expression:

• the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; compassion is not for other people's benefit [literal] - proverb
• you can't save others (from themselves) - incorrect usage - proverb

expression:

• the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. (Basho) - four character idiom

expression:

• it is darkest under the lamp post; it's hard to see what is under your nose; go abroad to hear of home; you must go into the country to hear what news at London - proverb

expression:

• let bygones be bygones; the past is the past, the present is the present [literal] - proverb

expression:

• the style is the man; the style is the man himself - from a quote by Georges-Louis Leclerc - proverb

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• (what) one is trying to say; (what) one wants to say; (what) one is saying; (what) one means

expression:

• one becomes sleepy when one's stomach is full; full stomach, sleepy head; when the skin of the belly is extended, the skin of the eyes droops [literal] - proverb

noun:

• you are what you eat; slogan encouraging consumption of local seasonal foods for one's health; indivisibility of the body and the land (because the body is made from food and food is made from the land) [literal]

auxiliary:

• if; in case; if it is the case that; if it is true that - hypothetical form of the copula だ, from なり and sometimes classed as a particle
• as for; on the topic of ［なら］

conjunction:

• if that's the case; if so; that being the case - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ それなら
• if possible; if circumstances allow ［ならば］

noun:

• area of the field one is supposed to (or able to) defend - Sports term
• (one's) field; (one's) scope; area of expertise; range of topics one can converse about; breadth of one's interests and knowledge
• one's type; kind of person one is attracted to

expression:

• the best flowers are the cherry blossoms, the best individuals are the samurai; as the cherry blossom is first among flowers, so is the samurai first among men - proverb

expression:

• one man's meat is another man's poison; one man's medicine is another man's poison

expression:

• if it does not exist; if it is not there; if it is not ... ➜ 無い【ない】

suffix:

• unless one ...; if one does not ... ➜ ない

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• not less than; ... and more; ... and upwards ➜ 余
• beyond ... (e.g. one's means); further (e.g. nothing further to say); more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that)
• above-mentioned; foregoing
• since ...; seeing that ...
• this is all; that is the end; the end

godan ~る verb (irregular):

• be; is - formal or literary copula ➜ だ・であります

expression:

• be; is - polite copula - polite language ➜ だ・であります

expression:

• be; is - formal or literary polite copula - polite language ➜ である・です

expression:

• be; is - polite copula - archaism - polite language ➜ でございます

auxiliary:

• be; is - polite copula - archaism - polite language ➜ でございます

expression / adjective:

• is unlucky ➜ 運の悪い

expression / ichidan verb:

• ... is considered to ...

expression:

• be; is - polite copula - polite language ➜ である

expression:

• be; is - polite copula - archaism - polite language ➜ で御座います

auxiliary:

• be; is - semi-polite copula - abbreviation ➜ です

expression:

• is that so? ➜ そうなんです・そうなんですけどねぇ