expression:

• a narrow-minded person cannot understand the ways of the world; a frog in the well cannot understand the ocean even if it is explained to it [literal] - proverb ➜ 井の中の蛙大海を知らず【いのなかのかわずたいかいをしらず】・井蛙【せいあ】

expression:

• slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb

noun:

• post-coital clarity; period after orgasm when a man is free from sexual desire and can think clearly - slang - humorous term

noun:

• stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

noun:

• solipsism; philosophical idea that nothing outside of one's own mind really exists

noun:

• Pseudocarchariidae; family whose only member is a species of mackerel shark known as the crocodile shark

noun:

• reservationist; person whose job is to take reservations

expression / adverb:

• any; whatever one likes; by all means; anything; everything

expression:

• I am told; I understand; they say; I hear - at start of sentence

adjectival noun / noun:

• mess; spoiled; spoilt; (come to) nothing; ruin

particle:

• only; just; merely; simply; no more than; nothing but; alone ➜ しか
• as (e.g. as soon as, as much as)
• worth - e.g. ...だけの

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• nonexistent; nil; none; nothing (at all); bugger-all

expression / ~よい adjective:

• inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever you do is OK; trivial

expression:

• to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding ➜ 取る

adverb:

• much more; not to mention; not to speak of; to say nothing of; let alone

expression / adjective:

• inconsequential; indifferent; not worth worrying about; whatever you do is OK; trivial

expression:

• to; for; concerning; as far as ... is concerned; regarding ➜ に取って【にとって】

expression / adverb:

• any; whatever one likes; by all means; anything; everything ➜ 何でも

expression / adverb:

• any; whatever one likes; by all means; anything; everything ➜ 何でも

~の noun / expression:

• perfect; complete; thorough; leaving nothing to be desired; more than satisfactory

expression:

• then; in that case; considering; if that is the case; if so

noun / suffix noun:

• within; inside of; less than

adverb / ~の noun:

• much more; still more; all the more; more than ever

noun / ~の noun:

• single layer (or storey, etc.)

adverb:

• rather; sooner; preferably - archaism ➜ いっそ

noun or verb acting prenominally / adverb:

• only; merely; but; no more than

adverb:

• expressly; specially; doing something especially rather than incidentally

noun:

• semi-express train; local express train; sub-express train; slower than an express (more stops) - from 準急行列車, etc. - abbreviation