abbreviation  noun  noun (generic)  noun or verb acting prenominally  adjective (generic) 

• reduction in working hours, reduction in business hours
• time-saving

noun  noun (generic) 

• Kalacakra, Wheel of Time (tantric Buddhist deity)

gikun or jukujikun  search-only kanji form  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

adverb 

• once in a while, occasionally, at long intervals

noun  noun (generic) 

• phases of the age (times)

noun  noun (generic) 

• comments on current events, public sentiments of the day, current view, contemporary opinion

obsolete reading  obsolete kanji  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb  obsolete term 

• bow, bowing (and greeting)
• declining, refusing

noun  noun (generic) 

• contemporaries

ateji  usually written using kana alone  noun  noun (generic) 

• stormy weather (at sea)
• poor catch of fish (due to stormy seas)
• poor turn-out, recession

noun  noun (generic) 

• modern literature