noun:

• comb jellies (jellyfish-like animals of the phylum Ctenophora) ➜ 有櫛動物

noun:

• gammaridean amphipod (any small, shrimp-like crustacean of suborder Gammaridea)

noun:

• Ma Gu; legendary Taoist immortal with long talon-like fingernails
• backscratcher ➜ 孫の手

noun:

• Morganucodonta; extinct order of early mammals or mammal-like creatures

noun:

• arcade game where UFO-like cranes capture stuffed animals, etc. - From English "UFO catcher" ➜ クレーンゲーム

noun:

• golf-like game using mallets instead of clubs - From English "mallet golf"

noun:

• not getting along well with each other; being like water and oil - four character idiom

noun:

• hazy curtain of flowers; cherry blossoms appearing from afar like white mist

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:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

noun:

• something one lives for; purpose in life; raison d'être

noun:

• misfortune; adverse fortune; hapless fate

adjectival noun:

• unfortunate (e.g. life); checkered; varied

noun:

• tea-drinking companion; crony; buddy
• spouse married late in life for companionship

noun:

• life of the party; inspiring person; (an) inspiration - From English "mood maker"

expression:

• one man's meat is another man's poison; one man's medicine is another man's poison

expression:

• if it does not exist; if it is not there; if it is not ... ➜ 無い【ない】

suffix:

• unless one ...; if one does not ... ➜ ない

adverb:

• like that (used for something or someone distant from both speaker and listener); so ➜ 斯う・然う・如何【どう】

noun:

• like-mindedness; (being of the) same mind; shared sentiment
• comrade; fellow; kindred soul ➜ 同士【どうし】

noun:

• Japanese zelkova (species of elm-like tree, Zelkowa serrata)

noun:

• crushed sesame seeds boiled in water and chilled like tofu

noun:

• caddisfly; caddis fly (any moth-like insect of the order Trichoptera)

noun:

• red and black lacquered sake cask with horn-like handles, used for ceremonies ➜ 酒樽

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• spring; springtime
• New Year
• prime (of one's life, etc.)
• adolescence; puberty
• sexuality

noun / ~する noun:

• success in life; getting ahead; successful career; promotion; climbing the corporate ladder; eminence

noun:

• quiet place; vacant land; fallow ground; undemanding job; sinecure; life of leisurely retirement