noun:

• naturally growing tree; tree that does not grow in a tree plantation ➜ 自然木
• natural wood

expression:

• twilight; time for disasters (similar to 'the witching hour' but not midnight) ➜ 大禍時

noun:

• another person; other people; others ➜ 人【ひと】
• unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood) ［たにん］
• outsider; stranger ［たにん］

noun / ~の noun:

• amateur; layman; ordinary person; novice Antonym: 玄人【くろうと】

noun:

• respectable woman (not a prostitute, hostess, geisha, etc.) ➜ 玄人【くろうと】
• unlicensed prostitute - archaism - Kyōto dialect ➜ 私娼

noun:

• safety device for the aged that calls for help if not activated periodically - From English "silver online"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to not try to fix an error but rather make it look good on the surface only

noun:

• pushing away food one does not want to eat with one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• paid volunteer work (e.g. on a farm); work which is not done primarily to earn money - from ボランティア and アルバイト - abbreviation

expression:

• impossible to do (although wants to); cannot afford to; must not; no way we can - incorrect variant of 訳にはいかない ➜ 訳にはいかない【わけにはいかない】

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• bad condition; not to work out (i.e. a deal); disagreement; break-off; disorder; slump; out of form

noun / ~する noun:

• reading while standing (in a bookstore, etc.); browsing (i.e. reading an item but not buying it)

noun / ~する noun:

• laughing at an inappropriate time; not being able to hold back one's laughter
• scornful laughter; snicker; snigger - colloquialism

noun / ~する noun:

• self-respect
• prudence; not acting rashly; restraining oneself
• taking care of oneself; being careful with one's health

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

noun:

• post-retirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• difficult to get into
• not be easily influenced into joining some mood or activity Antonym: ノリが良い【ノリがよい】

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand ➜ 見て見ぬ振り

noun:

• feudal lord who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

expression:

• you're not making any sense; can I have that in Japanese? - slang

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• recklessly; thoughtlessly; carelessly; readily; blithely; willingly; easily - onomatopoeia
• pamperingly; indulgently; carefully (not angering) - onomatopoeia

interjection:

• shoo!
• heave-ho
• hallo; hello

noun:

• Hui (people) ［ホイホイ］ ➜ 回族
• novice; beginner - archaism

noun:

• cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known

expression:

• there in body, but not in spirit; distracted; in one ear and out the other

adverb / ~と adverb:

• little-by-little; gradually; slowly; soon - onomatopoeia ➜ ぼつぼつ

adjectival noun:

• not bad; passable; so-so - Kansai dialect

expression:

• not just once; more than once; many times; again and again

noun:

• break in the snow; patch of ground not covered in snow