noun:

• courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

prefix noun / noun:

• preschool (not yet entered school) ➜ 就学・未就学児童

expression / ~の noun:

• (not) so much; (not) that much - usu. before a verb in negative form

noun:

• NEET (young people not in education, employment or training)

noun:

• being able to hear everything (esp. when one was not intended to)

noun:

• (not) merely; (not) simply - followed by a word in negative form

adverb:

• (not) particularly; (not) especially; (not) very; (not) much - with neg. sentence

noun / ~の noun:

• (not) in the least; (not) a bit - obscure term

noun:

• requesting the testimony of an unsworn witness (who is not bound by perjury law)

noun:

• hungry spirit (lacking in people not having drive or ambition)

noun:

• normal tire (i.e. not a winter tire, etc.); normal tyre; regular tyre

noun:

• any of a number of lists of three enlightened men, including (but not limited to): Buddha, Confucius and Christ
• Lao-tzu, Confucius and Buddha
• Fu Xi, King Wen and Confucius
• Yao, Shun and Yu
• Yu, the Duke of Zhou, Confucius

noun:

• oligosaccharide (sugar polymer containing several but not many component simple sugars) - Chemistry term

noun / ~の noun:

• loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items

noun:

• coins; small change - abbreviation ➜ ばら銭

noun:

• original character (i.e. not a character from some other existing work) - abbreviation ➜ オリジナルキャラクター

noun:

• (not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of - four character idiom

expression:

• (not) even; (not) any

noun:

• Japanese reading of a kanji (sometimes esp. in ref. to readings that do not correspond to the orig. Chinese meaning of the kanji)

noun:

• oligosaccharide (sugar polymer containg several but not many component simple sugars) ➜ オリゴ糖

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - slang - abbreviation ➜ じわじわ・じわじわ来る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ

noun:

• dullard (gen. from not picking up on other people's feelings) ➜ 鈍い【にぶい】

adverb:

• surely (not); certainly (not)

noun:

• property damage (not including ships, buildings, planes and documents) - Law term

adverb:

• absolutely (not); (not) at all - followed by a verb in negative form - obscure term ➜ 根っから