expression:

• avoiding unnecessary talk can prevent disaster falling on one; there is safety in silence; the pheasant would not be shot but for its cries [literal] - proverb

noun / adjectival noun:

• unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B - four character idiom

suffix:

• (strongly emphatic) too preoccupied or busy to even think of ...; ... is out of the question; this is not an occasion for

noun:

• non-conjunction; NAND operation; NOT-BOTH operation - IT term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to let the tension out of one's shoulders; to relax; to not take oneself too seriously

expression / adjective:

• have no relation to; have no luck with; not be fated to ➜ 縁のない

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to render futile; to bring to naught; to waste; to not make good use of

noun:

• being still half asleep; being half awake; being not yet quite awake

conjunction / expression:

• otherwise; else; if not so

~の noun:

• for reference only; in-library use only; not for loan

noun:

• phenomime; mimetic word; word that mimics an action, condition, or manner that does not make a sound (e.g. "damp", "calmly") - e.g., じめじめ、ゆったり - Linguistics term

noun:

• mountain mass; small mountain range; group of mountains that are not part of a large mountain range - obscure term ➜ 山塊

noun:

• steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom

noun:

• white return; white-paper income-tax return; type of income tax return filing which does not require maintaining accounting books ➜ 青色申告

noun:

• having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• unable to get along; unable to cooperate; unable to hit it off; not seeing eye to eye - idiom

adjectival noun:

• unavailable; unobtainable; not available

expression:

• if you are free; if you have time to spare; if not otherwise engaged ➜ 暇【ひま】

expression:

• the good you do for others is good you do yourself; those who are kind benefit themselves; compassion is not for other people's benefit [literal] - proverb
• you can't save others (from themselves) - incorrect usage - proverb

noun:

• recreational diving; no decompression stop diving; diving at depths which do not exceed 40 meters or 130 feet

expression / adjective:

• unprofitable; disadvantageous; not worth it

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prove a loss; to be a disadvantage; to not pay

expression:

• pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long [literal] - proverb ➜ 奢る平家久しからず【おごるへいけひさしからず】

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

expression:

• pride goes before a fall; pride comes before a fall; the proud Heike family does not last long [literal] - proverb