expression:

• in no time; in a flash - abbreviation ➜ 間髪を入れず【かんはつをいれず】

expression / adjective:

• extremely busy; so busy one would even welcome the help of a cat [literal] - idiom

noun:

• skilled engineer (mechanic) who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical - four character idiom

noun:

• way of wearing; way one wears a garment

expression / noun:

• something indistinct; a crow in a pitch-black night [literal] ➜ 闇夜に烏

expression / noun:

• perseverance prevails; three years on a (cold) stone (will make the stone warm) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• water offered to God; water drunk before an altar to symbolize the making of a vow
• miracle-working water
• water which gathers in the nodes of bamboo after falling as rain at noon on the 5th day of the 5th month (lunar calendar), thought to be effective when used in medicines

noun:

• construction area; section of a construction project

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• whaa whaa; sound of a baby crying - onomatopoeia

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep

noun:

• stretched tire (tyre); narrow tire mounted on a wide rim to achieve a low-profile look

noun:

• murder victim; body of a murder victim

noun:

• itinerant monk; monk on a pilgrimage - Buddhism term

expression:

• one should be satisfied without desiring more wealth and rank than necessary; waking, half a tatami mat; sleeping, a single tatami mat [literal]

noun:

• recovering slightly; making a small rally

noun:

• flies; area over the stage of a theater (containing overhead lights, drop curtains, etc.)

noun:

• father-to-be; partner of a pregnant woman - From English "pre+papa"

noun:

• scalloped (noodles); boiled noodles served in a pot with broth

expression / ichidan verb:

• to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question - idiom

noun:

• bridge-opening ceremony; first crossing of a bridge

godan ~る verb:

• to suffer; to complain of a pain

noun:

• book cover; outer wrapper for a book (put on by a bookseller before being handed to a customer) ➜ ブックカバー

godan ~つ verb / intransitive verb:

• to boil; to come to a boil
• to seethe (with rage, etc.); to be furious

expression / noun:

• something indistinct; a crow in a pitch-black night [literal] ➜ 闇夜の烏

noun:

• Buddha's seat; seat of a high monk - Buddhism term