expression / ichidan verb:

• to weigh on a scale
• to weigh up options; to compare pros and cons

expression:

• no matter how hard one might try; no matter what one does; even if one stood on one's head [literal] ➜ 逆立ち

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; judge a man by living with him, and try a horse by riding him [literal] - proverb

expression:

• you can't judge someone until you've spent time with them; you can't judge something until you've tried it; try a horse by riding him, and judge a man by living with him [literal] - proverb ➜ 人には添うてみよ馬には乗ってみよ【ひとにはそうてみようまにはのってみよ】

ichidan verb:

• to be hurried; to be hastened; to be hard pressed

~と adverb / noun:

• (with a) slamming noise (door, telephone receiver); (with a) banging noise; (with a) clash (broken dish); (with a) clank; (with a) bang - onomatopoeia

noun:

• go-on; Wu reading; on reading of a kanji based on 5th and 6th century Chinese ➜ 漢音【かんおん】・唐音【とうおん】・呉【ご】

noun / ~の noun:

• certain amount; some ［なにがし］ - usu. in the form なにがしか

pronoun:

• certain person; Mr So-and-so; a certain ...
• I; me ［なにがし］ - humble language - archaism

noun:

• senior priest (of a Shinto shrine, below chief priest and deputy chief priest) - Shintō term ➜ 宮司・神主
• grasshopper; locust - obscure term

noun:

• breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special; special breakfast offer - From English "morning set"

adverb:

• noisily; clamorously; boisterously - onomatopoeia
• incessantly (complaining, pestering, etc.); going on and on; making a fuss (of something); playing up - onomatopoeia
• loudly (crying); wailing; bawling; howling - onomatopoeia

noun:

• in-home separation; quasi-divorce; marriage that has broken down but where the wife and husband still live together without getting a divorce

noun:

• macrobiotics; prevention and cure of disease through diet (as expounded by Sagen Ishizuka (1850-1909))
• taking nourishing food; eating a balanced diet - abbreviation ➜ 食養生【しょくようじょう】
• dietetics ➜ 食事療法学

noun:

• men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

noun / adjectival noun / ~たる adjective:

• pure and clear

noun:

• "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• gaining some and losing some; (something having its) advantages and disadvantages - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews - four character idiom

noun:

• principle of being fair and just; fair and unbiased policy (unbiassed)

noun:

• mishmash of truth and untruth; mixture of fiction and fact - four character idiom

noun:

• goodwill guide; volunteer guide and interpreter for foreign residents and tourists - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• as fierce and nimble as any; daring and agile without equal - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to kick away; to kick off; to kick hard
• to refuse curtly; to reject outright

adverbial noun / noun:

• here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over

adjectival noun / noun:

• pure and good; unmixed and of high quality - of a thing
• good-natured; genuine; wholesome - of a person

noun / ~する noun:

• meat and matrimony (Buddhism); Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married - four character idiom