expression / adjective:

• unable to compete with; not able to make a dent in (e.g. a problem); not able to get a solid hit in (e.g. in a fight)
• hard to chew

noun:

• world of tathata; "the pure and absolute truth of the tathata is as wide as the sea" [figurative] - Buddhism term

~する verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to be equal in number, degree, etc. (of two things in opposition); to balance; to cancel out

noun:

• red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color) ➜ 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
• metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item

noun / ~の noun:

• far and away the best; the very best; cream of the crop; crème de la crème; decisive lead; commanding lead - from 断然 + トップ - abbreviation - slang

noun:

• construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time

noun:

• Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) - obscure term ➜ 南北朝時代

noun:

• Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) - obscure term ➜ 南北朝時代

noun:

• Ten Bulls (ten stages of the herding of an ox, used as an analogy for training the mind on the path to enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• vital part (of the body); tender spot; weak point; vitals
• key point; essential point; crux (of a problem); heart (of a matter)
• male crotch (as a target in fighting) - colloquialism ➜ 金的

noun:

• old family; old-established family
• one's old home; one's childhood home

expression:

• anything is better than nothing; kail spares bread; a bellyful is a bellyful, whether it be meat or drink; tea in the belly (will fill it) for a time [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Old Imperial Family; former Imperial family; eleven former houses of the Imperial Family stripped of membership in 1947

noun:

• letters (characters) indicating the end of a movie (The End, Fin, etc.) - From English "end mark"
• indication of the end (of something)

expression:

• take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]

noun:

• swallowing a great amount of tea or medicine
• tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year - abbreviation ➜ 大服茶

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to look back on (the past); to reflect on; to reminisce about ➜ 省みる【かえりみる】
• to look behind (at); to turn round (and look); to look over one's shoulder
• to consider; to concern oneself about; to take notice of; to pay attention to; to take into consideration - usu. in the negative

noun:

• (computer) monitor - IT term

noun / ~する noun:

• consumer who comments on products, television programs, etc. (programmes)
• program or utility that monitors a program or activity - IT term ➜ カウンター・モニ

noun:

• ghost that appears at sea during a shipwreck
• something strange or suspicious
• idiot; fool
• noh mask for roles involving dead or ghost characters

noun:

• the same place; the same address; the said place

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to call in; to invite; to bring in ➜ 呼び入れる【よびいれる】

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to trade in (commercial goods); to deal in; to sell

noun:

• butcher specializing in beef; dealer in beef
• beef-hotpot restaurant ➜ 牛鍋屋

noun:

• queue jumping; breaking into a line; muscling in on; wedging oneself in; interruption; sharing a theater box (theatre)
• interrupt - IT term

adverb:

• what street? (esp. in Kyoto and Sapporo)
• what article? (in a law)
• how can?; cannot possibly; there is no way - the 条 in 何条 is an ateji - archaism