popular noun noun (generic) colloquialism idiomatic expression
- refugee, displaced person
- person inconvenienced by (lack of something), person unable to satisfactorily (marry, shop, etc.)
popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) colloquialism idiomatic expression
- air, atmosphere
- mood, situation
- someone with no presence, someone who doesn't stand out at all
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- wave
- ups and downs
popular idiomatic expression noun noun (generic)
- last moment, eleventh hour
- platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- storm, tempest
- uproar, hullabaloo, storm (e.g. of protest), winds (e.g. of change)
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ idiomatic expression
- setting sail, putting out to sea
- starting anew, embarking on something new
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- red light (traffic)
- red light, signal to stop, sign of danger
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ idiomatic expression
- tightrope walking, high-wire act, funambulism
- treading a tightrope, walking on thin ice, pulling a risky balancing act
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- fumi-e, fumie, tablet bearing Christian images, on which Edo-period authorities forced suspected Christians to trample
- allegiance test, loyalty test
popular noun noun (generic) noun taking the genitive case particle ใฎ adjective (generic) idiomatic expression
- on the desk
- theoretical, academic, armchair (e.g. plan), desktop, paper, not yet implemented