(exp,n) give-and-take
(n) marriage due to unintended pregnancy
shotgun wedding
(exp) to fall into another's hands
(exp) to be second to none (in)
(exp) to raise oneself up to one's full height
to strike a daunting pose
(n) baby hatch (for unwanted newborns)
foundling wheel
(v5t) to win every battle (that is fought)
(v1) to be stricken (e.g. with grief)
to be battered (e.g. by disasters)
(n) difficult to make friends
(v1) to get tired of waiting
(n) meeting place
(P)
(exp,adv) before one knew it
before one realized it
(P)
(exp) to be in a miserable state
to be down and out
(adj-i) stink
intolerable
(n) sumo coach who owns his own stable
(v1) to apportion to
to share
(n) show-off
(exp) to keep standing
(n) movements
behavior
behaviour
bearing
deportment
manners
demeanor
(adv) with a great deal of effort
laboriously
(exp) phrase used (usu. with accompanying crossed fingers gesture) to ward off catching 'dirtiness' from another child (kids' talk)
(adj-na,n) careless person
scatterbrain
birdbrain
(v5u) (ktb:) to fall sound asleep
(v1) to be saucy (of children)
to be impudent
to be cheeky
to be sassy
to be precocious
(exp) (col) I thought so
I suspected as much
Just as I thought
Now you are talking
(n) Tachikaze class destroyer
(v5u) to suck
(v5k) to squeak
to chirp
to twitter
(exp) nowhere in particular
just out for a bit
(euph. for) toilet break
(n) marriage due to unintended pregnancy
shotgun wedding
