adverb / ~する noun:

• softly; gently; quietly - onomatopoeia
• secretly; stealthily - onomatopoeia ➜ こっそり

~する noun:

• to leave alone; to leave as it is - onomatopoeia

expression:

• dignified without being overbearing; being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle ➜ 威ありて猛からず【いありてたけからず】

expression:

• although at this late hour; now, although it is too late
• afresh; anew; again

adverb:

• about; roughly; approximately ➜ 凡そ【およそ】
• generally; on the whole; as a rule
• completely; quite; entirely; altogether; totally; not at all (with neg. verb)

noun / ~の noun:

• outline; gist

expression:

• if you do this; if this is the case

noun / ~する noun:

• clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes Antonym: 脱衣

expression:

• where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

expression:

• where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

adverb:

• within the year; before the year is out

expression:

• as always; the same as it always is

expression / ichidan verb:

• to admit fault; to admit one is wrong

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to be slow; to not make progress; to be inefficient ➜ もたもた

expression:

• what will happen to everyone else if I am not the one who goes? (expression of confidence from someone going out into the world)

auxiliary verb:

• (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of - after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. ➜ たり・たるや

noun:

• stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

noun:

• getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

expression:

• (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom

noun:

• Gresham's Law ("when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation") ➜ 悪貨は良貨を駆逐する

noun:

• claw crane; arcade game in which a crane is used to pick up stuffed toys, etc. - From English "crane game"

noun / ~する noun:

• getting closer; drawing nearer; approaching
• being not much different; being near (age, skill, etc.)
• becoming close (i.e. friendly); becoming intimate

noun:

• phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly") - e.g., じめじめ、ゆったり - Linguistics term

noun:

• the principle of not resuming debate on an item in the same Diet session in which it has been voted down

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; people may be offended (or not) by the way you speak - proverb

adverb / noun:

• the deepest bottom of the earth; never; not ... at all; on no account; for all the world; till doomsday

expression / adjective:

• not having enough workers; being understaffed; being undermanned - idiom
• having nothing one can do about something; having no options - idiom