noun:

• bigfin reef squid; oval squid (Sepioteuthis lessoniana)

noun:

• slurry; slip

noun:

• cops and robbers (hide-and-seek game) - abbr. of 警察と泥棒 or 刑事と泥棒

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] - obscure term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be covered with mud

noun:

• tax parasite; public servant; politician - derogatory term

noun:

• boat to transport mud
• (fictional) boat made of (dried) mud

noun:

• auto theft; car thief

noun:

• preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes - four character idiom

noun:

• turbidity current

noun / ~する noun:

• bogging down; dragging on; turning into a quagmire; becoming mired in a mess

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow dark slowly

noun:

• flower thief; stealing flowers

noun:

• professional thievery - four character idiom

noun:

• mud image

expression:

• it is no crime to steal flowers; phrase used to justify picking flowers from others' gardens, parks, etc. - proverb

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fess up; to come clean; to confess one's crimes; to spill the beans

noun:

• gluttonous goby (Chasmichthys gulosus)

noun:

• oedogonium (any of a genus of filamentous green algae)

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】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be muddy; to be slushy

expression:

• throwing good money after bad - idiom

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

noun:

• white poplar (Populus alba)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be muddy; to be slushy