ichidan verb / transitive:

• to mistake one thing for another; to mix up two things; to confuse two things; to take by mistake
• to misunderstand; to misapprehend

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole shooting match; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve - four character idiom

noun:

• one's own thing; thing held in one's hand(s)
• one's speciality; one's forte; one's strong point - idiom ➜ お手の物

expression:

• neither one thing nor the other; too short for a belt, too long for a sleeve tie [literal]

noun:

• bad thing; bad person

noun:

• thing in itself (philosophy) ➜ アンジッヒ

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets - idiom

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that

noun:

• thing in itself (philosophy) - From German "Ding an sich" ➜ 即自

expression:

• being the same thing (as); being indistinguishable (from) - idiom

noun:

• living thing

~の noun:

• animate

noun:

• unique thing; best on earth

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be onto a good thing; to make money without working; to line one's pockets - idiom

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that ➜ 言うに事欠いて【いうにことかいて】

expression / noun:

• good thing; nice thing ➜ いい事【いいこと】
• good excuse; good grounds; good opportunity - usu. as 〜を良いことに(して) ➜ いい事【いいこと】

interjection:

• interjection used to impress an idea or to urge a response - female language ➜ いい事【いいこと】

noun:

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

noun / ~の noun:

• the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin - four character idiom

particle:

• a sort of thing like; used after a phrase to modify the following noun

expression:

• for one thing ...

expression:

• being multi-talented means never really being especially good at any one thing; jack of all trades, master of none

expression:

• (as for (that)) thing; (given (that)) thing; matter; fact - from ことでは
• (it is a ~) thing; matter; fact - from ことじゃ, equiv. to ことだ - Kansai dialect

expression / adjective:

• what's the best thing to do? ➜ どうしたらいい

expression / godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to combine parts of two different things into a new thing; to compromise; to balance out

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put a thing on top of another; to cover; to lay something on

noun:

• quite absurd thing; something ridiculous that makes one laugh
• extremely irritating thing