expression:

• nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb

expression:

• you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• see Nikko and die; don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko [literal] - proverb ➜ 日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ

expression / adjective:

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

noun:

• train of dress; trailing skirt ➜ お引き摺り
• woman who doesn't work and only thinks about fashion ➜ お引き摺り

expression / noun:

• (principle of) letting sleeping dogs lie; peace-at-any-price; don't rock the boat

numeric:

• 100,000,000,000; hundred billion

noun:

• many

noun:

• Cucurbita pepo; diverse species that includes many varieties of pumpkin, squash and zucchini ➜ ペポ南瓜【ペポカボチャ】

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion - onomatopoeia
• rustling (leaves) - onomatopoeia
• feeling a chill; getting the chills - onomatopoeia

noun:

• five colors (usu. red, blue, yellow, white and black); five colours

~の noun:

• many kinds; varied

noun:

• melon; gourd ➜ 瓜

noun:

• tilapia (freshwater fishes native to Africa, introduced to many areas worldwide as a food source) - From Latin

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ・着倒れ

noun / ~する noun:

• mixing and matching (clothes, accessories, etc.); wearing of an item of clothing in many different combinations

noun:

• words you can't say on TV or radio; taboo words banned from broadcasts

expression:

• fools rush in where angels fear to tread; the blind don't fear snakes [literal] - sensitive - proverb

noun:

• words you can't say on TV or radio; taboo words banned from broadcasts ➜ 放送禁止用語

expression:

• don't miss it; stay tuned; coming soon; look forward to it

expression:

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

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together; don't mix your horses with your cows - proverb

expression:

• it can't be helped; there's nothing to do about it - From Chinese "méi fǎzi" ➜ しかたがない

temporal noun:

• few decades; many decades; several decades

expression / adjective:

• is not; am not; are not - from ではない
• isn't it?

auxiliary adjective / adjective:

• being too many (to finish or complete); being too much

temporal noun:

• eternity; through all eternity; for evermore; for many generations to come - four character idiom

noun / adverb:

• grudge of ten years' standing; harbouring a grudge for many years - four character idiom