expression:

• like water off a duck's back; urine on a frog's face [literal] - colloquialism ➜ 蛙の面に水

noun:

• kite shaped like a footman

noun:

• goldfish with a shrimp-like tail ［えびお］
• head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

noun:

• dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon) ➜ 蝶鮫

noun:

• expression suggesting that the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history - four character idiom

noun:

• skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world - four character idiom
• child kabuki actor - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• sound like tapping a soft belly

adverb:

• just like

expression:

• like dew or lightning, gone in a flash ➜ 如露如電

noun:

• lake shaped like the kanji "heart" character (traditional Japanese gardens)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to feel like an idiot; to make a fool of yourself

noun:

• maki sushi typically made from eel and cucumber, often with a face-like pattern when cut - from うなぎ and かっぱ
• mascot character used by Tajimi City in Gifu

noun / ~の noun:

• law-like nature; regularity

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to (do) like this ➜ 為る【する】

adverb / ~の noun:

• like this; such; thus; in this way

expression:

• like a decent person; human

noun:

• inverted copper or iron bell shaped like a bowl (sounded when reciting sutras)

pre-noun adjectival:

• like; similar to ➜ 様だ・ように

noun:

• house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

noun:

• young person with a monkey-like face (nickname for Toyotomi Hideyoshi)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - slang - abbreviation ➜ じわじわ・じわじわ来る

expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to begin to like something (one did not initially like); to gradually become enamoured with something; to have something grow on you - colloquialism ➜ じわじわ

noun:

• iteration mark shaped like the hiragana "ku" (used in vertical writing to represent repetition of two or more characters) ➜ 踊り字

expression:

• like father, like son - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sleep like a log; to sleep like a baby - idiom