expression:

• something

expression / suffix:

• things like ...; or something like that ... - often derogatory

noun / ~する noun:

• softening Antonym: 硬化
• softening (of attitude); mollification Antonym: 硬化
• weakening (of the market) Antonym: 硬化
• blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

noun:

• pumpkin (Cucurbita sp.); squash - ぼうぶら is primarily Kansai dialect - From Portuguese "Cambodia abóbora"

noun / ~する noun:

• going south

noun:

• banknote
• soft currency ➜ 硬貨【こうか】

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming more difficult (e.g. exam); increasing difficulty

noun:

• how many times?

noun:

• southern sea

noun:

• barrier; obstacle; difficulty; hurdle; deadlock

adjectival noun / noun:

• difficult to understand; unintelligible; abstruse

noun:

• what floor?

noun:

• 1946 Nankaido earthquake

noun:

• how many months?; how long? ➜ ヶ月

noun:

• Persian carpet flatworm (Pseudobiceros bedfordi); Bedford's flatworm

noun:

• Nankai megathrust earthquake

noun:

• Nankai megathrust earthquake

adverb / ~の noun:

• time and time again; many times; a number of times ➜ 何度も【なんども】

noun:

• elucidation of a difficult passage

noun / ~する noun:

• overcoming a difficulty; breaking through a barrier; clearing a hurdle - four character idiom

noun:

• hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university

noun:

• hard-to-get-into university; elite university; highly-selective university - abbreviation ➜ 難関大学

noun:

• a few times

adverb:

• casually

expression:

• What do you want? (oft. brusque, curt); Can I help you?

noun:

• malacia; abnormal softening of tissues