expression:

• just managing; with great difficulty

noun / ~する noun:

• join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to thrust or cast away; to look upon with detachment

noun:

• doll cake; sponge cake in various shapes filled with red bean paste - Food term

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:

• Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail
• White's thrush (Zoothera dauma) ➜ 虎鶫
• man of mystery; enigma

expression / adjective:

• to ignore; to take no notice of; to give the cold shoulder to; to not associate with; to snub; to refuse to deal with

noun / ~する noun:

• no longer being fond of someone; spiteful words or acts showing that one is disgusted with someone

noun:

• sushi rice; rice seasoned with vinegar, sugar and salt - Food term ➜ 寿司飯【すしめし】・舎利【しゃり】

noun:

• group dating; gathering for young people to socialize with the opposite sex ➜ コンパ

noun / ~する noun:

• love at first sight; being taken with someone at the first meeting

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】

noun:

• half lotus position (meditation posture); sitting with one foot placed on the opposite thigh ➜ 結跏趺坐【けっかふざ】

noun:

• alvar; biological environment based on a limestone plain with thin or no soil

noun / adjectival noun:

• coming by ample servings of delicious food; being blessed with good fortune - four character idiom

expression:

• the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb

~の noun:

• untreated; left unattended (to); still to be dealt with; unprocessed

noun:

• inside out; swinging golf club with an inside out motion

noun:

• gabion; cage filled with stones ➜ 蛇籠【じゃかご】

noun:

• miniature park; park with miniature buildings, models, etc.

noun / ~する noun:

• being prepared for a theoretical (ideological) argument; being armed with theoretical backing - four character idiom

noun:

• semi suite; large hotel room with separate sleeping and living room areas

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• semi-sweet

noun:

• snub nose; flat nose with flattened nostrils

noun:

• warehouse style; house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud ➜ 土蔵造り

noun / ~する noun:

• building a kura storehouse; someone who builds kura storehouses

noun / ~する noun:

• laughing off; dismissing with a laugh