noun:

• strait with a roaring tidal ebb and flow; whirlpool; maelstrom - from 鳴門海峡
• kamaboko with a spiral whirlpool-like pattern - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門巻き
• cooking technique where ingredients are cut in a spiral pattern - Food term
• Naruto; city in NE Tokushima pref ［鳴門］
• Naruto Strait ［鳴門］ - from 鳴門海峡 - abbreviation
• Naruto wakame ［鳴門］ - abbreviation ➜ 鳴門若布【なるとわかめ】

expression:

• if you do a favor for somebody, you will get a return favor; if a fish is friendly toward water, water will be kind to the fish too [literal]; you scratch my back and I'll scratch yours - proverb ➜ 魚心あれば水心

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to be mixed up with; to have a connection with (a troublesome matter)
• to be a stickler about; to be finicky about (some triviality)
• to take part (in some work); to hang about; to bother (someone)

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• loose (of clothing); baggy - onomatopoeia ➜ ぶかぶか・ゆったり・たぶたぶ

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flabby; saggy - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• sloshing; slopping; overflowing - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• plenty (of pouring a liquid); drowning (e.g. in a sauce) - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun / noun:

• grazing; skimming; almost touching; passing within inches; being within a whisker; shaving close
• barely; just; narrowly; by a slim margin

noun / ~する noun:

• insertion; letter drop
• things sent to a prisoner
• supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task

expression:

• don't judge a book by its cover; a mountain is not to be honoured just because it is high [literal] - proverb

noun:

• bur (of a chestnut, etc.); burr ［イガイガ・いがいが］ ➜ 毬【いが】

adverb / ~と adverb:

• irritating (e.g. one's throat); thorny; bristling ［イガイガ・いがいが］

~と adverb / adverb:

• crying of a baby - archaism - onomatopoeia

noun:

• hanafuda; Japanese playing cards (12 suits of 4 cards, each suit representing a month indicated by a flower) ➜ 花札

noun:

• autotomy; self amputation; act of cutting off a part of one's own body in order to escape a predator

noun:

• assistant in a duel (e.g. a cockfight, poetry contest, etc.) (Heian period)
• older male in an homosexual relationship ➜ 念者

noun:

• steadfastness; firmness in one's conviction; having a heart that does not change as easily as a stone rolls about - four character idiom

noun:

• the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to close one's eyes partly; to squint
• to smile with one's whole face; to look fondly at

noun / ~する noun:

• opening a business; opening a practice

noun / ~する noun:

• making a bid; tendering a bid

noun:

• a political organization; a political organisation

noun:

• kindling a fire; lighting a fire

noun / ~する noun:

• staging a story; filming a story

noun:

• a considerable number; a fair number

noun:

• a political organization; a political organisation

noun / ~する noun:

• repaying a favor; repaying a favour

expression:

• a bit more; a bit longer

noun:

• breaking a lock; picking a lock

expression:

• in a little while; in a bit