expression:

• intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• whispering; murmuring; talking in a low voice

noun:

• speech meeting; oratorical meeting; meeting to hear a speech

expression:

• well connected; well known; having a large, diverse circle of acquaintances - idiom ➜ 顔の広い

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to place on (something); to take on board; to give a ride to

adverb / ~の noun:

• close by; right there; short distance away; a hop, skip and jump away
• at once; as soon as possible; immediately

noun:

• sash roller; door roller; roller for a sliding door

adverb:

• in an angry mood; in anger; angrily; in a huff

noun:

• doorstop interview; doorstep interview; on-the-move interview; informal interview in which reporters surround a public figure and prod him for an off-the-cuff response

expression:

• every last one; one and all; from A to Z
• as soon as; right after; no sooner (than) - verb+はしから - usually written using kana alone

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

ichidan verb:

• to think something over and over; to rack one's brains; to be at a loss

noun:

• pinky swear; pinky promise; making a pledge by hooking each other's little fingers ➜ 指切拳万、嘘ついたら針千本呑ます【ゆびきりげんまんうそついたらはりせんぼんのます】・指切り

noun:

• cutover; cut-over; starting new (IT) equipment; transferring from the old to a new (hardware and/or software) system - IT term

noun:

• working the corners; hitting the corners of the plate; pitcher's technique of throwing a ball aiming at the edge of the strike zone - Baseball term - From English "corner work"
• cornering skill (skating, driving, etc.)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• huffing and puffing; gasping; with a deep breath - onomatopoeia

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to panic; to freak out; to fly into a tizzy - slang

ichidan verb:

• to like; to appreciate; to have a preference

noun:

• joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges); combined party; mixer; two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party ➜ 合コン

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be fooled by something; to be taken in; to fall for a trick

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius) [literal] - variant of 木に縁りて... - proverb ➜ 木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむ】

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get involved (with); to begin (with); to have a hand (in)

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army; Being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat (failure); Pride comes before a fall - four character idiom

noun:

• flake; lamella (of bone); foil (of metal); flat, thin slice of a material

expression:

• anybody can look good with the right clothes; clothes make the man; fine feathers make fine birds; clothes on a packhorse driver [literal] - proverb