adverb:

• in an instant; in a moment; immediately; right away; at once
• suddenly; all of a sudden; all at once

noun:

• (sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees
• (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle

noun / adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• end leaves; top leaves; last leaves ［うらば・うれは・すえば］

noun:

• the last descendant; the last days of any age; end; close ［すえば・ばつよう・まつよう］

noun:

• man with a gentle nature
• man of delicate features; man of slender build
• effeminate man; feeble man

noun:

• righteousness; path of righteousness; path of duty; the right track

noun:

• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

adverb / pronoun:

• this and that; this or that; one thing or another; this way and that

adverb:

• around; about; round about; roughly; nearly; almost ［かれこれ］

noun / ~する noun:

• carrying out one's words; being as good as one's word; making good on one's promise - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to write down (what someone says); to take down dictation; to take notes (e.g. of a lecture)
• to copy out (a text)

noun:

• thing that reminds one of a particular season
• poem about natural scenery; poem about a particular season

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to draw back; to sink; to cave in
• to be set back (e.g. from a road)
• to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye); to retire to (somewhere); to stay indoors; to butt out; to stay out of it

noun / ~する noun:

• bowing respectfully with one's hands clasped in front of one's chest - obscure term
• abdication of an emperor to a successor (China) - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• reaching a decision by using a circular letter; reaching a decision via a document circulated to all employees

noun:

• thin sheet of silver; silver foil; silverleaf
• censer; incense burner made of a sheet of mica hemmed by silver and placed on charcoal embers, used in incense-smelling ceremony ➜ 香道【こうどう】
• Japanese mountain ash (Sorbus japonica); Japanese whitebeam ➜ 裏白の木【うらじろのき】

noun / ~する noun:

• lighting a torch; lighting up a lamp

noun:

• person who leads a funeral procession with a torch

noun:

• expected date of confinement; expected delivery date (of a baby)

expression:

• when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to push aside; to brush or thrust aside; to remove; to get rid of

suffix:

• -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives) - also written with the ateji 味 ➜ 甘み
• nominalizing suffix indicating location ➜ 深み
• (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... ➜ 降りみ降らずみ

noun / adverbial noun:

• utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom

expression:

• the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb

expression:

• the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
• the more, the better - proverb

expression:

• most thrilling relationships for a man (another man's wife, a maidservant, a mistress, a prostitute, and finally his own wife)

noun:

• pochette; pouch (usu. hung from the shoulder by a long cord) - From French

noun:

• someone working behind-the-scenes; scene shifter ➜ 表方
• lady consort (to a high personage)