noun:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 駄目で元々

noun:

• person who judges which god or spirit has taken possession of a miko - archaism - obscure term - Shintō term

expression:

• saying all one has to say (usu. negative, e.g. complaints, insults, etc.)

noun:

• type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes

noun:

• land given to someone who has rendered a distinguished service (ritsuryo system)

expression:

• life has its ups and downs; he who falls today may rise tomorrow - proverb

noun:

• there (place relatively near listener) ➜ 何処・此処・彼処
• there (place just mentioned); that place
• then (of some incident just spoken of); that (of point just raised)
• you - archaism

noun:

• anonymous scholarship system for orphans whose parents have been killed in traffic accidents (from Daddy-Long-Legs, a 1912 novel by Jean Webster) ➜ 大蚊
• harvestman; daddy longlegs (arachnid of order Opiliones)

pronoun:

• that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder ➜ 何方【どちら】・此方【こちら】・其方
• that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that
• that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) - あちら is pol.
• there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

noun:

• a good chance coming along; the time has come (for, to, when...); opportunity knocking - four character idiom

noun:

• new money; nouveau riche; person who has amassed substantial wealth in his lifetime - four character idiom

expression:

• giving something a try because one has nothing to lose ➜ 駄目元

noun:

• indirect kiss (e.g. drinking from a cup someone has just used)

noun:

• weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - abbreviation ➜ レコーディングダイエット

noun:

• fertile flower (on a flowering plant which also has infertile flowers, e.g. hydrangeas) - Botany term

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of ➜ あんな・こんな・どんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - Hiroshima dialect ➜ そんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ そんな

noun:

• method of patterning fabric by pounding on leaves (or flowers, etc.) placed on it, or by rubbing in dye made from these materials - obscure term
• coloring fabric by placing a paper stencil over it and brushing on the dye; fabric colored in such a manner ➜ 摺り込み染め

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival of a ship; ship which has arrived

expression / adjective:

• is never the case; has never happened

noun:

• experienced person; person who has had a particular experience

noun:

• customer one has never met before; first-time customer

noun:

• free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship ➜ お礼奉公