expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - proverb

noun:

• all risks

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony ➜ 三日の餅【みかのもちい】

godan ~く verb:

• to go through all sorts of hardships

noun:

• wealthy women who strive to follow the fashions exactly and be seen in all the right place

expression:

• by reading books you can count the wise philosophers of the past as friends (Mencius) - four character idiom

noun:

• what you see is what you get; WYSIWYG - IT term

noun:

• very auspicious day for all types of occasions - four character idiom

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

expression:

• by all rights; legally speaking; properly speaking

noun:

• all evils

expression:

• if you rely too much on your greatest strength, it will be your greatest weakness - proverb

expression / adjective:

• it can't be helped; it's inevitable; it's no use; can't stand it; being impatient; being annoyed ➜ 仕方がない

adverb / noun:

• all that one has; all that there is; the whole

noun:

• aluminium can; aluminum can

noun:

• all-time high (e.g. in trading, shopping); record high; new high Antonym: 最安値

noun:

• all of you (pronoun)

noun / ~の noun:

• know-it-all

noun:

• all heaven

noun:

• object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life - Buddhism term

noun:

• all square

noun:

• all things in nature; the whole creation - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• dropping off-line to eat - slang

expression:

• what the hell are you saying? - Kansai dialect

noun:

• all the citizens of the city