expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cover up; to hush up; to shroud in darkness

noun:

• without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• feel uneasy; on tenterhooks; in suspense

expression / adverb:

• by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month

expression:

• always listen to your parents; always value your parents' advice; not even one in a thousand of a parents' opinion or an eggplant flower are in vain [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Mill Test Report; Mill Test Certificate; quality assurance document used in steelmaking industry - From English "mill sheet"

noun:

• today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two - four character idiom

adverb:

• successively; continuously; in a row

noun:

• hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world - four character idiom

noun:

• voluntary insurance; optional insurance; extra insurance; vehicle insurance in addition to the basic mandatory insurance ➜ 強制保険

~の noun:

• gentlemanly; gentlemanlike; in the manner of a gentleman

noun:

• adult child; adult children; adult person psychologically traumatized from being raised in an abusive or dysfunctional family (e.g. by alcoholic parents)

noun:

• priority seat; courtesy seat; seat provided in trains, buses, etc. for the use of the disabled, young children, the elderly, pregnant women, etc.

noun:

• quasi-drug; medicated products; quasi-medicine; product with relatively mild medicinal effect, sold in general stores as well as pharmacies

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• hereafter; the future; formerly; in ancient times

conjunction / particle:

• and yet; though; when; in spite of ➜ くせに

noun:

• without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

noun:

• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn; song in praise of the Buddha - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

noun:

• blankety-blank; bleep; used in place of sensitive word (often sexually related) - sometimes also **, ○○, etc. - manga slang ➜ 伏せ字

noun:

• results-oriented approach; resultism; belief in results

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gushingly; copiously; profusely; in a steady stream - onomatopoeia

~の noun:

• while running; while moving; in motion

expression:

• great vigor; tremendous energy; forceful enough to knock down birds in flight [literal] - idiom ➜ 飛ぶ鳥を落とす勢い

expression:

• openly; publicly; in public