adverb:

• after all; in the end; when all's said and done
• for the time being; at present

noun:

• someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

expression:

• "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term

noun:

• carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

expression:

• any event can bring about an effect in an unexpected way; if the wind blows the bucket makers prosper [literal] - proverb

noun:

• selecting an auspicious date by looking at the astrological information on the calendar; date selected in such a manner

noun:

• 1955 System; Japanese political alignment with the LDP in government and the JSP in opposition, which lasted until 1993 ➜ 自由民主党【じゆうみんしゅとう】・日本社会党【にっぽんしゃかいとう】

expression:

• function follows form; the outside shapes the inside; belief comes from solemnity (i.e. from seeing an ornate temple) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• removal of blanket government protection of bank deposits; introduction of limits on deposit insurance

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to capture all the popularity; to steal the show; to upstage

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have the game in one's hands; to hold the key to victory

expression / ichidan verb:

• to arrange beforehand to tell the same story; to get the stories straight

noun:

• second highest division; wrestlers of the second highest division - Sumo term

noun:

• third highest division; wrestlers of the third highest division - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be doing; to be in the process of doing

suffix / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be doing; to be in the process of doing - with masu stem ➜ つつ

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• splendid; nice; wonderful; delicious; sweet

adjectival noun:

• sufficient; fine (in the sense of "I'm fine"); (by implication) no thank you
• well enough; OK; tolerable

adverb:

• quite; reasonably; fairly; tolerably

noun:

• construction; architecture - archaism

noun:

• pile; pool; collection ➜ 溜まる
• gathering spot ➜ たまり場
• waiting place for a wrestler beside the ring - Sumo term
• liquid runoff from miso preparation
• tamari; variety of rich soy sauce (used for sashimi, etc.) - abbreviation ➜ 溜まり醤油

noun:

• canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood
• helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fall in love at first sight
• to see for the first time; to meet for the first time - archaism
• to have sexual relations for the first time - archaism

noun:

• germ rice; half-milled rice; semi-polished rice; rice with the germ; rice polished to remove the bran but not the germ; milled rice with embryo buds - Food term

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to consist of; to be made up of; to be composed of
• to be concluded (e.g. of an agreement); to hold true (e.g. of a theory); to be valid
• to be viable (of a business, lifestyle, etc.); to carry on; to keep going

noun:

• child (esp. a boy)
• viscount ➜ 子爵
• master (founder of a school of thought, esp. Confucius) - honorific language
• philosophy (branch of Chinese literature); non-Confucian Hundred Schools of Thought writings ➜ 諸子百家
• you (of one's equals) - archaism

suffix noun:

• -er (i.e. a man who spends all his time doing...)

noun:

• semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light