just what you'd expect from ...; that's just like (him, her, etc.); that's (exactly) why ...; that's (precisely) the reason ...
to be effective; to be fruitful; to be worthwhile; to be worth; to be rewarded; to pay off
faulty statement; misleading statement; misunderstanding caused by a misleading statement
established practice; custom
boy; son; baby boy; young man
roundabout (e.g. expression); indirect (reference, criticism, etc.); oblique
treat (esp. food and drink); entertainment; treating someone (to a meal); gorgeous dinner; feast; excellent food
going out to shop; going shopping; buying in quantity; buying wholesale; bulk purchasing
to prove successful; to take hold; to amount to something
to miss a chance to do; to fail to do
to leave (a note, will, etc.) behind; to leave (a manuscript, etc.) unfinished; to leave half-written; to forget to write; to leave out
value in doing something; feeling that something is worth doing; rewarding feeling; sense of satisfaction
clerk; secretary; writing down; putting on record
nakamise; shops lining a passageway in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
shopping district; shopping street; downtown
hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas); sacred baboon
food, clothing and shelter; necessities of life
wisdom; wit; sagacity; prajna (insight leading to enlightenment)
to go around; to make a circle around; to surround; to circle; to come around (of a season, anniversary, turn, etc.); to return
not all bad; not as dissatisfied (or annoyed) as one would have others believe; not completely displeasing; fairly pleasing
anyone; anybody; everyone; everybody; whoever
top; summit; twelve o'clock (usu. midnight); top of one's head; top of a helmet
head; brains; intelligence
squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)
king of the hill; king of the castle; king of the mountain
general; admiral; head; chief; old chap; mate
without hesitation; with great optimism; (pushing or pulling) strongly; (drinking) heavily
impudent; brazen; shameless; bold
to flick out; to spring out; to calculate; to work out; to expel (from a group); to drive out
transforming oneself; taking on another form; disguising oneself; artificial fly (for fishing)
skin; hide; rind; peel; shell; sheath
to come unstuck from; to peel off; to come off
cripple; disabled person; invalid; (game, internet, etc.) addict
NEET (young person not in education, employment or training)
(one's) older brother; young man; sonny; lad
which; where; all; both; anyway; anyhow
to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room); to be confined in; to fill with (emotion, enthusiasm, power, etc.); to imbue with; to fill a space (of a gas, smell, etc.); to be heavy with (e.g. smoke); to be muffled (e.g. of a voice)
coughing; hacking cough; thundering; drumming
indicates two contrasting actions; (arch.) indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words)
negative (e.g. thinking); negative; negative (electrical polarity)
imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot