expression:

• it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)

expression:

• it is assuredly that... - Ōsaka dialect ➜ なのです

noun:

• teahouse that sells fruit (or serves fruitcake, etc.) - From English "fruit parlor"

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

noun / ~の noun:

• group that is knowledgeable about Japan

noun:

• match that determines if a rikishi will have more wins than losses

noun:

• sword that cuts iron

noun:

• discarding a tile that becomes another player's winning tile - Mahjong term ➜ 振り込み

expression:

• while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

adverb / ~する noun:

• this and that; one thing or another

expression / noun:

• something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa - idiom

expression:

• if that's the case; that being the case ➜ だと

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that ➜ 言うに事欠いて【いうにことかいて】

noun:

• meat of a fish (e.g. tuna) that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine ➜ 血合い

particle:

• particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it ➜ どころか

expression:

• fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated

noun:

• person whose physical suitability for conscription in the former Japanese military could not be determined in that year (e.g. due to illness)

expression:

• that's right; that's so - polite language - colloquialism

noun:

• four posts that used to support the roof over the ring - Sumo term

expression:

• idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances - Buddhism term ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

interjection / adjectival noun:

• that's too bad; too bad for you! - often ironic

expression:

• being so content that one would not mind dying; one can now rest in peace; one ought to be contented with what has been accomplished - idiom

noun:

• style of shrine architecture based on that of Ise Jingu

noun:

• sake that has been kept in a wooden cask; cask sake; barreled sake