立錐の余地

りっすいのよち

room to breathe (usually in the negative as "no room to breathe")

立錐

りっすい

setting a drill bit

余地

よち

place, room, margin, scope

議論の余地

ぎろんのよち

room for argument

立地

りっち

site, location (e.g. of industry)

余念もなく

よねんもなく

earnestly, intently, attentively, wholeheartedly

余命幾何もない

よめいいくばくもない よめいきかもない

your days are numbered

駐車余地

ちゅうしゃよち

road space to the right of a parked vehicle

錐

すい きり

drill, auger

立脚地

りっきゃくち

standpoint

何の役にも立たない

なんのやくにもたたない

of no use whatsoever, good for nothing, useless

余儀ない

よぎない

unavoidable, inevitable, beyond one's control

嚢中の錐

のうちゅうのきり

cream rises to the top, a drill in a bag (will always poke through)

余命いくばくもない

よめいいくばくもない

having a short time to live; having not much longer to live; having little time left; (one's) days are numbered

余りにも

あまりにも

too much, excessive, too

余の儀

よのぎ

another method, another problem

の余り

のあまり

so much (something) as to (e.g. so moved as to cry), overwhelmed, carried away, because of too much

役にも立たない

やくにもたたない

of no use whatsoever, good for nothing, useless

意気地のない

いくじのない

spineless, backboneless, timid, cowardly, weak-kneed