noun:

• a snipe and a clam; a snipe and a mussel ➜ 鷸蚌の争い

expression:

• time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short - proverb

interjection:

• not yet!; cry by the referee when one wrestler is on the attack - Sumo term

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• remaining; left-over

expression / ichidan verb:

• to keep one's distance from someone (due to fear or because that person is superior) - idiom

noun:

• irrumatio (fellatio wherein the majority of movement is performed by the fellatee); face-fucking - vulgar - slang - From Latin ➜ フェラチオ

noun:

• type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

noun:

• owner-operator company; corporation in which the business manager is also the major stockholder

noun:

• delivery service where package is left in front of door or in designated area; safe drop

expression:

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

noun:

• salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
• cooking a fish inside a salt crust - abbreviation ➜ 塩釜焼き
• candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

expression:

• the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence - proverb

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and nonattached; All is void - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head

noun:

• kotatsu; table over an electric heater (orig. a charcoal brazier in a floor well) with a hanging quilt that retains heat - polite language - female language ➜ 炬燵【こたつ】

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to carry something out of a place
• to elevate (someone) to a high position; to convince someone to accept a post (esp. through flattery)
• to mention something; to broach a topic; to bring up (a subject); to raise (an issue); to mention

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a meal; to have a meal; to catch a meal; to get grub; to grub; to break bread; to chow down; to eat dinner; to have a bite; to strap on a feed-bag

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing

noun:

• shop; store

counter:

• counter for foldable things such as maps, etc. ➜ 畳物

noun:

• everyday articles which have come to be regarded as folk art

adverb:

• arbitrarily; of its own accord; voluntarily; wilfully; willfully; as one pleases

expression:

• this impure world (as opposed to the pure land) - Buddhism term ➜ 浄土
• feces; faeces - archaism

noun:

• younger pupil (under the same master as oneself); new disciple

noun:

• fish that are called by different names as they grow larger

noun:

• poppy seed

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• pinhead-like; small as ants

noun / adverbial noun:

• last time (as of now); never again ➜ これ切り
• only this