noun:

• helper cell; helper T cell - obscure term ➜ ヘルパーＴ細胞

noun:

• dry lacquer technique; kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer

expression:

• the soft may prove more durable than the hard; willow trees don't break under the weight of snow [literal] - proverb

expression:

• seeing is believing; one eye-witness is better than many hearsays; a picture is worth a thousand words - proverb

expression:

• I am not going to fall for that trick; that trick won't work on me ➜ その手【そのて】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• I don't want to hear it from you; are you in any position to say that?

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to affect; to put on airs
• to act like (something one isn't); to pretend to be - as …を気取る

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to have many visitors (of a home); to be prosperous (of a shop)

noun / ~する noun:

• being drawn to many things; distraction; difficulty of choice; difficulty in choosing; being unable to decide

godan ~す verb:

• to say repeatedly (often by many people); to say over and over again

noun:

• man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore [literal]

expression:

• it was, wasn't it?; must have been; I think (it was)

expression:

• called; named
• as many as; as much as - after a quantity
• all X; every X - in the pattern ＸというＸ

expression:

• many irons in the fire; engaged in two trades at the same time; wearing two hats - idiom

expression:

• don't judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high [literal] - proverb

expression:

• there is no need to; it is fine if you don't; unnecessary - after a verb
• does not match; out of reach of - after a noun

particle:

• is it?; isn't it? - marks wh-question (what, where, who) - familiar language
• be; is - strengthens one's judgment or conclusion - children's language

noun / ~の noun:

• veteran; (someone) schooled by adversity in many battles; (someone) rich in life's experience gained through much adversity - four character idiom

expression:

• fighting (tilting at) windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at - four character idiom
• single-person mimicking a wrestling match

noun:

• concealed winning hand consisting of chows, a pair that isn't a value pair, and an open wait - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• dried lacquer
• dry lacquer (technique); kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer

expression:

• the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite - proverb

expression:

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

expression:

• it is certain true that ... (but); you can't argue that it's not ... (but)

expression:

• an army marches on its stomach; you can't fight on an empty stomach [literal] - proverb