~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to evaluate; to appraise; to comment on

godan -いく／-ゆく verb (spec.) / intransitive verb:

• to live; to make a living; to get on with

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun:

• slight; thin; on the weak side

expression:

• through the grapevine; from a little bird; from tidings on the wind [literal]

noun:

• spiral (railway); spiral loop; curved railway line used to ascend steep hills ➜ ループ線

noun:

• income-based levy; per income levy; taxation on income basis

noun:

• climbing kiln; ascending kiln; connected (pottery) kilns built on a slope

expression / ichidan verb:

• to two-time; to play it both ways; to sit on the fence ➜ 二股をかける

noun / ~する noun:

• working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; rectifying one's ways of life without relying on others' help - four character idiom

noun:

• impractical desktop theory (proposition); unworkable idea; an idea that isn't worth the paper it's written on - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• viewing optimistically; thinking optimistically; taking an optimistic view; looking on the bright side

noun:

• Onmyōdō; way of Yin and Yang; occult divination system based on the Taoist theory of the five elements

expression / adjective:

• close; intimate; on good terms - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 仲いい【なかいい】

noun:

• Ten'ichijin; Nakagami; god of fortune in Onmyōdō who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle; travelling in the direction of Ten'ichijin is considered unlucky - abbreviation ➜ 天一神・陰陽道・己酉・癸巳

noun / ~する noun:

• encouragement; urging; spurring on ➜ 鞭撻

expression:

• like begets like; the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; eggplants don't grow on gourd vines [literal] - 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

noun:

• incidentally; taking the opportunity; while (you) are at it; on the occasion ➜ 序でに

noun / adjectival noun:

• peace and quiet; tranquility; peace on earth - archaism

expression:

• pull yourself together; get a grip; get a hold of yourself; come on

expression / noun:

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

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be pressed for time; to be pressed by urgent business; to have one's pants on fire

noun:

• mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit - four character idiom

noun:

• tatami chair; legless chair; small, legless chair used while sitting on tatami

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• outspoken; arguing (heatedly) what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint - four character idiom