noun:

• aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser ➜ ウケを狙う

adverb:

• soon; before long; in a short time
• lacking time to ...; without time to ... - after verb

noun:

• signature; register

~する noun:

• to put one's name on; to sign

noun:

• stamped name; typed name Antonym: 著名

noun:

• night owl; nighthawk; late bird

~する noun:

• to stay up late; to keep late hours

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to synchronise the breathing with the opponent prior to the start of a match - Sumo term

noun:

• barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to go over the hump; to get successfully through the bulk of the work

expression / adverb:

• so ... that ...; to that extent; to that degree

noun:

• smallpox demon; smallpox devil; deity to whom one prays for immunity to smallpox

noun:

• thing; object; article; stuff; substance
• one's things; possessions; property; belongings - as 〜のもの, 〜のもん
• things; something; anything; everything; nothing
• quality
• reason; the way of things
• used to emphasize emotion, judgment, etc.; used to indicate a common occurrence in the past (after a verb in past tense); used to indicate a general tendency; used to indicate something that should happen - formal noun often used as 〜ものだ - usually written using kana alone

suffix noun:

• item classified as ...; item related to ...; work of ...
• cause of ...; cause for ...

prefix:

• somehow; somewhat; for some reason ［もの］ ➜ 物寂しい【ものさびしい】
• really; truly ［もの］ ➜ 物珍しい【ものめずらしい】

expression:

• when it's important; when it comes to the crunch; when push comes to shove; when it comes to the point; in one's hour of need; at the critical moment ➜ いざ

noun:

• water to add to packaged noodles (provided in a separate packet); softening water [literal]; loosening water [literal] ➜ 解す【ほぐす】

noun:

• immunity; immunization; immunisation
• being hardened (to); being unaffected (by); being accustomed (to)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to invent a pretext for a quarrel; to pick a fight

adverb:

• on good terms with; on cordial terms with; getting along well with; happily; peacefully

~する noun:

• to make friends with; to be good friends with; to get along with

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to gain a reliable foundation and be in a safe condition; to board a large ship [literal]

noun:

• WARM BIZ (Japanese government campaign encouraging companies to set their heater thermostats to 20 degrees Celsius over the winter) ➜ クールビズ

noun:

• brokering; broker - abbreviation
• handing materials up a ladder (to a plasterer); assistant who hands things up a ladder (to a plasterer)
• pole used to hand things up a ladder ➜ 才取り棒

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take the middle (between the two); to split the difference

noun / ~する noun:

• overseas travel (to Western countries); going abroad (to study or travel)

noun:

• store operated by a foreigner (in pre-communist China)

noun / ~する noun:

• insertion; letter drop
• things sent to a prisoner
• supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

noun / ~する noun:

• preaching down; breaking down somebody's false beliefs through confrontation (in order to convert them to the right faith) - Buddhism term

noun / ~の noun:

• very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• Parsee; Parsi (adherent of Zoroastrianism, esp. descendants of those who fled to India to escape persecution in Persia)