expression:

• see Nikko and die; don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko [literal] - proverb ➜ 日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ

expression / adjective:

• useless; no future in it; doesn't make sense; having no point ➜ 意味がある【いみがある】

noun:

• train of dress; trailing skirt ➜ お引き摺り
• woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion ➜ お引き摺り

expression / noun:

• (principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat

noun:

• words you can't say on TV or radio; taboo words banned from broadcasts

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• words you can't say on TV or radio; taboo words banned from broadcasts ➜ 放送禁止用語

expression:

• don't miss it; stay tuned; coming soon; look forward to it

expression:

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

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb

expression:

• it can't be helped; there's nothing to do about it - From Chinese "méi fǎzi" ➜ しかたがない

expression / adjective:

• is not; am not; are not - from ではない
• isn't it?

interjection:

• no; nay
• well; er; why
• you're welcome; not at all; don't mention it

noun:

• air; atmosphere
• mood; situation ➜ 空気を読む【くうきをよむ】
• someone with no presence; someone who doesn't stand out at all - colloquialism - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• sharing a table with someone you don't know (e.g. at a restaurant)

expression / adjective:

• (I) won't say anything no matter what; to be unwilling to tell even under threat

expression / adjective:

• With the best will in the world, you can't say that it's good

expression / noun:

• the pot calling the kettle black; people who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones - idiom

particle:

• don't - prohibitive; used with dictionary form verb
• do - imperative; used with masu stem verb

interjection:

• hey; listen; you ➜ なあ

particle:

• now, ...; well, ...; I tell you!; you know - when seeking confirmation, for emphasis, etc.; used at sentence end
• wow; ooh - used to express admiration, emotionality, etc.; used at sentence end

expression:

• something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success - obscure term

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of geminate consonant, primarily a geminate 't' from vowel stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 撥音便

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; what is a paradise on hearsay maybe a hell at sight [literal] - proverb

adjective:

• reluctant; unwilling
• unfortunate; sad (when something doesn't go as planned or as you had hoped)

noun:

• sultry night; sweltering night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C