expression:

• A cornered rat will bite the cat; One who is cornered will fight like a devil - four character idiom

expression:

• what one likes, one will do well; you become good at what you like doing - proverb

adverbial noun / noun:

• in these times; in times like these; the season being what it is

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; water on a frog's face [literal]

adverb:

• in this manner; in this way; like this

auxiliary:

• seeming to be; appearing to be - polite language ➜ 様だ
• like; similar to ➜ 様だ

noun:

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

noun:

• tongue
• tongue-like object; clapper (of a bell); talon (of a lock)

noun:

• francolin (partridge-like bird of genus Francolinus)
• partridge (of genus Perdix) - archaism ➜ 山鶉

noun:

• host in a bar for male homosexuals; effeminate man who talks and dresses like a woman; young male homosexual - From English "gay boy"

noun:

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

expression:

• what's done is done; that's water under the bridge; it is no use crying over spilt milk; spilt water won't go back into its tray [literal] - proverb

expression / adjectival noun:

• crumpled up (of a face; like the face of a Japanese spaniel while it's sneezing) - humorous term

noun:

• flat part of the top of the cranium
• plate-like depression on the head of kappa ➜ 河童

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

suffix noun:

• as much as you would like to; as much as one likes ➜ 食べ放題

noun:

• long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono

noun:

• cosmic bowling; bowling in a bowling alley that is lit up like a disco with lots of flashing lights

expression:

• the apple doesn't fall far from the tree; the apple never falls far from the tree; fox pups have white cheeks [literal] - proverb - obscure term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to feel like; to feel inclined to do

noun:

• child's face; child-like face; baby face

noun:

• call of a strange bird; strange bird-call-like sound

noun:

• holding out one or both hands and arching one's body backward like a shrimp (in kabuki, represents being overwhelmed by someone's power)

expression:

• if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like ➜ 何だったら

expression:

• if you are so inclined; if it suits you; if you like ➜ 何なら