expression:

• to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - idiom

expression:

• to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - idiom

expression:

• to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - idiom

noun:

• no overtime day; day which employees are not allowed to work overtime

noun:

• Buddhist priest; bonze
• close-cropped hair; crew cut; person with a shorn head
• boy; sonny; lad - familiar language - derogatory term
• not catching anything (in fishing) ➜ お凸【おでこ】

expression:

• A virtuous person does (should) not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be - four character idiom

adverb:

• unwillingly; grudgingly; reluctantly

noun:

• shaking head in refusal (to children)

interjection:

• no!; no no!; not at all

noun / ~の noun:

• not wearing a mask (in kendo, noh, etc.)
• sober face ➜ 素面【しらふ】
• sobriety ➜ 素面【しらふ】

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• face with no make-up; unpainted face - archaism ➜ 素顔【すがお】

noun:

• recreational diving; no decompression stop diving; diving at depths which do not exceed 40 meters or 130 feet

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to use one's own judgement; to not be swayed by others; to have confidence in oneself

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to not know how to act or what to do; to be at a loss

expression / adjective:

• easy; trifling; harmless; of no concern; nothing
• nothing of the sort; not at all - in the form of ~でもなんでもない ➜ ではない

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to start something
• to have started something, but not yet finished it

expression:

• showing no concern at all; being not at all bothered; devil-may-care attitude

interjection:

• no!; no no!; no, not at all ➜ 嫌々【いやいや】

expression:

• (it was) not until; (it was) only when

expression:

• Why?; Why not?; What for?; What's wrong?

noun:

• bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

noun:

• magazine published by fans; fanzine
• publication aimed at a particular hobby group
• publication sold directly, and not via commercial publishers

expression:

• to rule a country requires many great men; an expensive fur coat will not be made with a single fox [literal] - proverb

expression / adjective:

• unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)

noun:

• poor who do not (or are unable to) seek help (from relatives or the authorities, etc.) - From English "silent poor"

noun:

• selflessness; self-effacement; self-renunciation
• anatta; anatman; doctrine that states that humans do not possess souls - Buddhism term

noun:

• ordinary verse of a renga (i.e. not the first three verses or the last verse)

adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ おおよそ
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist