expression:

• even if it means living in dire poverty; by all means

expression / noun:

• owning nothing except the clothes on one's back

expression:

• Closed to Traffic; No Thoroughfare - on a sign

expression / ~の noun:

• polite or diplomatic way of putting things; honeyed words; lip service - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• sooner or later

expression:

• above all; especially

expression / adverb:

• namely; that is; which is to say

expression / noun:

• in appearance; to look at; judging from appearances

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

expression:

• see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys

expression:

• (impalpable sense of) fright or horror

expression:

• total fire ban; no source of ignition permitted; no open flame; flammables!

expression / adverb:

• furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

expression / ~の noun / adverb:

• lately; recently

expression:

• as is; as it is; as things are; like this; this way; at this rate

expression:

• one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• without difficulty; without the least resistance; helplessly

expression:

• plot (of a story)

expression / adjective:

• cannot understand; doesn't make sense; unconvincing; hard to swallow; doesn't ring true

expression / noun:

• bathhouse thievery; stealing someone else's clothes and valuables at a bathhouse

expression:

• privately; with outsiders barred; en famille

adjective:

• easy; simple

expression:

• (there is) no reason - contraction of 訳が無い

noun:

• all (there is) ➜ 限り・有る

expression / adverbial noun:

• as long as there is

expression:

• so slight as to be all but non-existent

expression / noun:

• chance; opportunity; lucky break