noun:

• overall height; distance from the ground to the highest point of an object

noun:

• having an eye to the big picture; being aware of the general situation - four character idiom

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• one season
• one year (esp. as an Edo-period duration of employment) ➜ 半季

noun / ~する noun:

• throwing into; inserting; depositing
• investment; putting in (personnel, etc.)
• release of a product
• making (an electrical circuit)

noun / ~する noun:

• capture (of enemy territory); taking (by storm); conquest; attack; assault
• defeating (an opponent)
• attacking (a problem) strategically

interjection:

• buh-boo (from sound of 'wrong' buzzer in quiz shows, used when somebody says an incorrect answer) - colloquialism Antonym: ピンポン

noun:

• letter explaining the reasons for cutting down an alleged villain; assassin's written vindication of his killing

noun / ~する noun:

• act of praying or performing an incantation so that a bad dream does not come true

noun:

• window with an ultra-fine lattice (often on upper floors of traditional buildings, e.g. Kyoto townhouses) ➜ 虫籠格子

noun:

• Mercurialis leiocarpa (species of mercury whose leaves can be used to produce an indigo dye)

noun:

• end; finish; stop
• bounds; limits ➜ 切りがない・切りのない
• delivery date (of a futures contract) - esp. 限り,限
• finale (of a noh song); end of an act (in jōruri or kabuki); final performance of the day (in vaudeville)

suffix / counter:

• counter for slices (esp. thick slices); counter for cuts (e.g. fish, meat)

particle:

• only; just - senses 6-8 are sometimes pronounced ぎり, esp. in old-fashioned speech - usually written using kana alone ➜ っ切り【っきり】
• since; after - usu. in a negative sentence - usually written using kana alone
• remaining (in a particular state) - usually written using kana alone

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lend an ear; to hearken; to give an ear to; to listen carefully

noun:

• moustache; beard; whiskers - in careful usage 髭 for moustache, 鬚 for beard, 髯 for (cheek) whiskers ➜ 口髭・顎鬚・頬髯
• whiskers (on a cat, etc.); feelers (on an insect, etc.); (chin) tuft
• extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal

noun / ~する noun:

• growth; development; growing up; becoming an adult
• growth (of a company, the economy, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• sacrum; sacral bone
• hermitry; appearance of an hermit; unworldliness; unusual physique; outstanding appearance ［仙骨］

noun:

• playing an entire composition without break; continually playing (in the background of a melody)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fail an exam - idiom ➜ 桜咲く
• to fall (of cherry blossom petals)

noun:

• record of information about a Buddhist statue (usu. an inconspicuous inscription on the statue)

noun:

• fact; (a) truth
• realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man) ［じつごと］ - in kabuki

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to draw an arc (e.g. with a compass); to describe an arc (e.g. through the air)

noun:

• lump; mass; bundle; clump; clod; cluster
• group; crowd
• embodiment (of an idea, quality, feeling etc.); personification

noun:

• unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacement items

noun:

• photographer, usually an amateur, who likes to take pictures of models and presenter ladies in exhibitions ➜ カメコ

noun:

• miyairigai (Oncomelania hupensis nosophora); freshwater snail that acts as an intermediate host of the Japanese blood fluke ➜ 片山貝