expression / adverb:

• whether one likes it or not

noun:

• fruit harvested before it's ripened

expression / conjunction:

• if it is the case that ...

noun:

• noble gas; inert gas

expression:

• I get the feeling that; I think that ［希ガス］ - slang - humorous term ➜ 気がする【きがする】

noun / ~する noun:

• rōnin; ronin; masterless samurai
• waiting for another chance to enter university after having failed the yearly entrance examination ［浪人］

noun:

• person out of work; jobless person ［浪人］
• wanderer; drifter ［浪人］ - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• skilled control of a spear; stabbing (someone) with a spear - orig. meaning
• victim; scapegoat; someone singled out (for punishment, etc.) ➜ 槍玉に挙げる

noun:

• yo-yo fishing [literal]; Japanese festival game of fishing balloons (with loops attached), floating in water, out with a hook

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have a certain mood or feeling; to have a hunch - more emphatic than 気がする

noun:

• embossing a pattern; repoussé; hammering
• drum signaling the end of a performance ➜ 打ち出し太鼓
• serve (e.g. in tennis); drive (in golf)
• printout; printing out ➜ 打ち出す【うちだす】

adjective:

• heavy; weighty; massive Antonym: 軽い
• heavy (feeling); depressed; gloomy; blue; uneasy
• slow; sluggish; lumbering; ponderous; clumsy
• important; serious; grave - of a position, responsibility, etc.
• serious; severe; critical - of a punishment, illness, etc.
• solid; established; dignified; sensible

expression:

• words can lead to disaster; the tongue is the root of calamities; the more you open your mouth the more likely you are to put your foot in it - proverb

adverb / ~と adverb:

• in a crowd; in droves; in a stream; in succession - onomatopoeia
• crawling (of insects); swarming - onomatopoeia
• dragging (e.g. along the ground); trailing; stretching out - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• goal which is unattainable; prize beyond one's reach; woman who is out of one's league; flower on a high peak [literal]

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to surpass the rest (e.g. of a large group); to stand out from the crowd; to be the best by far ➜ 抜群

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to lie down; to stretch out
• to lie ahead (of danger, difficulty, etc.); to lie in wait

expression:

• on the left as one faces (it)

expression:

• isn't it? ➜ か・だ
• let's do (something)

expression:

• please look at it - honorific language

noun:

• I've got it; all right; fine

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a person sweat for it ➜ 痛い目に遭わせる

expression:

• whether it is true or not

noun:

• slab with a haiku cut on it

expression:

• Never mind!; Don't worry about it

expression:

• on the right as one faces (it)