expression / ~の noun:

• sink or swim; all or nothing; hit or miss; make or break

expression / adverb / ~の noun:

• win or lose; sink or swim; make or break; all or nothing

noun:

• longfin batfish (Platax teira, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish); Tiera batfish ［つばめうお・ツバメウオ］
• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo) - obscure term ➜ 飛び魚

noun:

• mince (minced meat or fish) ［タタキ・叩き・敲き］
• seared skipjack tuna ［叩き・敲き］ ➜ 鰹
• robbery; extortion ［叩き・敲き］ - slang
• hard-packed dirt (clay, gravel, etc.) floor; concrete floor - usu. 三和土 (gikun)
• whipping; lashing; bashing; beating; flaming ［タタキ・叩き］

noun:

• black vinegar, usu. produced from unpolished rice
• charred kelp or shiitake mushrooms ground and mixed with vinegar, used to dress raw fish and vegetables

noun:

• Kyoto-style grilled fish; fish slices pickled overnight in Kyoto-style sweet white bean paste, then grilled - Food term ➜ 西京漬け

noun:

• pond skater (any insect of family Gerridae); water strider

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

noun:

• corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 中門・寝殿造り

noun:

• spices; condiments; seasoning
• adjuvant (in Chinese medicine); addition of an adjuvant - Medicine term
• meat, fish, vegetables, etc. added to rice or udon (e.g to make gomoku meshi) - Kansai dialect ➜ 五目飯

noun:

• hollow; pond in a hollow

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to dry up (spring, pond, etc.); to run out

noun:

• style of garden that features a path around a pond - obscure term

noun:

• Japanese big-ear radix (pond snail, Radix auricularia japonica)

noun:

• tuna (edible fish, Thunnus spp.); tunny
• Pacific bluefin tuna (edible fish, Thunnus orientalis)
• dead lay; starfish; person who is inactive during sexual intercourse ［まぐろ・マグロ］ - slang - vulgar

noun:

• gas range; gas burner; gas ring; hot plate; gas cooker; gas cooktop; esp. table-top unit with two or more burners and a fish oven - From English "gas table" ➜ ガス台

noun:

• old pool; old pond

noun:

• word, phrase, or image that is perceived as showing or suggesting discrimination or prejudice against a person or group of people

expression / adverb:

• good or bad; right or wrong; for better or for worse; rightly or wrongly

noun:

• stroll garden with a central pond; large garden best enjoyed by walking around it ➜ 座観式庭園・池泉回遊式

noun:

• pound (unit of weight) - also written as 听, 封度, 英斤, 英听 - From Dutch "pond"
• pound (currency); pound sterling - also written as 磅 - From Dutch "pond"
• pond ➜ 池

noun:

• buildings on the east and west side of the southern pond (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造り

noun:

• fire ship
• steamship (esp. a paddle steamer); steamboat ［かせん］
• ship with a fire to attract fish while net fishing at night (prior to the invention of electric fish-luring lights) ［ひぶね］

expression:

• first verse of a nursery rhyme sung by children on cold days (similar to "It's Raining, It's Pouring")

noun:

• magic mallet; lucky mallet; nursery-tale mallet that delivers one's heart's desire at a wave