noun:

• baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin ➜ 石亀

noun:

• Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle
• stink bug; shield bug ➜ 椿象

noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to get into the swing of (one's work); to hit one's stride
• (for a fish or bird) to put on fat for the winter

expression / adverb:

• or perhaps I should say; or more precisely; or, how should I put it; or rather ➜ ってゆうか

noun:

• following or later or last clause or article, etc.

adjectival noun / noun:

• many troubles or sadnesses or vexations or grudges

noun:

• ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples
• rice dance; rice festival
• tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso - abbreviation - Food term ➜ 田楽焼き
• turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-doufu on both sides - abbreviation ➜ 田楽返し

adverb:

• something or other; one thing or another; this or that

noun:

• whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.) ［つぶ・ツブ］
• small spiral-shelled snail (esp. a pond snail) ➜ 螺【にし】

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

noun:

• whirligig beetle (any insect of family Gyrinidae, esp. the Japanese whirligig beetle, Gyrinus japonicus)
• pond skater; water strider ➜ 水馬【あめんぼ】

noun:

• any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun:

• whole year; all year round; throughout the year

adverb:

• always; all the time; perpetually ［ねんじゅう・ねんぢゅう］

noun:

• during an era
• middle class (of a nursery school, etc.) ［ねんちゅう］

noun:

• safe, easy childbirth - abbreviation
• guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara) ➜ 子安観音・子安地蔵

conjunction:

• or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean - colloquialism ➜ と言うか

noun:

• type of long chopsticks used in the preparation of fish; type of long chopsticks used to hold the fish in carving knife ceremony

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun:

• side dish; okazu; side dish (meat, fish, pickles, etc.) accompanying the rice in a typical Japanese meal
• food for thought (esp. in the context of conversation, or material for assisting arousal during masturbation) ［おかず・オカズ］ - sometimes オガズ
• fill; fill-in (drumming)

noun:

• position (in finance: amount of a security either owned or owed by an investor or dealer); open interest; outstanding account; sales or purchase contract

noun:

• washbasin; stoup or font for cleaning hands (esp. tea house, garden decoration, or for ablutions when visiting a shrine or temple) ➜ 手水舎

noun:

• on the bank of; by the side of (e.g. a river, pond) - esp. ほとり
• (in the) neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; nearby

suffix noun:

• around (Sunday, last year, etc...) ［あたり］
• for instance ［あたり］

noun:

• hit
• success
• guess; prediction
• affability; friendliness
• sensation; touch
• bruise (on fruit)
• situation in which a stone or chain of stones may be captured on the next move (in the game of go)
• bite (of a fish on a hook); strike - also written as 魚信 ➜ 魚信

suffix:

• per; each

noun:

• preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism) ［おしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism) ［かしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism) ［わじょう］ - usu. 和上 - honorific language
• second highest priestly rank in Buddhism ➜ 法眼
• monk (esp. the head monk of a temple) ［おしょう・かしょう］
• master (of one's art, trade, etc.)