noun:

• chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor
• ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous ➜ 任侠・侠客

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to get on well (with a person); to be a good match with one's horse (e.g. of a rider) [literal] - idiom ➜ 気が合う

noun:

• heliox; gas mixture of helium and oxygen; often hypoxic gas mix used by divers; medical gas used for its low density and easy breathing

noun:

• last guest (tea ceremony); third guest of honour (honor); guest who sits in the seat furthest from the host and assists in various ways ➜ 詰め【つめ】・次客【じきゃく】・正客【しょうきゃく】

noun / ~の noun:

• family circle; one's circle (of friends, co-workers, etc.); one's fellows; in-group
• private matters; internal affairs

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• conservative (e.g. estimate); moderate

adjectival noun / noun:

• pigeon-toed

noun:

• door-to-door manzai; form of comedy orig. performed at people's homes by entertainers during the New Year festivities; precursor to modern day manzai ➜ 漫才

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

expression:

• a great distance does not detract from the feeling (relationship) of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood - four character idiom

suffix noun:

• -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...

noun:

• comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
• criticism; censure - archaism

expression:

• taking pride in one's humility is a form of bragging; he that humbleth himself wishes to be exalted; too much humility is pride - proverb

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to lose sight of (one's companions); to stray from

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• to miss (one's chance to ...) - after the -masu stem of a verb, sometimes as っぱぐれる

noun:

• secret of nature; profound secret
• disposition; character; nature
• emperor's health; emperor's well-being

noun / adjectival noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set - four character idiom

noun:

• all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin - four character idiom

adverb:

• holding horizontally in one's mouth; holding on the side of one's mouth

noun:

• chuff-chuff (sound of a steam engine); choo-choo; chug-chug; puff-puff - colloquialism - onomatopoeia ➜ 汽車ポッポ【きしゃポッポ】・ぽっぽ

expression / adverb:

• as time goes by; as time went by; with the passage of time; over time

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• being used to people (e.g. of a young child); being sociable
• being used to humans (esp. animals); being tame

noun:

• dish broiled in a mix of soy sauce, mirin, etc.; broiling with soy sauce, mirin, etc. - Food term

expression:

• no one knows what the future holds; the future is a closed book; one sun (unit of measurement) ahead is darkness [literal] - proverb

noun:

• suicide immediately after the death of one's spouse or lover; following one's lover (husband, wife) into death

expression:

• wretched is the lot of a government official; it is better to work for oneself than to work for someone else - proverb

noun:

• (in Japan) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・太簇
• (in gagaku) scale similar to the Dorian mode on E ➜ 律旋・六調子

noun:

• mob; crowd of people
• background character (in a manga, anime, etc.); mob (in a video game); non-playable character ［モブ］