expression / noun:

• non-conveyor belt sushi; sushi served in a restaurant that doesn't have a conveyor belt ➜ 回転寿司

expression / noun:

• non-conveyor belt sushi; sushi served in a restaurant that doesn't have a conveyor belt ➜ 回転寿司

expression:

• if you don't mind; if you like; if you feel up for it; if you're interested

expression:

• Oh yeah; Of course it is so; Cheer up, that's average; It happens; It's possible; Don't worry, it happens

expression:

• whether or not (in phrases like "I don't know whether or not I can come")

expression:

• a wise man keeps some of his talents in reserve; one shouldn't show off; the person who knows most often says least; a skilled hawk hides its talons [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• something that goes without saying; something that needn't be said
• something that should rather be left unsaid

expression:

• God doesn't give with both hands; God does not give two gifts; heaven does not grant people more than one talent - proverb

expression:

• if you please; if you don't mind; when you're ready; if you want; if that's alright with you

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to fail to hear something; to miss
• to act as if one didn't hear something; to let a remark slide

expression:

• don't finish what you're saying; stop what you're saying

noun:

• gold driver's license; driver's license awarded to drivers who haven't been in an accident in the past 5 years

adjective:

• unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive; terrible

expression:

• absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way!; bullshit - colloquialism
• don't mention it; you're welcome

expression:

• if it's alright; if you don't mind my asking; if it's all the same to you ➜ 差し支え【さしつかえ】

expression:

• like father, like son; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the child of a frog is a frog [literal] - proverb

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] - obscure term

expression:

• it does not mean that ...; I don't mean that ...; it is not the case that... ➜ 訳【わけ】

expression:

• so miserable that it is painful to look at; can't bear to look at; painful to watch - idiom

noun:

• deviation value (usu. scaled to mean of 50, standard deviation of 10, and often used for academic grades); deviation; T-score; standard score

expression:

• fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk - proverb

suffix noun:

• not having; unaffected by

conjunction:

• aside; I don't know about ... - often as ～は知らず
• I know not whether; I know not if - at the beginning of a sentence - archaism

expression:

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

expression:

• if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm; when one is prepared, difficulties do not come - proverb

expression:

• don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility) - proverb

expression:

• only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom