expression:

• better starve than fatten on ill-gotten wealth; don't lower yourself to unjust acts, no matter how desperate you are; refraining to drink from a spring called Robber's Spring even if thirsty [literal] - proverb

expression:

• walk a mile in other's shoes to understand their suffering; you can't appreciate others' suffering until you've gone through it yourself; pinch yourself and know others' pain [literal] - proverb

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:

• what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray [literal] - proverb

expression:

• the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the apple never falls far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks [literal] - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

expression:

• if you can't beat them; join them; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them - proverb

conjunction / interjection:

• come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up
• well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm
• well now; let's see; there we go; all right - said when surprised or happy
• about that; you see

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:

• 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

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it is inevitable; nothing can be done; there's no point (in doing something); there's no reason (to do something)

expression:

• the proof of the pudding is in the eating; the proof is in the pudding; don't knock it till you've tried it - proverb

particle:

• such things as ...; and ... and - used for non-exhaustive lists related to a specific time and place
• the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...; as soon as - after the dictionary form of a verb ➜ や否や

unclassified:

• be; is - plain copula - Kansai dialect ➜ だ

interjection:

• o; oh - punctuational exclamation in haiku, renga, etc.
• huh; what - interjection expressing surprise
• hi - male language
• yes; what? - archaism

particle:

• yes?; no?; is it?; isn't it? - indicates a question - archaism

expression:

• it's not over yet; you haven't seen anything yet; it's not over until the fat lady sings; it's too soon to tell; we're not out of the woods

expression:

• the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; compassion is not for other people's benefit [literal] - proverb
• you can't save others (from themselves) - incorrect usage - proverb

noun:

• reeling by hand (esp. silk); hand filature ［座繰り・坐繰り・座繰・坐繰］

noun / ~する noun:

• counter sinking (making conical depression so screw-heads don't protrude above surface); spot facing (machining a flat space for bolt head, etc.); spotfacing - esp. 座ぐり

noun:

• hollowing out (e.g. wooden chair seat, scallop pattern on roof, etc.) - esp. 座刳り

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented - abbreviation ➜ 草食系男子
• men who pretend they aren't interested in women; spineless males; men with no balls - abbreviation - slang