noun:

• survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; the weak are meat the strong do eat [literal] - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to want something desperately; to want something (so badly one can taste it)

noun / adjectival noun:

• neither gain nor loss; neither too much nor too little

ichidan verb:

• to like too much; to like to excess; to adore

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to compose (a Japanese poem); to write; to use as the theme of a poem
• to recite (e.g. a poem); to chant; to intone

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that

conjunction:

• and yet; despite this; but even so; but even then; however; nevertheless; for all that; notwithstanding that ➜ それなのに

ichidan verb:

• to be made much of; to be lionized; to be sought after

noun:

• late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year ➜ 二百十日・二百二十日・台風
• name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari

noun:

• any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ
• Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha
• Fu Xi, King Wen and Confucius
• Yao, Shun and Yu
• Yu, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius

expression / adjective:

• is unlucky ➜ 運の悪い

expression / ichidan verb:

• ... is considered to ...

expression:

• be; is - polite copula - polite language ➜ である

expression:

• be; is - polite copula - archaism - polite language ➜ で御座います

auxiliary:

• be; is - semi-polite copula - abbreviation ➜ です

copula:

• be; is - used in place of the plain copula だ when attributing an utterance to a Korean; oft. derog. - humorous term - slang - From Korean ➜ だ

copula:

• be; is - used in place of the plain copula だ when attributing an utterance to a Chinese person - humorous term - colloquialism - From Korean

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are ➜ 浮世

adverb:

• not at all (neg. verb)

noun / suffix noun:

• without

noun:

• unacceptable; not alright; unsatisfactory - colloquialism Antonym: 在り【あり】

~の noun / noun:

• fee-charging; paid; not free Antonym: 無料

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• not yet fixed; undecided; pending Antonym: 既定

~の noun / noun:

• not yet known; unknown; strange Antonym: 既知

noun:

• minor; not of age