expression:

• good fences make good neighbors; a hedge between keeps friendship green - proverb

expression:

• appearances can be deceiving; don't judge a book by its cover - proverb

adjectival noun / noun:

• being bored; being at a loose end

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

adverb / ~の noun:

• reasonably; fairly; all right; moderate - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• hurriedly; in a rush; having barely finished - in the form もそこそこに - onomatopoeia

suffix:

• approximately; about; or so

noun:

• exclusive license; exclusive right (to) ➜ 独占

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:

• control; control right - IT term

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