expression / adjective:

• having a poor endgame

expression / ~よい adjective:

• in a good mood

noun:

• (a) mosaic

noun:

• dismantling a (family) tomb

noun:

• caudex (of a plant) - Biology term

noun:

• commander of a castle

noun:

• guard (of a sword)

noun:

• baffle (in a speaker)

noun / ~する noun:

• making a secret recording

noun / ~する noun:

• making a secret recording ➜ 隠し録り

noun:

• neckband (of a shirt)

noun:

• sidewall (of a tire)

noun / ~する noun:

• taking over a duty

noun:

• branch (of a tree)

noun:

• branch (of a tree)

noun:

• age of a building

noun:

• scirrhous carcinoma; (a) scirrhus - Medicine term

noun / ~する noun:

• moving into a dormitory Antonym: 退寮

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• a few years later

noun / ~の noun:

• keeping (a pet) outdoors

noun:

• keeping (a pet) indoors

adjectival noun / adverbial noun / noun:

• very hard; with utmost effort; with all one's might; desperately; frantically; for dear life; all-out effort; sticking at living in and defending one place - four character idiom ➜ 一生懸命
• sticking at living in one place

noun:

• drumming in the streets to announce a tournament - Sumo term
• announcing an event by walking around in the streets beating a drum; drum used to announce an event by walking around in the streets

noun:

• pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones) - esp. 重ね

counter:

• counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.) - esp. 重ね; used after a word from the "hito-futa-mi" counting system

noun:

• layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat - esp. 襲
• combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours) - esp. 襲 - abbreviation ➜ かさねの色目【かさねのいろめ】

noun:

• official in charge of the administration of domains and general affairs of powerful noble families (from the middle of the Heian period)
• titled lady (legal wife of an important official) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 北の政所
• government office related to finances (Kamakura and Muromachi periods)
• clerk working for large temples and shrines