expression:

• if that's the case; that being the case ➜ だと

expression:

• something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success - obscure term

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

noun:

• ridged cracks that form in the ice on Lake Suwa

noun:

• southerly wind that blows when the cherry trees are in bloom - obscure term

expression:

• it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that ➜ 訳ではない

godan ~く verb:

• to have a facial tattoo (esp. one around the eye, one form of punishment in ancient Japan) - was v4k - archaism - obscure term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to insert; to put in (such that there is a snug fit); to button; to put on (something that envelops, e.g. gloves, ring)
• to have sex; to fuck - colloquialism
• to pigeonhole (into a particular category)
• to place a ring-shaped object around something (esp. one that restricts freedom, such as handcuffs)
• to entrap; to set someone up (e.g. frame them for a crime, etc.)

noun:

• something worshiped as a symbol for the spirit of the dead

noun:

• Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found at the base of the Tihama mountains along the western coast of Yemen)

noun / ~の noun:

• bone marrow; medulla
• true spirit; one's mind

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to speak as though something were actually the case; to smooth over; to give the impression that; to make it sound that

noun:

• dishonor that persists after death ➜ 生き恥
• shame at the moment of one's death

noun:

• an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north - four character idiom

noun:

• resistance - From French
• popular resistance against a military invasion (especially of that by the French against the Nazis in World War II)

noun:

• opinion (in legal context); indication

~する noun:

• to hold that (in legal context); to judge that

noun:

• one's registered domicile (as recorded in the family register); one's legal domicile (as opposed to where one lives) ➜ 戸籍【こせき】

~する noun:

• shutting yourself out of your car with the key left inside - From English "in key"

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of ➜ あんな・こんな・どんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - Hiroshima dialect ➜ そんな

pre-noun adjectival:

• such (about the actions of the listener, or about ideas expressed or understood by the listener); like that; that sort of - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ そんな

noun:

• the easy way; attaining rebirth in the Pure Land through the vows of Amitabha (as opposed to one's own efforts) - Buddhism term ➜ 難行道

noun:

• mind; spirit; soul; heart; ethos
• attitude; mentality; will; intention
• spirit (of a matter); essence; fundamental significance

noun:

• lingering recession; an economy that lingers in the doldrums after bottoming out - four character idiom

noun:

• rapid economic growth (esp. that of Japan in the post-WWII period)