expression:

• won't; hasn't; isn't; doesn't - used to ask a question in the negative ➜ ませんか
• won't you - used to make invitations, express desires or give indirect commands

expression:

• while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

conjunction:

• while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

expression:

• leave no room for scandal; don't do anything that can be misinterpreted; don't straighten your cap under a plum tree (because when you raise your hands it might look as if you're trying to steal the plums) [literal] - proverb

adjective:

• no problem; no objection; it doesn't matter

noun:

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

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - idiom ➜ 泣く子と地頭には勝てない【なくことじとうにはかてない】

expression:

• you cannot win against someone who doesn't listen to reason (e.g. a crying child or a violent lord); you can't fight City Hall - proverb

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 / adjective:

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

adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; impatient; annoyed

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• without change; as it is; as it was

~の noun / noun:

• just like; extremely similar

adverb:

• immediately; just after; without a pause

noun:

• temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time - four character idiom

expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed ➜ 仕方のない

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed ➜ 仕方がない

temporal noun / adverbial noun:

• a long time ago; in those days; once upon a time ➜ その昔【そのむかし】

expression:

• once upon a time; a long time ago

adverb:

• just a minute; short time; just a little - equiv. of ちょっと - Kansai dialect

expression:

• Just a short note to tell you ...; This will just be a short note - set formula of greeting used by a man at the beginning of a brief note - male language - four character idiom

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• a cappella; unaccompanied choir or choral work - Music term - From Italian

expression:

• let sleeping dogs lie; if it ain't broke, don't fix it - proverb

expression:

• things don't work that well in the real world; things seldom go as one wishes; that is expecting too much; it won't be that easy - idiom