noun:

• losing posture; falling position from which it is impossible to recover - Sumo term
• lame duck ➜ レームダック
• hopeless situation

expression / noun:

• a blink of time; the time it takes to say "Ah!" [literal] ➜ あっと言う間に

particle:

• yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? - used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical)
• or; whether or not - after each alternative
• some- (e.g. something, someone) - after an interrogative ➜ 何か
• hmm; huh - indicates doubt, uncertainty, etc.; sometimes after other particles ➜ とか

prefix:

• very - emphatic prefix; usu. before an adjective ➜ か弱い

suffix:

• -al; -ial; -ic; -ical; -ish; -y - suffix forming adjectives or adverbs; after an indeclinable word ➜ 定か

adverb:

• in that way - archaism

expression:

• having said that; be that as it may

particle:

• yes?; no?; isn't it?; is it? - used at sentence-end; indicates a question (sometimes rhetorical) - familiar language

noun / ~する noun:

• being in dire distress; being hard put to it - four character idiom
• the four and eight kinds of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 四苦・八苦

noun:

• chazuke; cooked rice with green tea poured on it - Food term

expression:

• no problem; it doesn't matter

interjection:

• thanks (e.g. for coming, helping, etc.); glad you could make it

noun / ~の noun:

• tiredness; fatigue ➜ 疲れ【つかれ】

expression:

• nothing more ... than this; as ... as it could possibly be - used after adj. - colloquialism ➜ ありはしない

noun:

• weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination
• sun pillar ➜ 太陽柱

adverb / expression:

• like water; like it grows on trees - as in 'spend money like water' ➜ 湯水

expression:

• if any; if it exists

expression:

• there is no comparison between the two; it's not a same-day discussion [literal] - proverb

expression / adverb:

• or perhaps I should say; or more precisely; or, how should I put it; or rather ➜ ってゆうか

expression:

• to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

expression:

• I don't know about ... but; It may be possible for ... but

expression:

• although at this late hour; now, although it is too late
• afresh; anew; again

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

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be right on target; to strike it rich

noun:

• lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it

noun:

• mistaken identity; person so changed that it's hard to recognize him (recognise)

ichidan verb:

• to make a habit of; to make it a practice to

expression / noun:

• something that looks difficult but actually isn't; swimming in a cold lake during mid-winter seems difficult, but it's nothing to a kappa - idiom

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】