expression:

• don't despair because you're the last to take your pick; you can find treasures in leftovers; one man's trash is another's treasure - proverb

expression:

• if you are prepared you don't have to worry; 'tis good to have a shelter against every storm - proverb

expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be unreasonable; to whine; to act like a baby

noun:

• cap cloud (cloud shaped like an Asian bamboo hat that forms at the peak of a tall mountain)

adjectival noun:

• comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country

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

interjection:

• by no means; never!; well, I never!; you don't say!; certainly (not)

noun / ~の noun:

• something unexpected; emergency ➜ まさかの時

noun:

• currently; for the time being; presently; for now - archaism

adverb / ~の noun:

• indeed; really; truly; unexpectedly - obscure term ➜ 本当に

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】

expression:

• unthinkable; unexpected; outrageous; offensive ➜ とんでもない
• absolutely not!; not at all!; far from it!; impossible!; preposterous!; what a thing to say!; no way! - colloquialism ➜ とんでもない
• don't mention it; you're welcome ➜ とんでもない

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• jam-packed; packed; packed like sardines

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to feign composure; to act like one has (time, money, strength, etc.) to spare - colloquialism

expression:

• while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive); as long as one lives

expression / noun:

• non-conveyor belt sushi; sushi served in a restaurant that doesn't have a conveyor belt ➜ 回転寿司

expression / noun:

• non-conveyor belt sushi; sushi served in a restaurant that doesn't have a conveyor belt ➜ 回転寿司

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to surge like an avalanche; to flood; to swarm; to stampede

noun:

• straight shooter; frank person; person who tells it like it is

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be read like an open book; to be seen through - idiom

expression:

• Oh yeah; Of course it is so; Cheer up, that's average; It happens; It's possible; Don't worry, it happens

adverb:

• so; really; seeming

adjectival noun / suffix:

• appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of - after masu stem or adj-stem

noun:

• milonga (tango-like dance)
• place where the milonga and tango is danced

expression:

• there is no place like home; home is sweet to an exile - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• loggerheads; like cats and dogs; relationship of dogs and monkeys [literal] - idiom