expression / adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done; at the striped mullet's ultimate maturity (when the striped mullet is fully grown) [literal] ➜ 鯔【とど】

expression / noun:

• fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit) [literal] - idiom ➜ 漁夫の利

noun:

• wall; partition
• barrier; obstacle
• Chinese "Wall" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［へき］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

adverb:

• at last; at length - onomatopoeia
• barely; narrowly; just; by the skin of one's teeth - onomatopoeia

noun / suffix noun:

• king; ruler; sovereign; monarch
• tycoon; magnate; champion; master
• king (of the senior player) - abbreviation - Shōgi term ➜ 王将【おうしょう】

adverb:

• from the bottom of one's heart; heart and soul; by nature

noun:

• dawn; daybreak
• event (e.g. "in the event of ..."); occasion; occurrence ［あかつき］ - usu. as 〜の暁に

noun / ~の noun:

• revival from the brink of death; recovering from a hopeless situation; resuscitation; revitalization - four character idiom

noun:

• loess
• yellow ochre; yellow ocher
• Hades; hell; underworld; world of the dead ［こうど］ - archaism

noun:

• first storm of spring; strong winds during the change from winter to spring

noun:

• head of a pipe, incl. the bowl and stem attachment
• neck; head - colloquialism

noun:

• classical drama (kabuki, noh, etc.); play of the old school
• period drama (film) ➜ 時代劇

adjectival noun / noun:

• being cleared of all the charge (brought against one); being found completely innocent - four character idiom

noun:

• secret trick; hidden method; trick of the trade; cheat (in a video game)

noun:

• provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office
• public place of imperial rule

noun / ~する noun:

• using without permission; using information obtained in the course of one's duties - obscure term

noun:

• comments on current events; public sentiments of the day; current view; contemporary opinion

noun:

• lamp or electric light at the eaves of a house; door light

noun:

• rights accruing to the head of a household (according to laws now obsolete)

noun / ~の noun:

• backlighting; having a light source in front of the camera lens in photography - abbreviation ➜ 逆光線

noun:

• dishonor that persists after death ➜ 生き恥
• shame at the moment of one's death

noun:

• Dutchman's pipe cactus (Epiphyllum oxypetalum); night-blooming cereus; queen of the night

noun:

• cord tied around the waist of a kimono before an obi is tied

expression / adjective:

• extremely busy; so busy one would even welcome the help of a cat [literal] - idiom

noun:

• person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)