noun:

• going round in circles; game of cat and mouse; pointless and repetitive back-and-forth - idiom
• itachigokko; Japanese children's game - original meaning

expression:

• without restraint; without hesitation; without holding back ➜ 我慢

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]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb ➜ 魚心あれば水心

expression:

• what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray [literal] - proverb

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

expression:

• I can say now (what I couldn't before); now (that things have changed) I don't mind telling you; I couldn't tell you until now; I couldn't have told you this back then

noun:

• malicious gossip; backbiting; speaking ill behind somebody's back ➜ 陰口

noun / ~する noun:

• recoil; hesitation; flinching; shrinking back

noun:

• turning point; turnaround point (e.g. in a race); turning back point ➜ 折り返し点【おりかえしてん】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to teach by example; to teach by showing; to teach with one's back [literal]

noun:

• impudent talk; speaking without thinking; continuing talking even after one has lost an argument; (getting in) the last word; talking back; needless retort

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

noun:

• crowned puffer (Canthigaster coronata); crown toby; saddle-back puffer

expression:

• deep down; special place in one's heart; in the back of one's mind

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally / ~する noun:

• reforming; reuniting; getting back together (band, etc.)

noun:

• décolleté; décolletage; the part of a woman's chest and back exposed by a low neckline - From French
• robe décolletée; low-cut dress - abbreviation - From French ➜ ローブデコルテ

noun / ~の noun:

• low-cut (neckline style); décolleté - From French

expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shrug (shoulders); to duck (head); to draw back (body)

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to resume breathing; to come around; to come back to life

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if the water is kind to fish, the fish will be friendly toward water too [literal]; mutual back-scratching - idiom ➜ 魚心あれば水心

noun:

• double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to give one's everything; to make one's best effort; to be enthused; to put your back into it - idiom

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to check; to stop; to keep back

noun:

• hoverboard; hover board; fictional hovering skateboard from the Back to the Future series