expression / noun:

• fight from which neither part benefits (but a third part does); a fight between the snipe and the clam (ends in the fisherman's profit) [literal] - idiom ➜ 漁夫の利

ichidan verb:

• to carry in one's own hands; to carry in a manner that is obvious to others - colloquialism ➜ 提げる【さげる】

noun:

• alliance (of the Six Kingdoms against the Qin dynasty, and of individual Kingdoms with the Qin dynasty) - four character idiom ➜ 合従・連衡
• (tactic of) making & breaking alliances (to benefit oneself as the occasion demands); resorting to alliances as a diplomatic expedient - four character idiom

noun:

• (of the) genre painting style; (of the) style of painting that depicts people's customs and manners; (of the) type of painting that denotes the life of ordinary people - four character idiom

yodan ~す verb (archaic):

• to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect; to abandon - archaism

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

temporal noun:

• that much; as much; to that extent; only that; that alone; no more than that; that is all (when finished speaking)

noun:

• one's true worth; one's true self; what one is really made of

noun:

• shiritori; word-chain game; word game in which players must give a word starting with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to spend (money) like water; to spend (money) like it grows on trees; to throw around (one's money); to play ducks and drakes with

expression:

• No Entry!; no thoroughfare; passage prohibited; entry is prohibited

godan ~く verb:

• to leave alone; to leave as is; to ignore; to neglect - colloquialism ➜ 放っておく

adverbial noun:

• in the first place; to begin with; from the start; originally; ab initio

conjunction:

• after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?") - used when bringing up something already mentioned

noun / ~の noun:

• beginning; start

expression:

• size isn't everything; something might be small but still pack a punch; Japanese pepper is small-grained but has a tongue-numbing tingle [literal] - proverb

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to stop (doing something); to cease; to put aside
• to leave as is; to leave alone
• to exclude; to except ➜ を措いて【をおいて】

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

noun:

• various forms of arts (e.g. acrobatics, magic, puppetry, sarugaku acrobatics performance) ➜ 猿楽【さるがく】
• miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period ➜ 歌謡

noun:

• rental mobile phone; rental cell phone; cell phone that is rented

noun:

• Man of the Year, referring to a man born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

adjectival noun:

• of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads ➜ 浪花節

noun:

• Woman of the Year, referring to a woman born in a year with the same Chinese zodiac sign as the current year

expression / ichidan verb:

• to bend over in the shape of the hiragana character ku; to bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape

noun:

• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month)

noun:

• Buddhist service held on the day of Buddha's death (orig. 15th of the 2nd month, now 15th of the 3rd month) - Buddhism term ➜ 涅槃会

noun:

• Senior Grand Tutor (senior-most of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Grand Minister; Chancellor of the Realm ➜ 太政大臣