(v5k,vi) to struggle on to
to arrive somewhere after a struggle
to grope along to
to barely manage to reach
to finally arrive at
to finally hit on (e.g. an idea)
(P)
(n) mutual financing association
(n) (obsc) lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)
(n) type of soy sauce
(n,vs) (1) acrobatic barrel-rolling (performed using the feet while lying on the back)
(2) handing something around (within a fixed group of people in a pre-arranged order)
(3) handing off a problem to someone else (in order to evade responsibility)
(v1) (arch) to make
to make something what it should be
to cause to be
(v5m,vt) to cajole
to deceive
to seduce
(v1,vi) (1) to hang low over (e.g. clouds)
(2) (arch) to seclude oneself (behind screens, curtain, etc.)
(adj-i) (uk) silly
foolish
absurd
childish
easy
trifling
guileless
(n) protein
(n) (col) testicles
(suf,adj-i) (after a noun or the stem of an adjective) seeming very... (usu. with a negative connotation)
(exp) (col) (used after adj.) nothing more ... than this
as .... as it could possibly be
(exp) where ... is concerned
when it becomes
if it becomes
(P)
(exp) by mere chance
by some chance
somehow or other
in some way
(adj-f) what's the matter?
what's wrong?
(exp) how can (we, I, et al. do something)
(adj-f) what's the matter?
what's wrong?
(n,vs) (abbr) last-minute cancellation
(exp) throughout
over a period of ...
over a span of ...
(exp) (uk) at the time of (ind. opportunity or situation where something should be done)
(n) nighttime festival in Aomori
(n,vs) (sens) dying by the roadside
dying a dog's death
(v5r) (1) to slam into (e.g. a wall, a limit) (figuratively)
to hit
(2) to face (e.g. trouble, a problem)
to confront
(v5r,vt) to chop (a branch, etc.)
(v1,vi) to lose heart
(exp) (sl) failed
(v5m) to sit down hard
to sink down to the floor
(exp) to hell with
be damned
(adj-na,adj-no) (1) crushed flat
flattened
squashed
flat-topped
(n) (2) (col) (m-sl) flat-chested girl
(3) (on-mim) sound of a sticky rice cake sticking to something