noun / ~する noun:

• crossing swords; fighting with swords; cutting each other (in fighting)

noun / ~する noun:

• payment for another; payment by proxy
• paying in kind; paying with a substitute

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to knead; to mix with fingers
• to quibble; to argue for argument's sake

noun:

• bunches (e.g. of fruit); clusters

~の noun:

• crammed (e.g. with people); overflowing

noun:

• taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story

noun:

• temporary legislation; legislation with a specified duration; act valid for a limited time

noun:

• complex sentence; sentence with an independent clause and at least one dependent clause - Linguistics term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to offer a wand with hemp and paper streamers to a Shinto god

noun:

• cart-horse; work-horse
• doing something wholeheartedly; doing with one's undivided attention - usu. as 馬車馬のように

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with (meet) the situation - four character idiom

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

• to accept (e.g. an explanation); to be satisfied (with); to assent (to)

noun:

• front-mounted BCD; scuba buoyancy control device with a front-mounted air bladder - From English "hose collar type"

ichidan verb:

• to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble ➜ ケチを付ける

adjective:

• fast working - idiom ➜ 手が早い
• fast in forming relationships with women - idiom
• quick to resort to violence - idiom

noun:

• sanpaku eyes (eyes with visible white between the iris and the lower eyelid)

expression:

• out of sight, out of mind; the dead are forgotten with time - proverb

expression / noun:

• motion of a baby gently hitting his own face with both of his hands

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to try to be reconciled (with); to take measures to bring about reconciliation

interjection:

• hum; hmm - expressing mild surprise or doubt - onomatopoeia
• hm hm (light chuckle with mouth closed) - onomatopoeia ➜ ふふ
• uh-huh - indicating agreement - onomatopoeia ➜ うんうん
• mm; hmm - deep in thought - onomatopoeia
• well - calling attention - onomatopoeia

noun:

• showing a mistake in a manuscript (e.g. with a dot or a line)

noun:

• black beard
• type of noh mask with a black beard and protruding chin

suffix noun:

• depending on
• as soon as; immediately (upon) - often after the -masu stem of a verb
• in accordance with

noun:

• order; program; programme; precedence
• circumstances; course of events; reason

adverb / ~と adverb:

• splashing (water); splashing about; with a splash - onomatopoeia
• vigorously; generously (e.g. pouring sauce); plenty - onomatopoeia
• greatly (using or making money) - onomatopoeia