noun / ~の noun:

• midtown; mid-town; middle of a town

noun:

• billhook; fascine knife; sickle-shaped tool with a sharp inner edge, halfway between a knife and an axe

noun / ~する noun:

• easy money; easy gain; making a killing

noun / ~する noun:

• official seal; verification seal; affixing a seal to an official document ［あいはん・あいばん］
• making a joint signature or seal ➜ 連判

noun:

• yen-denominated foreign bond; samurai bond; bond denominated in yen issued by a non-Japanese issuer

expression:

• making something strong even stronger; solidifying something's chances; giving a metal rod to an ogre [literal] - idiom

noun:

• sō-on; Song reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese (esp. in words related to Zen Buddhism) ➜ 唐音【とうおん】・宋【そう】

expression / adjectival noun:

• triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]

noun:

• in-house model; company model; model under an exclusive contract; model who works exclusively for a single fashion magazine

adverb:

• later on; subsequently; by and by; after a while ➜ 後【のち】・末に【すえに】

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• still; quiet; silent as a graveyard

adverb:

• chomping; gulping; with a big bite - onomatopoeia

expression:

• ironically enough; as irony would have it; in a nice little twist

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to snuggle up to; to nuzzle; to burrow into; to press a part of one's body against something

expression:

• in great haste; hurriedly; in a hurry

noun:

• being somewhat (half) joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein - four character idiom

noun:

• grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to put heads together; to gather (for discussion); to go into a huddle

expression / adjective:

• avoided by everybody; disliked by everybody; not even a dog will eat [literal]

godan ~る verb:

• to tattle; to tell on; to inform a superior of someone's actions - colloquialism

expression / adverb:

• actually; in fact; as a matter of fact ➜ 実際は【じっさいは】

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to do something stupid; to do something pointless; to hit a muddy rice field with a stick [literal] - obscure term - idiom

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give advice; to counsel; to take part in a consultation