expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 逢う魔が時

expression:

• It's not much, but...; phrase used when giving gifts - polite language

noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

noun:

• being out of consideration; effectively not existing as an option - colloquialism ➜ 眼中にない

expression:

• a bad person does not deserve to die in his own bed - proverb

expression:

• the worst goes foremost; those one eagerly await will not arrive first - proverb

noun:

• obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body

noun:

• one's hand being completely concealed; not having called any tiles - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• one's hand being completely concealed; not having called any tiles - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 門前清

noun:

• death not caused by a violent crime (excl. dying of natural causes) ➜ 犯罪死

noun:

• ball not bouncing (e.g. in a catch) - Baseball term - From English "no bound"

expression / adjective:

• inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever you do is OK; trivial

expression / noun:

• couple who are more than friends, but not in an intimate relationship

noun:

• not getting along well with each other; being like water and oil - four character idiom

noun:

• blues experienced by man who did not receive Valentine's day chocolate - slang

noun:

• not fishing; needing more than one tile to win - Mahjong term ➜ テンパイ

expression / noun:

• not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom

expression:

• a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it [literal] - proverb ➜ 井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず】・井蛙【せいあ】

adverb:

• by all means (with sense of not taking "no" for an answer)

adjectival noun / noun:

• useless; futile
• unnecessary; needless
• not on business; unrelated; unauthorised; unauthorized
• prohibited; banned; forbidden

noun:

• parallel lines
• remaining far apart (e.g. in discussions); not reaching an agreement

interjection:

• you are welcome; don't mention it; not at all; my pleasure

expression / adverb:

• whether one likes it or not; inevitably; unavoidably; compulsorily; by force

noun / ~する noun:

• becoming unworldly; being free from worldliness; not keeping up with social norms ➜ 世離れる

expression:

• far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for ➜ 及びもつかない