expression:

• no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it [literal] - proverb

godan ~す verb:

• to adorn oneself; to dress oneself up

auxiliary verb:

• to give an air of; to make oneself seem like

noun:

• snowdrop (Galanthus spp.) ➜ スノードロップ
• snow falling like flower petals; snow on a tree resembling a flower
• red snow ➜ 赤雪

noun:

• warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud ➜ 土蔵造り

noun / ~する noun:

• building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses

noun:

• jacket type (e.g. a style of clothing)
• jacket-style buoyancy control device (BCD) shaped like a sleeveless coat

expression:

• if you can't beat them; join them; if your adversaries are stronger than you, it is better to join their side than to fight them - proverb

conjunction / interjection:

• come; come now; come along; go on; hurry up
• well; who knows; I don't know...; uh; hmm
• well now; let's see; there we go; all right - said when surprised or happy
• about that; you see

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to behave like a spoiled child; to fawn on
• to take advantage of; to presume upon (e.g. another's benevolence); to depend on

auxiliary:

• seeming to be; appearing to be - usu. at sentence-end
• like; similar to ➜ ような
• in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that ➜ ように
• indicates hope, wish, request or mild command - as ように at sentence-end

noun:

• brown meat (crab); miso-like paste found inside a crab's (and arthropods in general) intestinal area
• miso mixed with crab innards or scraps

adjective:

• friendly; easy to get on with; easy to talk to; easy to like

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

expression:

• starting something in the eleventh hour; have not thy cloak to make when it begins to rain; don't lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen; braiding the rope only after the thief is caught - proverb ➜ 泥縄【どろなわ】・泥縄式【どろなわしき】

noun:

• black hair that has been dyed blond after the roots begin to grow in at the top giving an appearance much like custard pudding; pudding head [literal] - colloquialism

expression:

• in that way; like that; that way

expression:

• in that way; like that; that way

noun:

• ape mask
• ape-like face; ape face

noun:

• conical hat (East-Asian style); coolie hat
• something shaped like a conical hat or an umbrella; shade (of a lamp); mushroom cap; pileus ➜ 傘【かさ】

noun:

• the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine - Buddhism term ➜ 輪宝・転法輪

expression:

• a fox is not taken twice in the same snare; there are no birds in last year's nest; there aren't always loach under the willow tree [literal]; good luck does not always repeat itself - proverb

expression:

• with no regard to one's appearances; with no concern of how one's act looks like

noun:

• horn; antler
• antenna; feeler; tentacle (e.g. of a snail)
• horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

adverb / ~の noun / noun:

• without change; as it is; as it was

~の noun / noun:

• just like; extremely similar

adverb:

• immediately; just after; without a pause

suffix noun:

• -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...

noun:

• comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
• criticism; censure - archaism