expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• going against one's will; contrary to one's intentions; going against one's desire; going contrary to one's wishes

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

expression:

• a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said - proverb ➜ 二言【にごん】

expression / adjective:

• having one's back to the wall; having nowhere to go; having no way out; not having another chance - idiom

expression:

• there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers [literal] - proverb ➜ 残り物に福がある【のこりものにふくがある】

expression:

• there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers [literal] - proverb

expression:

• there is unexpected good in what others have left behind; last but not least; there is fortune in leftovers [literal] - proverb ➜ 残り物には福がある【のこりものにはふくがある】

adjectival noun / noun:

• dry (esp. as in not wet or as in dry humour)

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

noun:

• treasure chest (in the story of Urashima Taro); Urashima's casket; Pandora's box
• important secret that is not easily revealed to others

expression / ~よい adjective:

• had better - after past tense verb
• had better not - after negative verb

expression:

• to do or not to do

noun / ~する noun:

• setting one's mind at ease; not feeling that one need be concerned (about something); feeling free to disregard (something)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to wrap in wafer paper [literal] - idiom

expression:

• to (an extent); up to; so far as; even - more emphatic than まで ➜ 迄【まで】
• doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ... - usu. as 〜までもない
• even if ... - usu. as 〜ないまでも

noun:

• your house; your home; your family - honorific language
• your husband - honorific language
• your organization - honorific language

pronoun:

• you (referring to someone of equal status with whom one is not especially close) - honorific language

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to remonstrate; to admonish (someone) for; to advise (someone) not to; to warn against

noun:

• clearance (e.g. clearance sale); selling off; selling out; sellout
• selling (accepting only a single payment)
• bond transaction not subject to repurchase

adjective:

• hard; solid; tough - esp. 固い and 堅い for wood, 硬い for metal and stone
• stiff; tight; wooden; unpolished (e.g. writing)
• strong; firm (not viscous or easily moved)
• safe; steady; honest; steadfast
• obstinate; stubborn
• bookish; formal; stuffy Antonym: 砕けた

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)

expression:

• don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb

noun:

• meal with family members eating separate foods
• eating alone (not with one's family)
• food sold in single servings ［個食・こ食］

noun:

• tirthika; non-Buddhist teachings; non-Buddhist - Buddhism term Antonym: 内道
• heterodoxy; unorthodoxy; heresy; heretic
• demon; fiend; devil; brute; bad person - derogatory term
• type of fish one did not intend to catch

noun:

• something not seen or experienced - From French "jamais vu" ➜ デジャブ

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to keep face; to save face; to not lose face