expression:

• it is assuredly that... - Ōsaka dialect ➜ なのです

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to save an enemy from trouble instead of taking advantage of their weakness; to show humanity even to one's enemy; to help one's enemy in difficulty - from Uesugi Kenshin sending salt to his enemy, Takeda Shingen, when Takeda's salt supply had been cut off

expression:

• monks make pure profit; monks need no capital and have no expenses, so their income is pure profit

expression:

• come out!; where are you?

expression / adjectival noun:

• shrill; piercing (scream, etc.) - because cutting silk cloth produces a shrill noise

expression:

• I sincerely believe in Amitabha; Lord have mercy on me - colloquialism - Buddhism term ➜ 南無阿弥陀仏【なむあみだぶつ】

expression / noun:

• centre of attention; center of attention

expression / noun:

• Ellsberg paradox

expression:

• boy meets girl

expression:

• can't help; won't make much difference

expression:

• being excited; having the jitters (with expectation) - short for ワクワクテカテカ - slang - abbreviation ➜ わくわく・てかてか

expression / noun:

• neuroplasticity

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• bottomless; very deep ➜ 底知れぬ

expression:

• it can't be helped; there's nothing to do about it - From Chinese "méi fǎzi" ➜ しかたがない

expression / noun:

• party lines (politics)

expression:

• not worth doing; waste of effort - idiom

expression:

• having no effect; waste of effort - idiom

expression:

• having no effect; waste of effort

noun / expression:

• nice joke

expression:

• roll on the floor laughing; ROFL; ROTFL - slang ➜ ワロタ・くそ

expression:

• sound expressing anger - onomatopoeia - slang

expression:

• poor thing; what a pity; poor you - slang ➜ 可哀想

noun / expression:

• American joke; US joke; American sense of humor (humour)

expression / adjective:

• without a history; historyless; unhistoried; unstoried

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to pucker up one's lips; to purse up one's lips