noun:

• nutmeg (soccer); hitting a ball through the legs (e.g. in tennis) - slang - Sports term

noun:

• nine gates; winning hand consisting of one pung of 1s, one pung of 9s and one tile each of every other number, plus one more suited tile, all in the same suit - Mahjong term - From English "chi"

noun / ~の noun:

• once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence (event, experience) of one's lifetime - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to provide facilities; to administer to the convenience of ➜ 便宜を図る

expression:

• one should not leave things unfinished; when a young Mencius returned home during the middle of school, his mother cut off the cloth she had been weaving on the loom to admonish him for stopping his studies midway - proverb ➜ 断機

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to outwit; to outmanoeuvre; to steal a march on; to get the jump on; to anticipate; to forestall

noun:

• rank and file; the ranks

noun:

• otitis externa; inflammation of the outer ear

noun:

• non-jōyō kanji; kanji outside the common-use kanji list ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• hospital department; department in the field of medical care

noun:

• Cetartiodactyla; order comprising the even-toed ungulates and whales

expression:

• teaching your grandmother to suck eggs; teaching something to someone who knows more than you; preaching to the choir; lecturing to the Buddha [literal]

expression:

• day and night; around the clock

noun / adverbial noun / suffix noun:

• degree; amount; grade; standard; of the order of (following a number); about; approximately

adverb:

• continuously in some state (for a long time, distance); throughout; all along; the whole time; all the way - ずーっと and ずうっと are more emphatic
• much (better, etc.); by far; far and away
• far away; long ago
• direct; straight

adverb:

• sometime; someday; one day; some time or other; the other day; in due course; in time

adverbial noun / conjunction:

• etc.; otherwise; besides; in addition; the rest; the others; and so forth - そのた is the more common reading when written

noun / ~の noun:

• prior; beforehand; in advance; before the fact; ex ante ➜ 事後

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• uniform; equal; even; the same; identical Antonym: 多様
• common; ordinary; usual

noun:

• terminal screen; scene; picture; the field (in TV); photo

noun / ~の noun:

• first-class; first-rank; A1; the most; the best

noun / ~する noun:

• rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• after-; post-; ex-; after the fact; ex post ➜ 事前

noun / ~の noun:

• one side; one party; counterpart; the other side; the other party ➜ 両方
• one of a pair; fellow; mate

noun / ~する noun:

• worldly wise; sophisticated; street smart; knowledge of the world (acquired in the school of hard knocks); toughness