expression:

• one can say more with a look than with ten thousand words; the eyes cannot belie one's true thoughts; the eyes are the windows to the soul; eyes are as eloquent as the tongue - proverb ➜ 物を言う

noun:

• steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom

noun:

• cold-suffering bird; kankucho; imaginary bird said to live in the Himalayas who forgets the cold of night as soon as morning comes - Buddhism term
• (lazy) person who is poor at practicing asceticism; person unlikely to reach satori - idiom - derogatory term - Buddhism term

expression:

• day by day; with each passing day; as the days go by ➜ 日を追って

~と adverb:

• up and down; lightly; nimbly; moving in small leaps as a frog or rabbit - onomatopoeia
• casually; (strolling about) without a care - onomatopoeia ➜ ひょいひょい

adverb:

• involuntarily; reluctantly; against one's inclination; against one's will; as a matter of unpleasant necessity; despite oneself

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest

noun:

• base-stone; plinth stone; stone that serves as a pedestal for a pillar

adverb / ~する noun:

• nonchalantly; calmly; as if nothing happened - onomatopoeia ➜ けろっと

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to act as innocent

noun:

• one's official name; one's registered name; one's name as it appears on the family register ➜ 戸籍

adverb:

• even now; still; as yet

noun:

• quasi-drug; medicated products; quasi-medicine; product with relatively mild medicinal effect, sold in general stores as well as pharmacies

interjection:

• hey; cheers; used by young people when drinking or as a greeting

expression / conjunction:

• ... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected from ...

noun / ~の noun:

• de facto marriage; common-law marriage; living together as husband and wife without formal marriage - four character idiom

suffix / ichidan verb:

• to seem to be ...; to become like ...; to behave as ... ➜ 大人びる・鄙びる

interjection:

• all right; so far so good; said quietly (or thought) to oneself when glad that things have gone as hoped - derived from 占める ➜ 占めた【しめた】

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• now; current; present; present time; as of

conjunction:

• even so; however; still; whereupon; even though; nevertheless; on the contrary; as a matter of fact; despite

adverb / ~の noun:

• more or less; though not quite satisfactorily; after a fashion; pretty much; roughly; so far as it goes

adverb:

• tentatively; for the time being
• just in case
• once

adverb:

• anyhow; anyway; somehow or other; generally speaking; in any case; be that as it may

expression:

• nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may ➜ 其れでも【それでも】

adverb:

• even at the best of times; already; (even) under normal circumstances; in addition to; as it is