noun:

• dregs; sediment; grounds; meal
• lees (esp. sake) - often 粕
• leftovers; by-product
• worthless item; thing of little to no value
• dregs (e.g. of society); scum; dross
• card only worth 1 point (in hanafuda) ➜ カス札

expression / ichidan verb:

• to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate)
• to have foresight; to be able to see the future

expression / adjective:

• not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned - idiom
• having nothing one can do about something; having no options - idiom

noun:

• white dragon tile - Mahjong term - From Chinese
• shaved pubic area; person with little or no pubic hair - colloquialism - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• existence or nonexistence; presence or absence
• consent or refusal; yes or no

expression / noun:

• closure (of a road); suspension of traffic

expression:

• Road closed (on a sign); Closed to traffic; No through road

~する noun:

• to fret (over); to brood (about); to mope; to worry - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• worriedly; (fretting) constantly; (worrying) over this and that; (obsessing) to no end - onomatopoeia

noun:

• unity; even matching; interdependence ［もちあい］
• steadiness (of market price); holding; no change

~と adverb:

• very high; high up; aloft

adverb:

• at most; at best; no more than

expression:

• every last one; one and all; from A to Z
• as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented - abbreviation ➜ 草食系男子
• men who pretend they aren't interested in women; spineless males; men with no balls - abbreviation - slang

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• disused; unused ➜ 不要
• useless; wasteful; of no use

adverb:

• anyway; anyhow; as one likes
• by all means; at any cost; no matter what it takes

noun / ~の noun:

• other (place, thing, person); the rest
• outside; beyond - esp. 外 - usually written using kana alone

adverbial noun:

• nothing except; nothing but; nothing apart from; nothing aside from; no choice (but to) - as 〜ほか〜ない, usu. after より or the dictionary form of a verb - usually written using kana alone ➜ ほかない
• besides...; in addition to... - often as ほかに

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun:

• unsteadily (e.g. on one's feet); shakily; staggering; reeling; tottering; dizzily - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• wandering; wavering; aimlessly; without knowing what one is doing; having no goal in mind - onomatopoeia

noun:

• one person; one customer - honorific language
• unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - colloquialism ➜ 負け犬

noun:

• dejected loser; dog that has lost a fight (with its tail between its legs) [literal]
• unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - slang - derogatory term ➜ お一人様【おひとりさま】

noun:

• Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)
• small pine (esp. one pulled from the ground during "ne-no-hi-no-asobi") ➜ 子の日の松

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• creakily - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• close (i.e. with no room to spare) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• air; atmosphere
• mood; situation ➜ 空気を読む【くうきをよむ】
• someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all - colloquialism - idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• unreasonable; unnatural; unjustifiable
• impossible

adjectival noun / noun / ~する noun:

• forcible; forced; compulsory - often as 無理に

adjectival noun:

• excessive (work, etc.); immoderate

~する noun:

• to work too hard; to try too hard

interjection:

• no way; not a chance; never; dream on - colloquialism

~の noun:

• irrational - Mathematics term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to pass through; to pass by; to go beyond
• to pass (i.e. of time); to elapse
• to have expired; to have ended; to be over
• to exceed; to surpass; to be above
• to be no more than ... - as 〜に過ぎない, etc.

ichidan verb / intransitive verb / suffix:

• to be excessive; to be too much; to be too ... - often used after adjective stems or the -masu stems of verbs - usually written using kana alone

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to desire
• to wish for; to expect
• to see; to command (a view of)

noun / ~の noun:

• lie; fib; falsehood; untruth
• mistake; error

noun:

• unwise move; bad decision

interjection:

• No way!; Unbelievable!; Really?! - colloquialism

noun:

• out (in baseball, tennis, etc.) - Sports term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• outer; external; outside

expression:

• no good; out of line; unacceptable; failure