expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

expression:

• almost never; few and far between; little or nothing; hardly any; hardly anything at all; very little

expression / noun:

• scum of society; good-for-nothing; vermin

expression:

• if possible; if it is in my power; if it was realistic

expression / adverb:

• by the end of this month; before the month is out; in the course of this month

expression:

• this very day; today is the day (that ...); today for sure

expression:

• presence or absence; whether something is there or not; whether something happens or not - usu. ...のあるなし

noun:

• leisurely post; do-nothing job; sinecure

expression / adjective:

• muddleheaded; knowing no better; not thinking about ➜ 頭が回る【あたまがまわる】

expression:

• he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it; tigers leave their hide when they die; men leave their name [literal] - proverb

noun:

• rainy sky; sky as it looks when it is about to rain; threatening sky

noun:

• bum; good-for-nothing; ne'er-do-well

noun:

• concern; circumstance which is becoming a problem; case (court)

expression / noun:

• withered trees and cold ash; "someone who is detached and free of desires" [figurative]; "someone who has no vitality" [figurative]

expression:

• blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung [literal] - proverb

expression / ~の noun:

• no holds barred; anything goes; no limits

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to finish off; to ensure (something) is dead; to deliver the coup de grace
• to put an end to; to deliver the final blow
• to be the best for A - as ＡはＢに止めを刺す

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); IS; ISIL

expression:

• you can't give (use) what you don't have; nothing comes from nothing; you can't shake sleeves you don't have [literal]

expression:

• You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price - four character idiom

expression:

• don't believe everything you hear; seeing is believing; to have heard of is not to have seen - proverb

expression:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ せざるを得ない

expression / ichidan verb:

• to think about; to send one's heart out to; to give more than a passing thought to; to think of something far away; to think nostalgically upon (esp. one's hometown) ➜ 思いを致す

expression / adjective:

• cannot avoid doing; cannot help but (do); is compelled to do; (feel) obliged to (do); has to do ➜ ざる・せざるを得ない

expression / noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• small amount; jot; nothing much; (to a) slight degree; wee bit