noun:

• masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

adjectival noun:

• plausible (e.g. of a rumour); believable (e.g. of a story); specious (e.g. of an argument); credible (e.g. of a lie); looking very like the truth

expression:

• I thought so; I suspected as much; Just as I thought; Now you are talking; That's the spirit - colloquialism

noun:

• great longitudinal fissure; longitudinal cerebral fissure; longitudinal fissure; interhemispheric fissure; fissura longitudinalis cerebri; groove that separates the two hemispheres of the brain

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ すら

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to speak with restraint; to understate; to downplay; to put it mildly; to say the least

expression / adverb:

• in an instant; instantly; in a moment; instantaneously; in the twinkling of an eye

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• hottish; salty; somewhat hot; kind of salty; on the dry side
• strict; harsh

conjunction:

• then; and then; and; if so; because then; if that's the case ➜ それなら

noun:

• influential person; powerful person; big wheel; big gun; power behind the throne

noun:

• breakwater; seawall; bulwark; mole; narrow stone structure for breaking incoming waves and loading goods on and off ships ➜ 防波堤

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to tie; to fasten; to hitch; to secure (e.g. load, patronage of customers, etc.); to hold on to

noun:

• top brass; upper echelon; higher-ups; top management; upper reaches; top of the pile

noun:

• Daesh; IS; Islamic State; ISIL; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant - From Arabic "da'ish"

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel nervous; to feel afraid; to feel self-conscious; to lose one's nerve; to get cold feet; to get the jitters
• to be startled; to be surprised; to be shocked; to feel frightened; to be spooked - colloquialism
• to be shy; to be bashful - archaism

expression:

• even; if only; if just; as long as; the only thing needed ➜ さえ

noun:

• gallery (in a theatre); upper gallery; cheap seats; nosebleed section; the gods - four character idiom

adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; fresh-baked; fresh from the oven - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to confute; to argue down; to persuade; to convince; to prevail on

suffix noun:

• -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...

noun:

• comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
• criticism; censure - archaism

noun:

• periodontitis; pyorrhea; pyorrhoea; pyorrhea alveolaris; inflammation of the gingiva (gums) resulting in bone loss

noun:

• Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 帝釈天

noun:

• "Do-nothing" farming; nature farming; natural farming; Fukuoka farming; the Fukuoka method

noun:

• favourable terms; favorable terms; favourable conditions; favorable conditions; place in the sun