noun:

• proper map; map such that the inverse image of a compact set is compact - Mathematics term

expression / adverb:

• above all else; more than anything

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be determined to do or die; to never give up until one is dead

expression:

• if you need; if it is necessary

expression / adverb:

• much less; to say nothing of

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be commonly referred to as; as people say; as the saying is; they say ➜ 所謂【いわゆる】

expression:

• not necessarily so; is not always true

expression:

• inscrutable are the ways people are brought together; there is no telling how people are brought together ➜ 縁は異なもの味なもの

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

noun:

• getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

suffix noun:

• a little over; a little more than
• powerhouse; one of the biggest; one of the most powerful

noun:

• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - Buddhism term

expression:

• you can make friends anywhere; not even in hell is everyone an ogre [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Ginkgoaceae; family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo ➜ 銀杏【いちょう】

noun / ~の noun:

• money monger; money-happy person; person who is money-mad; money-grubber

expression:

• no concern of mine; nothing to do with me ➜ 関する

noun:

• flower lantern; Bon festival lantern that is decorated with artificial flowers or has a floral pattern ➜ 盆灯籠

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• surpassing everything; better than anything

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be better than anything - obscure term

expression:

• honesty doesn't pay; life is unfair - proverb

expression:

• before scheduled; earlier than expected

expression:

• spare no effort while you are young; heavy work in youth is quiet rest in old age - proverb

expression:

• failure teaches success; failure is a stepping-stone to success - proverb

ichidan verb:

• to carry in one's own hands; to carry in a manner that is obvious to others - colloquialism ➜ 提げる【さげる】

expression:

• putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Varanidae; family of carnivorous monitor lizards whose only extant genus is Varanus