expression / ~くる verb (spec.):

• to come along; to come around; to turn up
• to arrive at the present; to get where one is; to have been doing something (for a period of time)

noun:

• numbered ticket (e.g. to determine order of service in shop, etc.)
• zone ticket; boarding ticket; bus ticket dispensed at boarding, used to show where one boarded

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】

noun / ~する noun:

• exploitation; bleeding dry; squeezing dry
• milking (e.g. a cow's teat); extracting (a liquid) through squeezing

noun:

• angel's raiment; robe of feathers
• wings of birds or insects; plumage of birds
• type of bug ［はごろも］

ichidan verb:

• to let a person take hold of; to bribe by slipping money into a person's hand

expression:

• it's hard to please everybody; damned if you do and damned if you don't - proverb

noun:

• spring dust [literal]; frost and snow that's blown like dust in the air by the spring wind

noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey - abbreviation ➜ 企業短期経済観測調査【きぎょうたんきけいざいかんそくちょうさ】

noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey - abbreviation ➜ 日銀短観【にちぎんたんかん】

noun:

• the Bank of Japan's quarterly Short-term Economic Survey of Principal Enterprise in Japan; Tankan survey ➜ 日銀短観【にちぎんたんかん】

noun / ~する noun:

• a round; a turn; going around; making a round ➜ 一回り【ひとまわり】

noun:

• first anniversary of a person's death ➜ 一周忌【いっしゅうき】

noun / ~の noun:

• half the face; one side; half; the other side; the reverse; the contrary

noun:

• doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day - four character idiom

expression:

• the more I think about it; the more one thinks about it

noun / ~の noun / adjectival noun:

• middle way; (golden) mean; moderation; middle path

noun:

• the Doctrine of the Mean (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

expression:

• victory goes to the one who makes the first move; being quick to take action leads to victory; the early bird gets the worm - four character idiom

noun:

• getting what one wants by complaining or grumbling; profiting by holding out or taking a hard line; getting more by raising a ruckus - colloquialism

noun:

• child's role in noh dance; child actor (in noh)
• henchman; follower ➜ 親方

expression / adjective:

• I'm sorry; (it's) inexcusable; I feel regretful; I feel guilty
• thank you very much (for help, etc.)

noun:

• koku; traditional unit of volume, approx. 180.4 litres
• measure of a Japanese-style boat's loading capacity (approx. 278.26 liters)

noun:

• ballast; heavy material placed low to improve a vessel's stability
• ballast; crushed stone, gravel, etc. used on a roadbed or railway track

noun:

• nightingale (flooring); method of laying floors to deliberately make a noise (like a nightingale's call) when walked across (security feature)

noun:

• mythical spirit residing in a person's body that generates a desire to drink (also said to turn water into alcohol) - from 'Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio', 1740

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福・ひょっとこ
• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc. - abbreviation ➜ お亀蕎麦