expression / adjective:

• it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

expression:

• you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• isn't it obvious?; that's common sense - abbrev. of 常識的に考えて - slang

expression:

• it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to make a person sweat for it ➜ 痛い目に遭わせる

expression / adverb:

• whether one likes it or not

expression:

• it's tactless to state the obvious; that's best left unsaid

expression:

• though it may appear otherwise, it's a small world - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• heating a vessel without water in it; heating an empty pan, kettle, boiler, bathtub, etc.

expression / noun:

• how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

expression:

• It's no joke
• Gimme a break!; Sod that!

expression:

• each time it happens; at all such times

expression:

• not exactly correct, but pretty close to it; not far off the mark

noun:

• bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)

expression:

• Is it so?; Really? - From French "N'est-ce pas?"

expression:

• whether you like it or not; no matter what one may do; in any event; at all events

expression:

• to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

noun:

• recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it (in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods) - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick it out; to see it to the end

noun:

• wedgie (to a girl) i.e. pulling up the underwear from the back, driving it into the vulva - vulgar

expression:

• don't miss it; stay tuned; coming soon; look forward to it

expression / godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.):

• to foot it; to hoof it; to go on foot - slang ➜ テクシー

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control

expression:

• it is needless to say - archaism

noun:

• slab with a haiku cut on it