noun / ~の noun:

• state of affairs (around you); situation; circumstances

expression:

• if only (you) have; as long as (you) have; whenever (you) have

expression:

• a journey of a thousand miles feels like only one mile (when going to see the one you love) - proverb

noun:

• trouble (I have put you through); (your) hard work - polite language ➜ 苦労

expression:

• thank you for your hard work; I appreciate your efforts ➜ ご苦労さま

expression:

• (are you) alright?; (are you) OK?

interjection:

• (can you) spare a little time (to speak)?; (do you) have a moment (to speak)?

noun:

• lucid dream (dreaming while knowing that you are dreaming)

expression:

• how have (you) been? (gen. used after some time apart); nothing (untoward) has happened, has it? [literal] - polite language

noun:

• three-part joke, where the first two parts are similar and mundane, while the third is the punchline (e.g. How do you get to my place? Go down to the corner, turn left, and get lost.); rule of three (in comedy writing) ➜ 落ち【おち】

noun:

• inscription on the bathtub of King Tang ("If you can renovate yourself one day, then you can do so every day, and keep doing so day after day.")

expression:

• move with haste (when you have no doubts) - proverb ➜ 悪は延べよ

expression:

• in what way (do you mean)

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• some nerve (as in 'you must have some nerve to ...')

expression:

• pleased to make your acquaintance (formal phrase used on first meeting someone to encourage them to remember you)

expression:

• what would (you) do?; what to do about it

noun:

• The Golden Rule ("do unto others as you would have them do unto you") ➜ 金科玉条

expression:

• having the luck to escape trouble (your behaviour has landed you in)

noun:

• level of comfort (of objects you sit on)

noun:

• everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen

noun:

• cashier's desk; counter (where you pay in a store); cash desk

expression:

• taking the opportunity to do something; doing something incidentally; doing something while (you) are at it; doing something on the way; while I'm at it - idiom

adverb:

• incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion

noun:

• negative question; question asked in the negative (e.g. "Can't you read Japanese?") - Linguistics term

adjectival noun:

• a long time (since the last time); it's been a while (since I last saw, mailed, etc., you) - Nagoya (and surrounding areas) dialect ➜ 久しぶり【ひさしぶり】

expression:

• which person; who (you are) - emphatic, often interrog.