expression:

• until something reaches the very limit; until the very last minute; up to the breaking point

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start with the looks; to start (at the wrong end) by focusing on the superficial

noun:

• thermo inner; inner lining (e.g. of ski boots) that is thermally molded to fit

noun:

• sacking; bagging
• land that is surrounded by others' private property and is not directly accessible via public roads ➜ 裏地

interjection:

• all right; so far so good; said quietly (or thought) to oneself when glad that things have gone as hoped - derived from 占める ➜ 占めた【しめた】

~の noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented - four character idiom

noun:

• Matsuo Basho remembrance day (12th day of the 10th lunar month, associated with the change of the seasons)

expression:

• always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious - proverb

adverb / conjunction:

• not so; not particularly; not very; not that much

expression:

• by any chance; (should) it happen (that); by some chance

expression:

• may I ask (for); might I ask (that) - honorific language ➜ お願いします

noun:

• generation; lifetime
• the age; the day

noun / suffix noun:

• the First - after the name of a king, etc.

noun:

• issei; first-generation Japanese (or Korean, etc.)

noun:

• Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna - Buddhism term

ichidan verb:

• to give way to the light of the morning (i.e. the darkness gives way)

noun:

• water and moon
• the moon reflected on the water
• pit of the stomach; solar plexus ➜ 水落

noun:

• Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• Yama (king of the world of the dead, who judges the dead); Emma; Yan; Yomna - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown) ➜ 思いを致す

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to grab a person by his vulnerable spot; to curry favour with one's superior; to curry favor with one's superior

noun:

• Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era) ➜ 穴窯

noun:

• kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards) - archaism
• (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu ➜ 布衣【ほい】

noun:

• regular adoption (official adoption with the consent of both parties and without dissolving the relationship with the biological parents)

noun:

• without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take one's place; to take one's position; to go into position; to line up