expression:

• no smoking at any time - on a sign

expression / adjective:

• vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery ➜ つかみ所【つかみどころ】

expression / adjective:

• vague; fuzzy; elusive; slippery ➜ つかみ所【つかみどころ】・つかみ所のない【つかみどころのない】

expression / adjective:

• impressive; tough

expression / adjective:

• sensitive; fragile; feeble; indecisive

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be frank; to speak one's mind; to open one's heart; to have a heart-to-heart talk (with someone) ➜ 打ち明ける【うちあける】

expression:

• through; by way of; after; via - often ...を経て ➜ 経る【へる】

expression:

• sorry to trouble you, but ... ➜ 大儀

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to blunder; to bungle; to fail - archaism
• to use up all one's money (esp. on the services of prostitutes) - archaism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give one's name; to introduce oneself
• to announce one's candidacy

expression:

• inflexible people; heartless people; Buddhist images of wood, metal, and stone [literal]

expression:

• making a loss; incurring a deficit - usu. 赤字覚悟で...

expression:

• No Unauthorized Persons; No Unauthorized Entry; Authorized Personnel Only - on signage

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• seeing eye to eye; reaching an agreement; coinciding in opinion

expression / noun:

• each time ➜ その都度

expression:

• formed angle; angle made - often ...のなす角

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to kneel down on one knee; to genuflect ➜ 突く【つく】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sit on the floor with one knee raised; to raise one knee; to sit with one knee up

expression:

• unable to let pass unnoticed; unable to be indifferent; unable to just watch (without doing anything); can't bear to see; can't stand watching; can't just stand by ➜ 見かねる【みかねる】

expression / adverbial noun:

• no one; nobody - with neg. verb

expression / godan ~つ verb:

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

expression:

• out of touch with the voters; indifferent to the concerns of the people

expression:

• very improbable; vanishingly unlikely; only with a miracle

expression / ~する noun:

• to display one's real ability; to show one's real ability; to show one's stuff; to show oneself at one's best; to really shine; to come into one's own; to find one's feet (legs); to hit (strike) one's stride

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make someone understand their fate; to reason with; to persuade; to deliver an imperial edict (which cannot be refused) [literal] - archaism