adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverbial noun:

• just barely; only just; at the very limit; at the last moment - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - Astronomy term

noun:

• Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - Astronomy term ➜ シリウス

noun:

• shellfish baked in the shell
• abalone, scallops, etc. simmered in the shell

noun:

• Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - Astronomy term ➜ シリウス

noun:

• Sirius (star in the constellation Canis Major); Alpha Canis Majoris; the Dog Star - obscure term - Astronomy term ➜ 天狼星・シリウス

noun:

• memorandum of agreement; agreement; memorandum of understanding; MOU; letter of intent; heads of agreement

numeric:

• one-tenth; one percent (one-tenth of a wari); 3 mm (one-tenth of a sun); 2.4 mm (one-tenth of a mon, a traditional unit used to measure shoe sizes); 0.1 degree (one-tenth of a do, used to measure body temperature on any temperature scale)

noun:

• one-quarter of a ryou (obsolete unit of currency)
• thickness
• advantageous circumstances
• one-tenth of a monme of silver ➜ 匁【もんめ】

noun:

• sense of fulfillment; sense of completeness; sense of accomplishment; sense of contentment

noun:

• means of communication; media of communication; organ of communication; tool of communication

noun / ~する noun:

• busying oneself about (something); being on the move; bestirring oneself; on the go; taking an active interest - four character idiom

expression:

• too many cooks spoil the broth; too many captains will steer the ship up a mountain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

noun:

• heavy rotation; frequently broadcasting or listening to the same music; frequently wearing the same outfit - abbreviation ➜ ヘビーローテーション

expression:

• what did you do?
• is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?

noun:

• mekuri karuta (card game popular in the late Edo period)
• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

noun / suffix:

• (a) stop (e.g. in a timber joint, or at the end of a kanji stroke)
• remaining (e.g. poste-restante)
• forty-five degree angle ［留め］

noun:

• yang (i.e. the positive) Antonym: 陰【いん】
• the open (i.e. a visible place) ➜ 陽に

noun:

• dressing room; green room; backstage
• behind the scenes; the inside; inside affairs ➜ 楽屋裏【がくやうら】

noun / ~する noun:

• suicide by drowning; drowning oneself
• entering the water; hitting the water ［にゅうすい］

noun:

• bumpkin; person from the country; unrefined person recently arrived from the countryside ➜ 田舎者

expression / ichidan verb:

• to employ the right person; to choose somebody with the right qualities

expression:

• The time has come (for, to, when...); The time being ripe (for) - four character idiom

noun:

• the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history) - four character idiom

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• on-the-fly; on the fly