expression:

• capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds [literal] - proverb

noun:

• single or detached house

noun:

• game in which people sit in a circle taking turns to imitate the previous person's humorous facial expression or gesture

expression:

• come hell or high water - incorrect variant of 石にかじりついても - idiom ➜ 石にかじりついても

noun:

• fineness or coarseness; minuteness or roughness

noun:

• (Edo-period) room for confining criminals or lunatics

noun / ~する noun:

• agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right - abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス - slang

noun:

• moon-viewing on either the night of the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunisolar calendar or on the night of the 13th day of the 9th month of the lunisolar calendar, but not both nights

noun:

• style of a haikai or haiku poem ➜ 俳諧・俳句

noun:

• futon or cloth attached to the kotatsu's frame; cover for kotatsu

noun:

• favourite aeroplane, camera or other machine (favorite, airplane)

noun:

• large or bulky book or volume

noun:

• belonging to no party or school of thought

expression:

• luckily or unluckily; for good or for evil

noun:

• kabuki in the style of Kyoto or Osaka ➜ 上方狂言

noun:

• classification of Japanese words by their origin as Japanese, Chinese or Western

noun:

• less than sign or greater than sign (< or >); inequality sign - Mathematics term ➜ 等号

expression:

• not to write to or visit someone; road of the weasel (it is believed that if someone blocks the path a weasel, he will never take that path again) [literal]

expression:

• regardless of right or wrong; regardless of merit; both good and bad ➜ 良くも悪くも

noun:

• blues experienced by college freshmen or workplace recruits shortly after beginning school or work; the May blues

noun:

• adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• focusing on only the good points or strong points; incorporating the benefits (while ignoring the drawbacks); picking the best of both (everything); cherry-picking (e.g. information) ➜ いいとこ取り【いいとこどり】

noun / ~する noun:

• promoting a product or service; appealing to consumers; solicitation (of business); pushing a product

noun:

• (woman's) ugly or homely face; old bag

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to boil or simmer