expression:

• honey is sweet, but the bee stings; I would like to taste fugu, but I value my life [literal]; hesitating from doing something because of fear of consequences - proverb ➜ フグ

noun:

• fabric dyed, embroided or impressed so that the original fabric is completely covered

noun:

• date on which the event is to take place

expression:

• what on Earth is this? - colloquialism ➜ 何だこれは【なんだこれは】

noun:

• big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to leave as is; to let alone; to disregard

expression:

• time is up

noun:

• winning technique where the opponent is lifted out by his belt - Sumo term

expression / adverb:

• more than anybody ➜ 何にも増して

expression:

• one's father is more horrifying than any natural disaster; earthquakes, thunder, fires, the old man [literal] - proverb

noun:

• sense that something is relatively inexpensive or undervalued

noun:

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

noun:

• soup or stew over which a beaten egg is poured before serving; egg-bound soup - Food term

expression:

• art is long, life is short; ars longa, vita brevis - proverb

expression:

• life is not easy; life is hard - proverb

expression:

• if there is a chance; if possible; if circumstances permit; if things go well; if luck is on my side

suffix:

• person who is ...; thing that is ... - after a noun or the root of an adjective

noun:

• good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns; skilled actor who knows little of life; person who excels in one occupation (profession) but lacks simple common sense - four character idiom

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

expression:

• a law is a law, however undesirable it may be - from a quote from Socrates - proverb

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - 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

expression:

• what I want to say is ...; the fact of the matter is ...

expression / ~よい adjective:

• had better do so ➜ 為る【する】・方がいい

expression:

• it's nothing; don't mention it; no thanks necessary ➜ 礼には及ばない【れいにはおよばない】