expression:

• now that it's come to this; since it's come to this

noun:

• love that is motivated by job-hunting; using sex to get a job - From English "recruit love"

noun:

• hypothesis that Jews and Japanese are of common ancestry

expression:

• all's grist that comes to his mill; turn everything to good account; turn anything to profit - proverb ➜ 転んでもただでは起きない

noun:

• lacquering technique that uses a coloured-lacquer undercoating and a transparent-lacquer topcoat

conjunction:

• while it may be true that; just because; nevertheless; not necessarily

expression:

• something that comes too late and is useless; like a chrysanthemum prepared for the ninth day of the ninth month of the lunar calendar for the Chrysanthemum festival but that blooms only on the tenth ➜ 重陽

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing something that isn't actually there; hallucination; mistaking for something or someone else
• pretending not to see; looking the other way; turning a blind eye ➜ 見ぬふり【みぬふり】
• looking upwards ➜ 上目【うわめ】

interjection:

• yes, that's right; yep; sure thing

noun:

• wheel tracks left by vehicles that have passed before

noun:

• sliding or moving along a smooth surface with continuous contact on that surface

noun:

• round that ends with nobody winning - Mahjong term

noun:

• vehicle (car, motorcycle, etc.) with an engine that runs

expression:

• do this, do that; dos and don'ts

noun:

• loss of a match that is 'called' part way into the game

expression:

• in that way; like that

noun:

• splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom

noun:

• the whole universe (of a billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• adding or removing rolling stock to a train that is in service

noun:

• tree that has dropped its leaves; bare tree

noun:

• belief that where there's a will, there's a way

noun:

• declaring that one is one tile away from winning while one's hand is completely concealed - Mahjong term - From Chinese "lizhi"
• being one step away from completing something (winning, losing, game over, etc.)

noun:

• snow that falls on villages ➜ 山雪

noun:

• love that is motivated by job-hunting; using sex to get a job - abbreviation ➜ リクルートラブ

noun:

• local governmental body that requires federal oversight to recover from its debts