noun:

• white return; white-paper income-tax return; type of income tax return filing which does not require maintaining accounting books ➜ 青色申告

expression / adjective:

• unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye - idiom

noun:

• not folding on a stitch but placing the fold (2mm) deeper past the stitch, folding the excess back to cover the stitch

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - slang - abbreviation ➜ じわじわ・じわじわ来る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal] - obscure term

ichidan verb / expression:

• to be out of focus
• to be off the point; to not have got the point

expression:

• fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk - proverb

particle:

• used to create a form of question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something, e.g. "Like hell I will!" - male language

adjectival noun / noun:

• sure; certain; positive; definite
• reliable; trustworthy; safe; sound; firm; accurate; correct; exact

adverb:

• If I'm not mistaken; If I remember correctly; If I remember rightly

noun:

• disappearance of snow (i.e. due to melting) - obscure term
• lack of snow (i.e. snow not falling) - obscure term

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to take care of - archaism
• to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with - archaism ➜ 持て余す

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out - idiom

expression:

• there's no point; it's no use; it's not worth it

noun:

• indigenous person; inhabitant of a country
• local; native ［くにびと］
• local lords and samurai
• daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period) ［くにうど・くにゅうど］ ➜ ざいこくしゅう

expression:

• if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come - proverb

expression:

• it's no big deal; it's nothing to fret about; it's not like it's the end of the world

expression:

• there's nothing that doesn't exist; there's nothing we (I, he, she, etc.) don't have

expression / adjective:

• nonexistent; not in one's possession - emphatic form of 無い ➜ 無い

noun / ~する noun:

• not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

expression:

• it's different when ... but; it's not so bad when ... but

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to pretend to not be home; to pretend to be out

noun / ~する noun:

• new; newly made

noun:

• unmarried woman of about 20
• newly-married woman
• new prostitute that has not started working; attendant of an older prostitute

ichidan verb:

• to tire of; to lose interest in; to be too much for one; to find unmanageable; to be beyond one's control; to not know what to do with

noun:

• matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not - four character idiom ➜ 女性天皇

expression:

• it's hard to notice one's own faults; one does not notice one's own body odour [literal] - proverb