expression / noun:

• true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

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

auxiliary:

• seeming to be; appearing to be - usu. at sentence-end
• like; similar to ➜ ような
• in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that ➜ ように
• indicates hope, wish, request or mild command - as ように at sentence-end

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• (following a verb) to be sure to; to do (something) so that ...; to make sure to; to try to

noun:

• the whole country; the public; the world; the ruling power; having one's own way

noun:

• the people; the masses; the public; the great unwashed

expression / ichidan verb:

• to require much effort; to be hard to do; to be bone-breakingly hard - idiom

noun:

• water and sky
• Varuna; Vedic god of water and sky (adopted into Buddhism as god of water and protector of the west)

noun:

• kanji used as a phonetic symbol, instead of for the meaning; phonetic-equivalent character; substitute character
• kanji used for their meaning, irrespective of reading

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be a topic of conversation; to be made much of
• to be taken in

expression / adverb:

• anything of; not one bit (with negative sentence)

adverb:

• not only ... but also; in addition to; consequently

adverb / suffix:

• without; not including; dispensed with
• (beating) in succession

adjectival noun / noun:

• inconsistent; illogical; unconvincing; not thorough; indefinite; half-way

adjective:

• unperturbed; undaunted; retaining composure
• unyielding; not giving an inch

noun:

• in preparation; (shop) not yet open for business

expression:

• someone (something) not to be trifled with

adjectival noun / noun:

• not serious; frivolous; insincere; unsteady

adjective:

• poor; not satisfactory; undesirable; unfavourable; unfavorable; disgraceful

expression / noun:

• pretending not to recognize (recognise); feigned ignorance

noun:

• traveling while deliberately not paying a fare (travelling)

adjective:

• not give a damn; take no notice of

adjectival noun / noun:

• not to be depended on; of little hope

suffix / expression:

• quite capable of ...; might happen; not unlikely to ➜ 兼ねる

expression:

• whether one likes it or not; willy-nilly