adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• right on; dead on; fitting to a T; on the button; perfectly correct

noun:

• impractical desktop theory (proposition); unworkable idea; an idea that isn't worth the paper it's written on - four character idiom

expression:

• isn't it great?

noun:

• carnival-like religious celebrations (e.g. dancing festivals) that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868

expression:

• don't talk nonsense; sleep talk after you go to sleep [literal] - humorous term

noun:

• hardware transform and lighting; hardware T&L - IT term

expression:

• I can't help but laugh; I have to laugh at this - slang ➜ 草

expression / adjective:

• doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary - after verb phrase

expression:

• ill omened (as in "Don't say such an ill omened thing!"); unlucky

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to forget something ever existed; to pretend something didn't happen

noun / ~の noun:

• (definitely) gay; gay person who isn't pretending to be gay; non-fake gay - slang ➜ がち・ホモ

expression:

• There isn't a moment to be wasted; Every moment is precious; Make hay while the sun shines - proverb

expression:

• I don't know ...; How about ...? I wonder; What about ..?

expression:

• It's audible but invisible; I hear voices but I can't see anybody - idiom

noun:

• forcing people who can't drink alcohol to drink alcohol - From English "alcohol harassment"

noun:

• negative question; question asked in the negative (e.g. "Can't you read Japanese?") - Linguistics term

expression:

• victory depends on the luck of the day (i.e. it isn't always the strongest who wins)

expression / adjective:

• feeling out of place; feeling that one doesn't belong; feeling at a loss in the situation ➜ 身の置き所がない【みのおきどころがない】

noun:

• wasteland; wilderness; abandoned land; devastated land
• The Wasteland (poem by T.S. Eliot)

expression:

• if you don't mind; if you like

expression:

• don't worry about it; forget about it

noun:

• being kept uninformed; being cut off; out of the loop - sensitive
• upper gallery (where one can't hear); blind seat - archaism

expression / noun:

• tempting thing; (too much of a) temptation; something that shouldn't be seen; the last thing one needs to see

expression:

• once a fool, always a fool; stupidity won't be cured without death [literal] - proverb

noun:

• K-T boundary (between the Cretaceous Period and the Tertiary Period)

expression:

• the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; like father, like son - proverb