expression:

• just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); just (barely) OK - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ ぎりぎりセーフ

noun:

• circle (sometimes used for zero) ➜ 丸【まる】
• 'correct' (when marking) ➜ 二重丸【にじゅうまる】
• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship) ➜ 〇〇【まるまる】
• period; full stop ➜ 句点
• maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound ➜ 半濁点

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; horses work best together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb ➜ 牛は牛連れ馬は馬連れ

expression / adverb:

• naturally; not surprisingly; it should be appreciated that; understandably; as a matter of course; as is obvious; as will be understood

yodan ~る verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to cause heartache because of a (hidden) love; to be miserable because of love - archaism

adverbial noun / noun:

• some time ago; just now ➜ 先【さき】

expression:

• to (an extent); up to; so far as; even - more emphatic than まで ➜ 迄【まで】
• doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ... - usu. as 〜までもない
• even if ... - usu. as 〜ないまでも

expression:

• just safe (e.g. just avoiding being late, failing an exam, etc.); just (barely) OK - colloquialism Antonym: ギリギリアウト ➜ ぎりぎり・セーフ

expression / adjective:

• it hasn't been long since ➜ 日の浅い

expression / adjective:

• it hasn't been long since ➜ 日が浅い

expression / ~と adverb:

• as if it weren't already enough

~の noun / noun:

• once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's reign - four character idiom

expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• a long time (since the last time); first in a long time

noun / ~の noun:

• cloudy sky looking like it will snow soon - obscure term

expression:

• persevering through something difficult makes one stronger; whatever doesn't kill us only makes us stronger; slow but steady wins the race - proverb

noun:

• sliding - Baseball term
• being just in time

noun:

• wisdom tooth
• not knowing who your parents are; person who doesn't know who their parents are

expression:

• isn't it? ➜ か・だ
• let's do (something)

expression:

• Never mind!; Don't worry about it

expression:

• as if it weren't already enough

expression:

• I don't care what follows; the future will take care of itself - proverb

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

noun:

• large-scale work; voluminous work
• monumental work; great work; masterpiece

~の noun:

• frontmost

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• some time ago; just now