expression:

• two halves of the whole; two wheels on which everything rolls

noun:

• tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination (naive spiritualism) in fighting an overwhelming foe - four character idiom

noun:

• painted kite; kite with a picture painted on it

expression:

• How did you like ...?; How about ...?; What's going on?; How's it going?

noun / ~する noun:

• performance; playing on stringed instruments

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pretend not to see; to turn one's back on

noun:

• Itayose method; method of trading employed on Japanese exchanges - often 板寄せ方式

suffix noun:

• keep ...-ing; have been ...-ing; leaving (something) on; leaving (something) still in use - negative nuance, with the state being improper, unpleasant, etc. - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ っぱなし

noun:

• string-fastener; drawstring on pouch or purse (handbag)

noun:

• hakapik; iron hammer and hook mounted on a long wooden pole used for killing seals - From Norwegian

expression / adjective:

• to be no match for (e.g. outclassed in authority, strength or in debt to); to be unable to act on an equal basis with - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for - from 手に薬煉を引く ➜ 薬煉

noun:

• competitors' products; others on the market

noun:

• festive chopsticks; thick round chopsticks used on festive occasions ➜ 祝い箸【いわいばし】

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face [literal]

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to take to task; to take it out on

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to board an airplane; to get on an airplane

noun:

• first flower of the season or year; first flowering on a plant
• first menstruation ［はつはな］
• woman who has just reached adulthood ［はつはな］

noun:

• being devoted; spending all one's time and energy on

expression:

• a man's word is his bond; a man does not go back on what he's said - proverb ➜ 二言【にごん】

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take care of some business; to go on an errand
• to relieve oneself; to do one's business; to go to the toilet

expression / adjectival noun:

• woman's word for the sound of feet thumping across a noh theatre; space of noh theatre based on the reach of the sound of feet thumping - female language

expression:

• dim-witted; slow to catch on

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears

expression / ichidan verb:

• to loosen the reins; to let up on (someone)