next stage); getting to a point where one can rest; completing the first stage (of the work)

noun:

• one paragraph

noun:

• (for) how many days ➜ 幾日も
• what day (of the month)

expression:

• no matter what; whatever you say; in the end; after all ➜ なんてったって

adjectival noun / noun:

• one color; one colour; one article; monochrome
• same tendency; everyone being caught up in the same thing

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• hyperconsciousness; too great a sense (of); something being only one's imagination; letting imagination run away with one - four character idiom

noun:

• simple and light soup taken between courses in a kaiseki meal, or during a formal tea ceremony - Food term ➜ 懐石

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying out one's duties
• ruling a fief; ruling a territory given by one's liege

noun:

• territory given by one's liege; fief; fiefdom

noun / ~する noun:

• meddling; interfering

noun:

• choosing to keep the drawn tile and discarding a different one - Mahjong term ➜ ツモ切り【ツモぎり】

noun:

• (a) touch of; tinge of; wreath (e.g. of smoke)
• one stroke; one brush