expression:

• sometimes the best gain is to lose - proverb

expression:

• man is the measure of all things - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• looking up the meaning (of a word)

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect

noun:

• film shown over the New Year period

expression:

• eat moderately to avoid the doctor

noun:

• first cherry blossom of the year

noun:

• years (since the start of an era)

noun:

• two-sword school; style of fencing with one sword in each hand ➜ 二天一流
• liking both alcohol and sweets; person who likes both liquor and sweets
• bisexuality - colloquialism
• player who can play as both pitcher and fielder - Baseball term

noun:

• floral raft; flower raft; flower petals fallen on water, resembling a raft - poetical term
• Helwingia japonica (species of shrub) - usually written using kana alone
• oily perfume applied under white makeup - archaism

particle:

• indicates possessive - occasionally ん, orig. written 乃 or 之 ➜ 乃
• nominalizes verbs and adjectives
• substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases ➜ が
• (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion - often ん
• (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis - female language
• (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to set up (a house, store, etc.); to build; to establish; to run; to maintain
• to have at the ready (e.g. a gun); to hold in preparation (e.g. a camera); to prepare in advance (e.g. a meal)
• to adopt a posture; to assume a stance; to stand ready; to be poised for

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to put on an air; to assume an attitude
• to stiffen; to tense up; to become formal

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fabricate in order to deceive; to make up; to feign
• to plan; to scheme

noun:

• oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice
• sexual relationship with both a mother and daughter - vulgar - slang

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - archaism ➜ 唐楽

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 左方の楽

noun:

• style of gagaku based on Tang-era Chinese music and ancient Indian song and dance - obscure term ➜ 唐楽

noun:

• shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc. ➜ 金券ショップ【きんけんショップ】

noun / ~する noun:

• implementation (e.g. of a system); materialization; materialisation; realization; realisation

noun:

• war; campaign; battle
• unpaid work (ritsuryo system); forced labor - archaism

noun:

• online real time system - IT term

noun:

• period of transition (e.g. from old to new system)

noun:

• on-board device (e.g. in prepaid road toll system)

noun:

• closed shop system (employment of only union members) ➜ オープンショップ制

noun:

• client-server system; CSS - IT term

noun:

• Graphical Kernel System; GKS - IT term