noun:

• winter daylight; winter sunlight - obscure term
• trying to make the most of each day; devoting oneself to one's parents - obscure term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to make a gesture or say something during a break in conversation, playing of songs, etc.; to interrupt - incorrect variant of 合いの手を入れる ➜ 合いの手を入れる

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to - emphatic version of あっての ➜ あっての・こそ

expression:

• thousands die to make one hero; one general reaches glory, ten thousand bones are left to dry [literal] - proverb ➜ 一将功成りて万骨枯る

adverb:

• in short; in brief; to sum up; ultimately; in the end; in the long run; when all is said and done; what it all comes down to; when you get right down to it ➜ 詰まり【つまり】

noun:

• exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first

interjection:

• unh (sound of physical exertion); oof - archaism
• wow; whoa
• yes; yeah; uh-huh ➜ うん

auxiliary verb:

• probably - after a -nai stem
• will; intend to
• would like to have done (for me)

ichidan verb:

• to look afar
• to look at something while absorbed in reverie; to look at something while absorbed in one's thoughts

noun / adjectival noun:

• self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

expression:

• "the shoemaker's children go barefoot" [figurative]; the dyer wears white [literal]; specialists often fail to apply their skills to themselves

noun:

• placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt

noun:

• aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser ➜ ウケを狙う

adverb:

• soon; before long; in a short time
• lacking time to ...; without time to ... - after verb

noun:

• signature; register

~する noun:

• to put one's name on; to sign

noun:

• stamped name; typed name Antonym: 著名

noun:

• night owl; nighthawk; late bird

~する noun:

• to stay up late; to keep late hours

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

noun:

• barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work

expression / adverb:

• so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree

noun:

• smallpox demon; smallpox devil; deity to whom one prays for immunity to smallpox

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

noun:

• immunity; immunization; immunisation
• being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight