noun / ~する noun:

• keeping house; being confined to one's house

noun / ~する noun:

• consenting to; being convinced of; being satisfied; understanding

expression:

• Sad to say; How sad; Alas

noun:

• execute by shooting to death (by firing squad)

noun:

• reader's column; letters-to-the-editor column

~の noun / noun:

• wind-swept; exposed to the wind

noun:

• the first star to appear in the evening

noun:

• burial clothes; clothes worn to commit suicide

noun:

• spiritualism; spiritualistic ability; ability to cause psychic phenomena

noun:

• the first leaves to appear after the cotyledon

noun / ~する noun:

• arrival of the wrestlers to the tournament venue - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation - four character idiom

expression:

• and what is worse; to make matters worse

noun:

• ratio of wholesale price to retail price

noun:

• cheek-to-cheek dancing - From English "cheek dance"

expression:

• in search of; in order to look for

noun:

• solid wood (as opposed to veneer); natural wood

noun:

• imperial lineage from Emperor Gofukakusa to Emperor Gokomatsu

expression:

• it's probably so; it stands to reason

expression:

• it's probably so; it stands to reason ➜ さもありなん

noun:

• landline phone; fixed phone (in contrast to mobile) ➜ 携帯電話

noun:

• landline phone; fixed phone (in contrast to mobile) - abbreviation ➜ 固定電話

expression / adjective:

• showing no signs of (verb); extremely unlikely to (verb) - after -masu stem of verb

expression:

• not getting around to (as far as) considering Antonym: 気が回る

expression:

• to one's heart's content or satisfaction ➜ 思うまま