expression:

• can't survive (without ...)

expression:

• can't help; won't make much difference

noun:

• can opener

expression:

• you can't rely on parents and money to stay around forever; money comes and goes; so do parents - proverb

expression:

• a broken relationship can never be repaired; a divorced couple are never reconciled; a broken mirror will never shine again [literal] - proverb

expression:

• you can't control what people say; you can't stop rumours (rumors) - proverb ➜ 人の口

expression:

• you can never be too careful - proverb

expression:

• You can say that again; Nice one

noun:

• multi-tiered food boxes that can be carried by hand - abbreviation ➜ 提げ重箱
• female prostitute who carried multi-tiered food boxes about and peddled foodstuffs (Meiwa and Anei eras) - archaism

noun:

• attitude that with the state as one's boss, normal fiscal accountability can be dispensed with; dependence on the central government; attitude of those who assume their jobs are safe because they are government employees

expression:

• How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); Only a hero can understand a hero - four character idiom

expression:

• only a hero can understand a hero; swallows and sparrows can't understand the aspirations of phoenixes and swans [literal] - proverb - four character idiom

noun:

• as much as one can take or carry away

noun:

• belief that everything can be explained by science; scientism

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

noun:

• float at a festival upon which one can dance

expression / ichidan verb:

• can be discarded; can be cut down

expression:

• it can't be helped; there's nothing to do about it - From Chinese "méi fǎzi" ➜ しかたがない

noun:

• captured piece that can be reused - Shōgi term
• person or object held in reserve; available means

expression:

• fallen blossom doesn't return to the branch, a broken mirror can not be made to shine; what's done is done; there's no use crying over spilled milk - proverb

expression:

• A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves - four character idiom

expression:

• even small mistakes can be costly - proverb

noun:

• punch-style can opener (punches a round or V-shaped hole in a can of liquid)

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment - Kansai dialect

expression:

• you can't always get what you want; man plans and God laughs; things don't always turn out the way you hope - proverb