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Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

slight; minor; trifling; trivial; petty

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

considerable; proper; decent; respectable; quite (a)

to be deceived

a swim

handed-down order; issued instruction; word of command

consistently; unchangingly; throughout

Idiomatic expression

narrow escape from death

above all else

knowing only one thing (and repeating it often); saying the only thing one knows (at every opportunity); repeating the only thing one knows

every other day

overconcentration (esp. of population, cultural and political institutions, etc. in Tokyo); heavy concentration

independence

119 (ambulance and fire brigade emergency telephone number in Japan)

to make a name for oneself; to achieve success

Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

a size smaller

(possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance)

Historical term

establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

just in case

whole district of Kanto

Slang

don't you ever come here again!; come here the day before yesterday

short joke; quick one-liner; one-shot joke

Computing

simultaneous transmission; sending to multiple recipients; sending a group message

first stage examination

Formal or literary term; Pre-noun adjectival (rentaishi)

extraordinary; special; unusual; immense

Idiomatic expression; Noun, used as a suffix; After a noun

sticking to one thing (method, principle, objective, etc.); never deviating from; persisting with; focusing solely on; devotion to; single spear

Idiomatic expression

one's sole talent; one's only forte

Proverb

no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness