ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to feign ignorance; to pretend one doesn't know ➜ とぼける

expression:

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

expression / adjective:

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

expression:

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

expression:

• it's no laughing matter; I can't laugh about it - slang ➜ ワロス

expression:

• I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me ➜ その手【そのて】

expression:

• it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty [literal] - proverb

expression:

• never mind that; don't worry about that
• listen up - used at start of command sentences for emphasis - colloquialism

expression:

• we were all beginners once; never lose your humility; don't let success get to your head; don't forget where you came from - proverb

expression:

• starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】

expression:

• Never mind!; Don't worry about it

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb

noun:

• Tyrannosaurus rex; T. rex

expression:

• do this, do that; dos and don'ts

particle:

• yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? - used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical) - familiar language - Kansai dialect ➜ かい

noun:

• helper cell; helper T cell - obscure term ➜ ヘルパーＴ細胞

noun:

• lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it ➜ むっつり

noun:

• indehiscent fruit; fruit that doesn't open when ripe, e.g. apricot

noun:

• unpopular man; man who isn't well-liked by women - slang ➜ 喪女【もじょ】

expression:

• like father, like son; you can't fight blood [literal] - proverb

interjection:

• by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)

noun / ~の noun:

• something unexpected; emergency ➜ まさかの時

noun:

• currently; for the time being; presently; for now - archaism

adverb / ~の noun:

• indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly - obscure term ➜ 本当に

noun:

• sultry night; sweltering night; night in which temperature doesn't fall below 25 degrees C

expression:

• nothing special; no big deal; doesn't matter

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism

expression:

• nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything