noun:

• woman who causes the weather to become sunny when she goes out ➜ 雨女

noun:

• (sake) brewed in wooden vats, squeezed out by weight on a pole - obsolete term

noun:

• post-retirement return to one's home town and carrying out agricultural pursuits

noun / ~する noun:

• falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out ➜ うたた寝【うたたね】

expression / adjective:

• I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty
• thank you very much (for help, etc.)

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control

pre-noun adjectival:

• the usual; as it always is
• said; that (previously-mentioned person or object); aforementioned; you-know-(who, what, etc.)

adverb:

• in the usual way - archaism

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

expression:

• so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world - four character idiom

expression / auxiliary adjective:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to - after the -nai stem of a verb

expression:

• cannot help (doing); have no choice but to; am compelled to; am obliged to; it is incumbent upon (me) to ➜ ざるを得ない【ざるをえない】

expression:

• to do whatever it takes; to use every trick in the book; to use any means; to stop at nothing

conjunction:

• be that as it may; even so; though that be so

expression:

• together with; as X, then Y (e.g. as we age we gain wisdom, as wine matures it becomes more valuable, etc.)

auxiliary verb:

• (I) will; (I) shall - on non-五段 stem, e.g. 食べる→食べよう; indicates intention
• let's - on non-五段 stem; indicates suggestion or invitation
• (I) wonder (if); might it be (that); maybe; perhaps; perchance - on non-五段 stem; indicates speculation

interjection:

• hey; yo; hi - familiar language

particle:

• come on; hey - empathetic version of よ ➜ よ

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to collapse; to crumble
• to get out of shape; to lose one's shape; to become disorganized; to become untidy
• to break down; to be thrown into disarray
• to crash (stock market); to slump; to decline
• to break money into small change
• to turn bad (e.g. weather); to change for the worse; to deteriorate

expression:

• you can get used to living anywhere; home is where you make it; wherever I lay my hat is home - proverb

noun:

• blue letter style; comparatively mature fashion style named after fashion magazines featuring it (whose cover titles are printed in blue) ➜ 赤文字系

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to pay (e.g. money, bill)
• to brush off; to wipe away; to clear away; to dust off; to cut off (e.g. branches)
• to drive away (e.g. one's competitors)
• to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of
• to pay (e.g. attention); to show (e.g. respect, concern)
• to make (e.g. effort, sacrifice); to expend; to exert
• to move out (of one's own place); to vacate
• to sweep (e.g. one's legs); to knock aside
• to make a sweeping stroke (in Japanese calligraphy)
• to reset (an abacus)

noun / ~する noun:

• loss; dropping out; falling by the wayside
• omission; lacuna; gap; hiatus
• desertion; defection
• apostasy

noun / ~する noun:

• ranging over or scouting out a territory; searching far and wide (for); reading extensively

noun:

• dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out - four character idiom

noun:

• hook; gab
• snare; trap; trick (question)
• arm-grabbing force out - Sumo term

noun:

• salad served in a glass, cup, hollowed-out tomato, etc. - From English "cup salad"

noun:

• playing rock-paper-scissors to decide who will carry out a task ➜ じゃんけん