noun:

• slut; slag; whore - vulgar ➜ ヤリチン

noun:

• lamprey; lamprey eel

noun:

• Edo-period hairstyle worn by samurai's attendants ➜ 奴【やっこ】

noun / ~する noun:

• searching an entire house - esp. やさがし
• house-hunting - esp. いえさがし

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to surmount a difficulty; to go across a mountain ➜ 峠を越す

noun:

• Yatagarasu (mythical raven who aided Emperor Jimmu on his eastern expedition) - obscure term ➜ 八咫烏
• three-legged crow inhabiting the sun in Chinese mythology ➜ 八咫烏

noun:

• tea-of-heaven (Hydrangea macrophylla subsp. serrata); mountain hydrangea ➜ 沢紫陽花【さわあじさい】

noun:

• Promised Land

expression:

• all take and no give; rip-off ➜ 遣らずぶったくり

noun:

• the translation profession

expression / adjective:

• unable to clear away one's ill feeling; not able to do anything (about...)

noun:

• arrow worm (any worm of phylum Chaetognatha) ➜ 毛顎動物

expression:

• whatever misfortune happens; even if spears fall out of the sky [literal] ➜ 雨が降ろうが槍が降ろうが【あめがふろうがやりがふろうが】

noun:

• Yamataikoku; historical Japanese state thought to have existed during the late Yayoi period

noun:

• Hystricomorpha (suborder of rodents)

noun:

• pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)

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

noun:

• mountain fire; bush fire

noun:

• husband

expression:

• without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible ➜ 止むに止まれない・止むに止まれぬ

noun:

• soft fair skin

noun:

• burnt field

noun:

• drums which announce the opening of a stage performance or commencement of bouts; the sound produced by such drums - Sumo term

noun:

• easiness; simpleness Antonym: 難き

expression / noun:

• thin person who eats a lot; big eater who stays thin ➜ 痩せ【やせ】