adverb:

• before one knows; before one becomes aware of; unnoticed; unawares - from いつか知らぬ ➜ いつの間にか

noun:

• short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke

noun:

• one gourd
• small drink (esp. of alcohol); drink one carries

noun:

• alumnus (alumnae); graduate; old boy (girl)
• former member of an organization
• former inhabitant (country, region, etc.)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to feel uneasy; to get into a panic; to feel excited; to have one's heart beat wildly; to have a presentiment

noun:

• variable measure of fabric (28.8 cm in width); for kimonos: at least 10 m in length; for haori: at least 7.27 m in length; for other clothes: at least 6.06 m in length
• 300 tsubo (991.74 meters square, 0.24506 acres)
• six ken (10.91 m)

noun:

• merchant; trader
• expert (professional) in a given trade or profession; shrewd businessman; expert
• woman working in the nightlife business (bar or nightclub hostess, geisha, etc.); demimondaine ➜ 商売女・水商売

expression:

• whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

noun / ~の noun:

• around there; near there
• or thereabouts; or so
• such a matter; such a thing

noun:

• one's wife (when speaking with a close friend)
• your wife (when speaking with a junior)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get over a bad mood; to get back in a good mood; to brighten up; to recover one's temper; to feel oneself again

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• refreshingly; with a feeling of relief; pleasantly; (a weight) off one's shoulder - onomatopoeia ➜ さっぱり
• shapely; neatly; refinedly
• cleanly; without trouble
• clearly; plainly; distinctly ➜ はっきり
• completely; thoroughly ➜ すっかり
• not at all (with negative sentence); not even slightly ➜ さっぱり

noun:

• man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car - slang

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wake up; to awake
• to awaken to (instinct, ability, perception, etc.); to become aware of; to become conscious of; to realize
• to come to one's senses

suffix:

• unless one ...; if one does not ... - colloquialism ➜ 無ければ
• cannot do without something - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 無くてはいけない【なくてはいけない】
• have to do - after negative base of verb ➜ 無くてはいけない【なくてはいけない】

noun:

• retro game; retrogame; classic game; old-style video game

noun:

• color sample (for paint, etc.) (colour); color chart (for choosing web colors, etc.) (colour)

noun:

• Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy - abbreviation ➜ 内閣府特命担当大臣【ないかくふとくめいたんとうだいじん】

noun:

• Minister of State for Special Missions; Minister of State for Science and Technology Policy

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• a cut above the rest; superior; respectable; full-fledged; something uncommon
• one field; one matter

adverb:

• suitably; reasonably

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• one point

noun:

• stitched ornament; small needlepoint design
• relief pitcher brought in to face one batter - abbreviation - Baseball term ➜ ワンポイントリリーフ

noun:

• feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardine [literal] - idiom

noun:

• slack season for farmers; leisure season for farmers

expression / noun:

• dream for the future; hopes for the future

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become thin; to lose weight; to reduce (one's) weight; to slim
• to be barren; to be infertile; to be sterile