noun:

• winning hand with at least one terminal tile in each set and no honor tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• air; atmosphere
• mood; situation ➜ 空気を読む【くうきをよむ】
• someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all - colloquialism - idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• impossible; incapable (of doing); unable (to do)

noun:

• incompetence; inability
• impotence ➜ インポテンツ
• having no solution (of an equation) - Mathematics term

noun:

• one person; one customer - honorific language
• unmarried woman (with no children) over the age of 30 - colloquialism ➜ 負け犬

expression:

• time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short - proverb

expression:

• sashimi garnish
• something of no significance; something that can easily be done without

expression:

• come hell or high water; no matter what happens; even if rain or spears should fall [literal] - idiom ➜ 雨が降ろうと槍が降ろうと

expression:

• come hell or high water; no matter what happens; even if rain or spears should fall [literal] ➜ 雨が降ろうが槍が降ろうが

expression / adjective:

• (I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat

noun:

• Japanese hymn praising the coming of the Buddha (thought to be written by Minamoto No Makoto) - Buddhism term ➜ 和讃【わさん】・来迎【らいごう】

expression / adjective:

• all bark and no bite; unable to live up to one's claims

noun:

• all simples; winning hand containing no terminal tiles or honor tiles - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 役【やく】

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb ➜ かと思うと
• at the thought of; when I think about ➜ かと思うと

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb
• at the thought of; when I think about

expression:

• no matter how lovingly raised, a foster child is not actually one's biological child - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• no sooner than; as soon as; immediately after - after past tense verb ➜ かと思うと
• at the thought of; when I think about ➜ かと思うと

expression / adjective:

• not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer

expression:

• regardless of; irrespective of; without distinction of; no matter (how, what, when, etc.) ➜ 問う

expression / adjective:

• to be no match for; to not hold a candle to

adjectival noun / noun:

• liked; well-liked; favourite; favorite Antonym: 嫌い【きらい】
• in love (with); loved; romantically interested (in)

noun / adjectival noun:

• faddism; eccentricity
• the way one likes; (as) it suits one

noun:

• little-known good place; good out-of-the-way place; well-kept-secret place; hole-in-the-wall

noun:

• no-bake cheesecake; gelatin cheesecake; unbaked cheesecake - From English "rare cheesecake"

noun:

• no-bake cheesecake; gelatin cheesecake; unbaked cheesecake - abbreviation - From English "rare cheesecake" ➜ レアチーズケーキ

noun:

• foil; someone to look as if he's putting up a fight but actually have no chance of winning

noun:

• fountain effect (theory that high sales in the basement of a department store lead to increased sales in the upper levels as well)