noun:

• times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to run out of; to be short of; to be out of stock
• to be out of (e.g. breath); to lose (one's patience, concentration, etc.)

noun:

• making use of the surrounding landscape as a part of the design of a garden; natural scenery used as the background in the landscaping of a garden

noun:

• leader of a female gang; leader of a group of delinquent girls

noun:

• the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays - four character idiom

adverbial noun:

• due to the nature of one's job; because of one's line of work

noun / ~する noun:

• consecration (of a person or thing, in Catholicism); sanctification; prayer of sanctification; ritual of consecration

noun:

• the rise of the curtain; opening (of play) ➜ 幕開き
• beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

noun:

• the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• why-why analysis; method of questioning that leads to the identification of the root cause(s) of a problem

noun / ~する noun:

• praising Buddha; sermon - Buddhism term
• praise (second of the five gates of mindfulness) - Buddhism term ➜ 五念門
• style of Buddhistic song of praise, usually praising Buddha, the Bodhisattva, the Buddhistic teachings, etc. - Buddhism term
• rumor; rumour; hearsay - archaism

noun:

• to; traditional unit of volume, approx. 18 litres
• square bearing block (at the top of a pillar) ➜ 枡形
• Chinese "Dipper" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・玄武【げんぶ】

noun:

• first Day of the Rat of the New Year
• first Day of the Rat of the month (esp. of the 11th month)

noun:

• area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend - Sports term
• (one's) field; (one's) scope; area of expertise; range of topics one can converse about; breadth of one's interests and knowledge
• one's type; kind of person one is attracted to

noun:

• first ears of rice of the season; first crops of the season; first harvest of the season
• offering (to the gods)

noun:

• lack of harmony; lack of balance; lack of coordination; malfunction
• ataxia - Medicine term

noun:

• source of fire; sign of fire
• warmth of fire; heat

noun:

• dead of night; shades of night; black of night

noun:

• adjustment of debts; debt-workout; consolidation of debts; settlement of debts

noun:

• the rise of the curtain; opening (of play) ➜ 幕開け
• beginning (e.g. of an era); opening (festival, event, etc.)

noun:

• simple type of clothing consisting of a large piece of cloth with a hole in the middle for the head

noun:

• Maratha; Mahratta; member of the Hindu people of Maharashtra (esp. a member of the royal or military caste)

noun:

• chief councillor of state; chief councilor of state
• large-grained variety of adzuki bean

noun:

• top crease of a sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
• sleeve cap (of Western clothing)

noun:

• one long straight object (e.g. strand of hair, beam of light, wisp of smoke) ➜ 一条【いちじょう】
• a single bloodline

adjectival noun:

• earnest; resolute; intent; devoted
• ordinary; common - archaism