expression:

• preaching to the deaf; reading the nenbutsu into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 念仏

noun:

• feeling of fullness; ability of a food to fill you up

noun:

• industrial union (one relating to a specific industry or occupation); vertical union ➜ 職業別組合

noun:

• enforcement regulations; misterial ordinance; regulations relative to the application of a law

noun:

• person who makes unreasonable complaints to a company; incessant complainer; chronic complainer - From English "claimer"

noun:

• heart-to-heart communication; thought transference; holding a flower and subtly smiling [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• particle that attaches to a phrase and acts on the whole phrase - e.g. the の of のです ➜ のです

expression / adjective:

• trivial; not amounting to much; not a big deal ➜ 大した事ない

noun:

• driving school qualifying test (can lead to waiver of a formal test)

noun:

• ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony - Shintō term

noun:

• debt bondage (ritsuryo system); forced labor on failure to pay a debt

noun:

• attack; offence; offense
• dominant partner of a homosexual relationship - usually written using kana alone - colloquialism ➜ タチ・受け

suffix:

• a barrage of; a flood of ➜ 質問攻め

noun / ~する noun:

• performance (of a duty); fulfillment (of a promise); fulfilment; execution (of a contract); discharge; implementation

adverb:

• with a crack; with a snap; with a slam - onomatopoeia
• firmly; sharply; sternly - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• precisely; properly; neatly; tidily - onomatopoeia

noun:

• a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men ➜ 鶏群の一鶴【けいぐんのいっかく】

expression / noun:

• a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men - idiom

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a slap; with a pop; with a plop - onomatopoeia
• without batting an eyelid - onomatopoeia
• generously - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to keep; to put aside (for somebody); to keep possession (usu. the ball in sports); to hold one's service (tennis)

noun:

• quipu; quippu

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to profit at someone else's expense; to rob Peter to pay Paul; to take risks with other people's money - idiom ➜ 他人のふんどしで相撲を取る【たにんのふんどしですもうをとる】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to understand everything from only one part; to be perceptive; to be quick to understand; to be quick on the uptake - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to build up one's strength; to get stronger
• to give (someone) strength; to cheer (someone) up; to encourage (someone)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give someone space; to give someone breathing room; to cut someone some slack; to provide leeway; to provide an opportunity

adverb:

• suddenly; at once; in one go; with a jerk; with a gulp - onomatopoeia
• considerably; very much; a lot - onomatopoeia
• firmly; with an effort; tightly; exerting pressure - onomatopoeia
• completely (e.g. at a loss) - onomatopoeia
• deeply (e.g. moved) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• patching (up); cutting a part and pasting a new one (e.g. a shoji door)
• cut and paste - IT term

expression:

• there is a suitable spouse for everyone; every Jack has his Jill; a mended lid for a cracked pot [literal] - proverb