expression / godan ~く verb:

• to seek results, not show; to discard the flower for the fruit [literal] - idiom

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb ➜ 聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb

noun:

• free price; price determined by the seller, not the distributor or government

expression:

• if not ... (negative conditional) - also にゃあ ➜ ねば
• for (in regard to); in order to ➜ には

~の noun:

• for reference only; in-library use only; not for loan

noun:

• person with normal hearing (i.e. not deaf); hearing person

pronoun:

• that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder ➜ 何方【どちら】・此方【こちら】・其方
• that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that
• that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) - あちら is pol.
• there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)

noun:

• broken windows theory; criminological theory stating that serious crime can be prevented by maintaining the good physical condition of an urban environment

noun / ~の noun:

• fine crystal; clear glass

expression:

• mirror found in hell in Enma's chamber that allows people to see their good and bad deeds - abbreviation ➜ 浄玻璃の鏡

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to say it out loud; to yell out; to emphasize ➜ 声を大にする

noun / ~の noun:

• very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances - four character idiom

expression:

• zip it (when used to others); I'll shut up (when used by oneself); button (one's) lips - colloquialism ➜ チャック

expression / adjective:

• doesn't amount to doing (something); not significant enough to require (something); unnecessary - after verb phrase

suffix:

• unless one ...; if one does not ... - colloquialism ➜ 無ければ
• cannot do without something - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 無くてはいけない【なくてはいけない】
• have to do - after negative base of verb ➜ 無くてはいけない【なくてはいけない】

expression:

• that goes without saying but also ...; not only that but ...

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb

expression / noun:

• common occurrence; everyday occurrence; not an uncommon case; normal thing; everyday affair ➜ 良くある

noun:

• teething fever
• developmental fever; fever that brings with it an intellectual or psycho-developmental growth spurt

particle:

• indicates sentence subject (occasionally object)
• indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions)

conjunction:

• but; however; still; and
• regardless of; whether (or not) - after the volitional form of a verb

noun:

• lucky day but not in the morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided (judgement) ➜ 六曜

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• cylindrical container (pot, vase, etc.)
• having no waist (straight body figure, not curvy); being stumpy
• sleeveless (coat etc.)

expression:

• look carefully where your own footsteps fall; seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others; know thyself

noun:

• falling below quota; not reaching capacity (e.g. a school having fewer applicants for entrance exams than its quota)