noun:

• ornamental weights used to keep curtains and the like from blowing around in the wind

noun:

• large flat wooden plank shaped like a fish, struck like a gong at temple to indicate time of day - Buddhism term

noun:

• eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.) ➜ 鰻

noun:

• like

noun:

• like button (social media)

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

noun / adjectival noun (achaic):

• like that; in that manner - archaism

noun:

• disc-like molecule

adverb:

• like a lord

godan ~る verb:

• to act like a grown up; to pretend to be an adult

expression:

• don't feel like doing; can't bring oneself to do; can't face - after a verb

adjectival noun / noun:

• hung like a horse; big-dicked - slang

noun / ~する noun:

• melting like ice; dispelling doubts

noun:

• baptism-like ceremony performed by the buddhas on a bodhisattva who attains buddhahood - Buddhism term
• baptism-like ceremony for conferring onto someone precepts, a mystic teaching, etc. (in esoteric Buddhism) - Buddhism term
• pouring water onto a gravestone - Buddhism term
• teaching esoteric techniques, compositions, etc. (in Japanese poetry or music)

noun:

• regional pickle of Kyoto made from turnip-like vegetable

noun:

• young woman who acts like an old man - slang

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

noun:

• pail-like wooden container typically lacquered in Japanese style, used for holding and serving hot liquids

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face [literal]

noun:

• carriage beautifully decorated with gold, silver, gems, etc., for use by Heian era nobles at festivals and like activities

conjunction:

• like that; that way; thus

suffix noun:

• -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...

noun:

• comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
• criticism; censure - archaism

noun:

• long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono

noun:

• feeling lost like a stray dog

noun / ~する noun:

• (many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and scattering - four character idiom