noun:

• cylindrical candy made so that Kintaro's face appears wherever it is sliced ➜ 金太郎・金太郎

adjectival noun:

• inflexibly uniform; all the same; stamped out like cookies

expression:

• half a loaf is better than none; even a dead tree adds to the interest of a mountain [literal] - proverb

adverb / ~する noun:

• softly; gently; quietly - onomatopoeia
• secretly; stealthily - onomatopoeia ➜ こっそり

~する noun:

• to leave alone; to leave as it is - onomatopoeia

expression:

• dignified without being overbearing; being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle ➜ 威ありて猛からず【いありてたけからず】

expression:

• although at this late hour; now, although it is too late
• afresh; anew; again

expression:

• if you do this; if this is the case

noun / ~する noun:

• clothes (that one is wearing); wearing clothes Antonym: 脱衣

expression:

• where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

expression:

• where ... is concerned; when it becomes; if it becomes

adverb:

• within the year; before the year is out

expression:

• as always; the same as it always is

expression / ichidan verb:

• to admit fault; to admit one is wrong

auxiliary verb:

• (those) who are; (that) which is; often used in relation to qualifications and requirements for a position; in the capacity of - after a noun, usu. as 〜たる者, etc. ➜ たり・たるや

noun:

• stubble; unshaven face; beard one has because one is too lazy to shave; 5-o'clock shadow

noun:

• getting free admission on the strength of one's name; being let in somewhere because one is recognized

expression:

• (of a choice) one being as excellent as the other; both so beautiful it is hard to choose between - idiom

noun:

• Gresham's Law ("when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives good money out of circulation") ➜ 悪貨は良貨を駆逐する

noun:

• claw crane; arcade game in which a crane is used to pick up stuffed toys, etc. - From English "crane game"

noun:

• weather; look of the sky
• situation; turn of affairs; signs; way the wind is blowing

noun / adjectival noun / adverb:

• one's heart is filled with even deeper emotion; feeling the emotion all the more deeply - four character idiom

expression:

• the world is a scene of constant changes; the blue sea turns into a mulberry field [literal] - four character idiom

suffix / conjunction:

• as it is bound to (happen); following the natural course
• though possible as it may be

expression:

• dignified without being overbearing; being dignified, and moreover warm, as such one is gentle ➜ 威有って猛からず【いあってたけからず】

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts ➜ 卒制

noun:

• place where there is a god or spirit; place containing the sacred object of a shrine