noun:

• white sandbar; white sandbank
• area in a garden or entrance of a house laid with white sand or pebbles
• gravel separating a Noh stage from the audience
• court of law in the Edo period, in which the parties sat on white sand - archaism ➜ お白州

expression:

• many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats - idiom

noun:

• having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; leisure in the intervals of one's work - four character idiom

noun:

• good thing; strong point
• good family; prestigious school
• the right moment

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• utter; extreme

adverbial noun:

• at (the) best; at most

noun:

• Suiko period (i.e. the Asuka period, esp. under the reign of Empress Suiko, approx. 592-628 CE)

noun:

• imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years) ➜ 式年

noun:

• using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) ➜ 万葉仮名

noun:

• the other party (usu. in business); person or party with whom you are dealing (on the other end)

noun:

• legal wife of a regent, of the imperial adviser, or of an official at the Grand Council of State - honorific language

noun:

• dance recital praising Buddha, which accompanies the recital of a gatha (in the Pure Land Sect of Buddhism) ➜ 偈

noun:

• resentment; grudge; malice; bitterness
• matter for regret; regret - esp. 憾み

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

noun:

• ceremony
• matter; affair

suffix:

• with regard to; as for; as concerns - used after a person's name, a personal pronoun, etc. in epistolary style

noun / ~する noun:

• proper use; using (different things) for different purposes

noun:

• Mayday (call for help)
• May Day (May 1st)

noun:

• dressing in kimono without hakama (for a man); dressing casually

noun:

• traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples ➜ 旅館

noun:

• backing band (for singer); backup band - From English "back band"

noun:

• split log; split timber
• mixer (for an alcoholic drink)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to win fame; to make a name for oneself

noun:

• bamboo screen; rattan blind
• bamboo mat (for rolling sushi)

adverb:

• (not) by any means; (not) for anything; humbly; sincerely

~と adverb / adverb:

• quickly, in a bouncing way (e.g. for a bow) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• pothook (for hanging a pot, etc. over a fire)

noun:

• labor camp; labour camp; low-quality accommodation for laborers