expression:

• render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's - from Matthew 22:21 - proverb

noun / ~の noun:

• two things; two persons

noun:

• tasks; things to do; errand; business (to take care of); affairs; engagement

noun:

• electromagnetic wave; radio wave; reception; signal ［でんぱ］ ➜ 電磁波

noun / adjectival noun:

• saying strange things - slang ➜ 電波な奴・電波系【でんぱけい】

noun:

• corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things

expression:

• as affairs stand; judging from the present situation; as things are now

noun:

• (one's) handling of the reins; how well one controls things

expression / noun:

• different suitabilities; being cut out for certain things (and not for others)

noun:

• individual (different) ways of doing things; being different (varied) for each item (type) - four character idiom

noun:

• tathagatagarbha (buddha-womb, the potential within all living things to become a buddha) - Buddhism term

expression:

• nothing comes of nothing; don't expect things to happen on their own - proverb

noun:

• small mochi placed on top of a big mochi
• two things heaped together

expression / ~よい adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in a mess; to have things scattered here and there

expression / adjective:

• it is not (like that); used to explicitly deny one thing while also implicitly denying other things

noun:

• sliding door (esp. when removed from its frame and used for carrying things or people)
• large flounder - abbreviation ➜ 戸板平目

adverb / ~する noun:

• going on and on (about inconsequential things); talking nonsense - onomatopoeia
• idling away the time; dawdling - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to consider (all the circumstances); to bear (a number of things) in mind

noun / adjectival noun:

• love of cleanliness; liking to keep things clean; tidiness (of people); neatness

expression / adjective:

• knowing how to swim with the tide; being good at dealing with things ➜ 要領がいい【ようりょうがいい】

expression:

• it is better to do things shoddily yet sincerely rather than to cleverly deceive - proverb

godan ~す verb:

• to gnaw at and scatter around; to start a lot of things without finishing any

noun / ~の noun:

• loose articles (not packaged with other things); bulk items; individual items

noun:

• coins; small change - abbreviation ➜ ばら銭

noun / adjectival noun:

• practice of mixing things normally kept separate; mixture

noun:

• dish of noodles, seafood, vegetables (from Nagasaki)

expression:

• similar things turning up one after another; bamboo shoots after rain [literal]