expression:

• after having come this far; now that we've come this far

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

~の noun:

• half made (e.g. clothes that are already cut and basted when purchased)

noun:

• hotel that rents rooms to couples either overnight or for two hours' "rest" - From English "love hotel"

noun:

• the three realms of existence - Buddhism term ➜ 欲界・色界・無色界
• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 三千大千世界
• past, present and future existences - Buddhism term ➜ 三世【さんぜ】

suffix:

• far-off ...; distant ...

noun:

• egg slow-boiled so that the yolk is hard but the white is still soft (traditionally cooked in a hot spring)

noun:

• principle holding that any matters left unresolved at the end of one Diet session are not to be carried over to the next

noun:

• mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol) - from 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio', 1740

noun:

• ASMR video; genre of video that exploits autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) to induce tingling, comfort, or sleepiness in the listener

noun:

• badge (or keyring, etc.) used to inform others that the wearer is pregnant - From English "maternity mark"

expression:

• tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them - proverb

noun:

• category killer; retailer that sells a wide selection of a given category of goods - Business term

noun:

• articles of the deceased; article left by the deceased; things that belonged to the deceased

interjection:

• ah!; oh!; alas! - also written as 於乎, 於戯, 嗟乎, 嗟夫, 吁, etc.
• yes; indeed; that is correct
• aah; gah; argh - in exasperation
• hey!; yo!
• uh huh; yeah yeah; right; gotcha

noun:

• large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish
• useless man about the house; husband that is retired and considered a nuisance - colloquialism - derogatory term

noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language ➜ お持たせ

expression / adverb:

• in so doing; when you do so; in this regard; on this occasion; some time during that period

noun:

• belief that where there's a will, there's a way

noun / ~する noun:

• one's chest tightening up (from emotion) so much that one feels one's heart might stop; "dying of cuteness" - colloquialism ➜ きゅん

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to finish; to get it over with; to conclude
• to settle; to pay back
• to get along (without something); to make do with (without) - often with で ➜ なしで済ます

noun:

• beast (i.e. any animal other than man)
• person reborn into the animal realm - Buddhism term ➜ 畜生道
• brute (i.e. a contemptible human being)

interjection:

• damn it; damn; Christ; for Christ's sake - usually written using kana alone

expression:

• if everyone crosses against the red light, then there's nothing to be afraid of; there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it - proverb