expression / adjective:

• on very good terms with each other; romantically attached

expression:

• according to; by (means of); due to; because of ➜ によって

expression:

• near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

expression:

• it seems so; that's what it looks like - colloquialism

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

expression:

• (villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; badgers of the same hole [literal] - idiom

expression:

• the dead of night ➜ 丑三つ時

expression / noun:

• dirty bomb

expression:

• Open Sesame!

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be used to eating the best; to have a refined palate

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to like; to prefer; to be pleased by - obscure term ➜ お気に召す

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to like; to prefer; to be pleased by - honorific language ➜ 気に召す

expression / ichidan verb:

• to behave modestly ➜ 下手【したて】

expression / noun:

• three-cornered battle ➜ 三つ巴戦

expression:

• birds of a feather flock together - proverb

expression:

• take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to part from; to part company with; to split with; to break off relations with ➜ 袂

expression:

• in that manner

expression:

• the end justifies the means; circumstances may justify a lie - proverb

expression / adjectival noun:

• sour (expression); as if having swallowed a bitter bug [literal] - idiom ➜ 苦虫

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to have a talk; to tell a story

expression:

• the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to speak sharply (e.g. during a heated discussion or argument)

expression:

• not able to escape an urgent problem without making some sacrifice