expression:

• if it is not ...; if it does not ... - after the -nai stem of a verb, usu. accompanied by まい, esp. as 〜ざあなるまい ➜ まい

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

noun:

• specialized course; specialised course
• something that is specialized for a certain field or application (e.g. a sauce specially made for zaru soba)

noun:

• compound ideograph formation (one of the six kanji classifications); making kanji up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain) ➜ 会意文字

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to do what one is told to; to take someone's advice; to listen to what someone says ➜ 言うことを聞かない

noun:

• part alternation mark (symbol indicating the following words are taken from a song or that the person saying the words is singing); Unicode U+303D symbol

noun:

• living; being alive Antonym: 死に
• freshness; liveliness; vitality
• situation in which a group of stones cannot be captured because it contains two or more gaps (in go)
• stet; leave as-is (proofreading) - usually イキ - usually written using kana alone

prefix:

• damned

noun:

• pigeon seen on the morning of the New Year (e.g. as one is going to the shrine or temple for the New Year prayers)

noun:

• night where one waits for someone who is supposed to come - archaism
• night of the 14th day of the eight month of the lunar calendar - archaism

noun:

• tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny
• Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis)
• dead lay; starfish; person who is inactive during sexual intercourse ［まぐろ・マグロ］ - slang - vulgar

expression:

• metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term

noun:

• humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener (or a third party); humble language used as a courtesy ➜ 謙譲語Ｉ

expression:

• enjoying a long life is a matter for congratulation; cranes live for 1000 years, turtles live for 10,000 years [literal] - proverb

expression:

• order's up; one order ready; coming up; your order is ready
• problem solved; one down; all done

noun:

• large, perforated, turnip-shaped arrowhead cover made of Japanese bigleaf magnolia or paulownia; harmless arrow affixed with such a cover (that whistles when shot and is used to drive off evil spirits) - abbr. of 響目

pronoun:

• such and such (when being vague, placeholder, etc.); this and that

interjection:

• What?; What is the matter?; What are the items?

expression:

• like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• swallowing whole; swallowing without chewing
• taking something in without fully understanding it
• accepting without reservation; accepting something as-is

noun:

• current era of excessive eating; era in which there is more than enough food; age of plenty; age of plentiful food - four character idiom

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

expression:

• it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that... ➜ 訳【わけ】

expression:

• so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch - idiom

noun:

• Regional Rapid Service (JR West); Section Rapid Service; RRS; SRS; train service which is local for one section and express for another

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to come along; to come around; to turn up
• to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

expression:

• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb