noun / ~の noun:

• (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically) ➜ 左前

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be tear-stained; to have one's face covered with tears

noun:

• view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished - four character idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to fit well (e.g. clothes)
• to be good for one's health

expression / adjective:

• impeccable; unimpeachable; cannot be faulted; above reproach; beyond reproach; faultless; perfect

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be allowed to practice with a partner of higher skill (esp. in sumo) ➜ 胸を貸す

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

expression:

• good medicine tastes bitter; the most helpful advice may be difficult to listen to - proverb

noun:

• Copper Age (period in which metal tools started to be used alongside stone tools)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be born (of a baby); to come into the world

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun / ~の noun:

• acting cool; pretending to be a better person that one is; pretentious (person) - colloquialism - Kansai dialect

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

expression:

• nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たない, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】

expression:

• nowhere in sight; seems to be no prospect; up in the air - usu. as ～のめどが立たず, etc. ➜ めどが立つ【めどがたつ】・めどが立たない

expression:

• to be; to exist - abbreviation - archaism - polite language ➜ 御座んす

expression:

• one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost - four character idiom

noun:

• functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned) ➜ 本開き
• surgeon's cuffs

noun:

• functioning cuff buttons on a jacket (i.e. those that can be buttoned and unbuttoned) ➜ 本切羽
• surgeon's cuffs

noun:

• apartment too small to be legally rented out, and hence let as office or storage space

noun:

• a number so great it can never be counted to - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "asamkhya"

numeric:

• 10^56 (or 10^64)

noun:

• non-smokers' rights; right for nonsmokers to not be exposed to smoking in public space