noun:

• owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder

noun:

• delivery service where package is left in front of door or in designated area; safe drop

expression / adjective:

• not a moment to waste; there is no time to lose; cannot wait any longer

expression:

• having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and nonattached; All is void - archaism - four character idiom

pre-noun adjectival:

• what (e.g. "what rudeness") (an expression of surprise, anger)

expression:

• what (something) is like - usu. as 〜の何たるか

noun:

• leaving something as it is (after taking it out or turning it on)

expression:

• being fast asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one) - four character idiom
• know-it-all manner

noun:

• clausula rebus sic stantibus (legal principle that agreements become non-binding if there is a major, unforeseeable change of circumstances)

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• awareness of things around one; ability to understand what is going on around oneself; judgment; judgement; discretion

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is

noun / ~する noun:

• no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone

expression:

• when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law) - proverb ➜ グレシャムの法則

noun:

• tub-thumping preacher; preacher (priest) who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer (usually with contemptuous implication) - four character idiom

noun:

• exact center of the Garbhadhatu mandala - obscure term
• platform upon which the fire is lit in a stone lantern

noun:

• furikake put on rice to make it blue, which is said to act as an appetite suppressant - colloquialism ➜ ふりかけ

expression:

• talk is cheap; it's easier to say than to do; building Osaka Castle by talking [literal] - proverb

expression:

• all people aren't evil; don't distrust everyone; there is kindness to be found everywhere - proverb

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• incapacitated rape; sexual assault against somebody who is intoxicated, asleep or otherwise unable to consent or resist - Law term

noun:

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

noun:

• calf (before it is fattened or used for breeding, usu. referring to 6 to 12-month-olds)