suffix:

• style; manner
• after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time) ➜ 久しぶり【ひさしぶり】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• biennially; every second year; every other year

noun / adverbial noun:

• as it is; as one likes; because; as

noun:

• condition; state
• sic; sic erat scriptum; the quoted matter has been transcribed exactly as found in the source text ［ママ］ - abbreviation ➜ 原文ママ【げんぶんママ】

noun:

• controversial work (art, literature, etc.); work that caused public criticism; work of art dealing with contemporary questions; succès de scandale

expression:

• first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

conjunction:

• or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean - colloquialism ➜ と言うか

expression / adjective:

• weak-headed; can't drink much; can't hold one's liquor; can't take one's drink; easily gets drunk

noun:

• equation; formula
• method for solving a problem; set way of achieving a particular result

adverb:

• a little; a bit; slightly
• just a minute; for a moment; briefly
• somewhat; rather; fairly; pretty; quite
• (not) easily; (not) readily - before a verb in negative form

interjection:

• hey!; excuse me

expression:

• extremely important or once in a lifetime request

adverb / ~と adverb:

• swaying (only once, in a large, slow motion)
• relaxedly

noun:

• work-related injury; work-related illness; work-related death; on-the-job accident - abbreviation ➜ 労働災害
• workers' compensation insurance - abbreviation ➜ 労災保険

noun:

• fractional sampling; method of quartering; quartation - archaism
• method of lunar calendar formulation

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to turn inside out; to turn the other way; to turn (something) over ➜ 裏返す
• to look at it from another perspective - usu. as 裏を返せば
• to visit the same prostitute or geisha for a second time

noun:

• main course (of a formal meal)
• extremely high-grade Japanese meal served all at once (on a table with legs) - abbreviation ➜ 本膳料理

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control - four character idiom

noun:

• here (place physically close to the speaker, place pointed by the speaker while explaining); this place ➜ 何処・其処・彼処
• these last (followed by a duration noun and a past sentence: time period before the present time of the speaker) ➜ 今迄
• these next ... (followed by a duration noun and a non past sentence: time period after the present time of the speaker); the next ... ➜ 此れから

expression:

• let nature take its course; what will be will be - proverb

expression:

• it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb

prefix:

• central; main; head; chief

suffix:

• just (done); freshly (baked); indicates activity only just occurred - usually written using kana alone

counter:

• counter for consecutive losses

noun / ~する noun:

• concentration; focusing; convergence; centralization; integration; gathering together

noun:

• within a collection of works

expression:

• sweet words only please a fool; flattery works on puppets and fools - proverb

expression:

• Don't worry about it; There is nothing to fear; There is no need for anxiety; Everything is under control

expression:

• God's will; Heaven's will