noun:

• ready fire-power; battle-ready forces; immediate asset (to a team or firm); someone who can be an immediately effective player or worker - Business, Sports term

noun / ~する noun:

• taking pains to; racking one's brains; doing everything one can

noun:

• pitcher; water jug; watering can
• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony) - usu. not 水差し

noun:

• rush of business; versatility; man who can do the work of many - four character idiom

noun:

• bench (i.e. for bathroom); seat; small piece of furniture upon which one can sit on ➜ 腰掛け

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach someone a lesson; to show someone a thing or two; to show someone what one can do - idiom

expression:

• nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything

expression:

• impossible to do (although wants to); cannot afford to; must not; no way we can - incorrect variant of 訳にはいかない ➜ 訳にはいかない【わけにはいかない】

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

expression:

• what chances to one man may happen to all; what happens to one today may happen to another tomorrow; misfortunes can happen to anyone - proverb

expression:

• once over the borders one may do anything; what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas; shame (committed while) on a journey can be scratched away [literal] - proverb

expression:

• impossible to do (although wants to); cannot afford to; must not; no way we can

expression / noun:

• true love; deep love; love for someone so deep that it can reach a crow perched on that person's roof

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore)

expression / noun:

• pleasant memory to take to the afterlife; good memory; something that makes one feel one can die in peace

noun:

• rokurokubi; long-neck woman; monstrous person (often a woman) with a neck that can expand and contract (in Japanese folklore) ➜ 轆轤首

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to read a large number (of); to read widely; to read everything that one can lay one's hands on (usu. of specific type, genre)

expression:

• having no idea what will happen; God only knows; there is no knowing; you never can tell

expression:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom

expression:

• inexcusable; unpardonable; can't be allowed to pass (without comment)

expression:

• constant dripping wears away the stone; little strokes fell great oaks; limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats - four character idiom

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

expression:

• people don't know themselves as well as they know others; even if you know what will happen to others, you don't know what will happen to yourself; a fortune teller can't tell their own future [literal] - proverb