| Subject | English | Japanese |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so | 無為無能 |
| gen. | adj-i acting like one is doing someone a favor | 恩着せがましい |
| gen. | n-adv n-t after doing that | 而後 oK |
| gen. | n-adv n-t after doing that | しかる後 |
| gen. | n-adv n-t after doing that | 然る後 |
| gen. | aim at doing | 旨とする |
| gen. | exp amateurish and haughty way of doing business | 士族の商法 |
| gen. | n yoji amateurish dilettantish way of doing business | 殿様商法 |
| gen. | beg off doing | 御免こうむる |
| gen. | beg off doing | ご免こうむる |
| gen. | beg off doing | 御免蒙る |
| gen. | beg off doing | 御免を蒙る |
| gen. | beg off doing | ご免蒙る |
| gen. | beg off doing | ご免被る |
| gen. | beg off doing | 御免被る |
| gen. | n uk being worth doing | 遣り甲斐 |
| gen. | n uk being worth doing | やり甲斐 spec1 |
| gen. | exp uk by doing | 事により |
| gen. | exp uk by doing | 事によって |
| gen. | exp cannot avoid doing | やらざるを得ない |
| gen. | exp adj-i cannot avoid doing | せざる得ない |
| gen. | exp adj-i cannot avoid doing | せざるを得ない |
| gen. | exp n casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases | 命の洗濯 |
| gen. | n clothes for doing farm work or working in fields | 野良着 |
| gen. | continue heartily doing ... | こける after the -masu stem of a verb |
| rel., budd. | n demon of the sixth heaven in the realm of desire who tries to prevent people from doing good | 天魔 |
| gen. | exp do not mind doing | してもいい |
| gen. | exp do not mind doing | してもよい |
| gen. | uk doesn't amount to doing ... | 迄も more emphatic than まで |
| gen. | exp doesn't amount to doing | までもない spec1 after verb phrase (something) |
| gen. | n vs doing a big shop | 纏め買い |
| gen. | n vs doing a big shop | まとめ買い |
| gen. | n yoji doing a good deed each day | 一日一善 |
| gen. | n doing a job | 一汗 |
| gen. | n vs doing a thing from beginning to end | 終始 ichi1 news1 nf09 |
| gen. | n vs doing again | 破算 |
| gen. | n doing as one is told | 言い成り |
| gen. | n doing as one is told | 言成り |
| gen. | n doing as one is told | 言う成り |
| gen. | n doing as one is told | 言うなり |
| gen. | n doing as one is told | 言いなり ichi1 news2 nf25 |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji doing as one likes | 自由気儘 |
| gen. | doing as one likes | 奔逸 |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji doing as one likes | 自由三昧 |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji doing as one likes | 自由気まま |
| gen. | n adj-na yoji doing as one likes | 自由勝手 |
| gen. | adj-na n doing as one pleases | 気任せ |
| gen. | adj-na n adj-no doing as one pleases | 好き放題 |
| gen. | adj-na n doing as one pleases | 気まかせ |
| obs. | doing as one pleases | 専 |
| gen. | doing as one pleases | 天下 ichi1 news1 nf12 |
| gen. | n vs doing away with | 一掃 news1 nf13 |
| gen. | doing one's best | しゃっちょこ立ち |
| gen. | doing one's best | 鯱立ち |
| gen. | doing one's business | 用達 (i.e. at the toilet) |
| gen. | doing one's business | 用達し io (i.e. at the toilet) |
| gen. | doing one's business | 用たし (i.e. at the toilet) |
| gen. | doing one's business | 用足 io (i.e. at the toilet) |
| gen. | doing one's business | 用足し (i.e. at the toilet) |
| comp., MS | doing business as | 事業上の名称 (The assumed, fictitious name under which an organization is registered in the United States) |
| gen. | n vs doing by oneself | 単行 |
| gen. | n doing dishes | 食器洗い |
| gen. | n vs doing one's duty | 義理立て |
| gen. | doing everything by oneself | 自作自演 (from preparation to execution) |
| gen. | n vs doing everything one can | 腐心 news1 nf21 |
| gen. | n vs doing good | 修善 しゅぜん is a Buddhist term |
| gen. | doing late | 晩蒔き |
| gen. | doing late | 遅蒔き |
| gen. | doing late | 遅まき |
| gen. | exp doing no good and a lot of harm | 百害あって一利無し |
| gen. | exp doing no good and a lot of harm | 百害あって一利なし |
| gen. | adv vs on-mim doing nothing | ぼおっと |
| gen. | adv vs on-mim doing nothing | ぼうっと |
| gen. | vs adv adv-to on-mim doing nothing | ボヤボヤ ichi1 |
| gen. | adv vs doing nothing | ぼけっと |
| gen. | adv vs doing nothing | ボケッと |
| gen. | exp doing nothing | 手を束ねて |
| gen. | vs adv adv-to on-mim doing nothing | ぼやぼや spec1 |
| gen. | adv-to doing nothing | のんべんだらり |
| obs. | doing nothing | 直 |
| gen. | adv vs on-mim doing nothing | ぼーっと |
| gen. | n yoji doing nothing and taking things as they come | 無為自然 |
| gen. | n yoji doing one good turn a day | 一日一善 |
| gen. | exp n doing only as one is told | 子供の使い |
| gen. | n doing or saying something a little stupid | 小ぼけ |
| gen. | n doing or saying something a little stupid | 小呆け |
| gen. | n doing or saying something a little stupid | 小ボケ |
| gen. | n vs adj-no doing one's own cooking | 自炊 ichi1 news2 nf35 |
| gen. | exp doing one's own flower arranging | 手活け |
| gen. | exp doing one's own flower arranging | 手生け |
| gen. | n doing patchwork | 継物 |
| gen. | n doing patchwork | 継ぎ物 |
| gen. | n yoji doing perfectly | 百点満点 (in a test) |
| gen. | on-mim doing quickly | サクサク |
| gen. | on-mim doing quickly | さくさく |
| gen. | n vs doing simultaneously | 兼行 |
| gen. | on-mim doing skillfully and efficiently | サクサク |
| gen. | on-mim doing skillfully and efficiently | さくさく |
| gen. | doing something at a mad pace | ばんばん (spend money, work) |
| gen. | n vs doing something by force | ごり押し |
| gen. | n vs doing something by force | ゴリ押し |
| gen. | exp doing something by the sweat of one's brow | 汗水垂らして |
| gen. | exp doing something by the sweat of one's brow | 汗水たらして |
| gen. | adv uk doing something especially rather than incidentally | 態態 |
| gen. | adv uk doing something especially rather than incidentally | 態々 ichi1 |
| gen. | doing something for the first time | 筆下ろし |
| gen. | doing something for the first time | 筆降ろし ik |
| gen. | n doing something for the first time | 御初 (ever, in a season, etc.) |
| gen. | n doing something for the first time | お初 (ever, in a season, etc.) |
| obs. | n doing something for the first time | 初事 |
| gen. | doing something for the first time | 筆おろし |
| gen. | adv adv-to vs on-mim doing something forcefully and continuously | ぐいぐい (pulling hard, gulping drink) |
| gen. | exp doing something incidentally | ゆきがけの駄賃 |
| gen. | exp doing something incidentally | いきがけの駄賃 |
| gen. | exp doing something incidentally | 行きがけの駄賃 |
| gen. | exp doing something incidentally | 行き掛けの駄賃 |
| gen. | doing something on a very strict schedule | 強硬軍 ik |
| gen. | doing something on a very strict schedule | 強行軍 news2 nf47 |
| gen. | doing something on and on | じゃんじゃか |
| gen. | exp doing something on the way | 行きがけの駄賃 |
| gen. | exp doing something on the way | いきがけの駄賃 |
| gen. | exp doing something on the way | ゆきがけの駄賃 |
| gen. | exp doing something on the way | 行き掛けの駄賃 |
| gen. | doing something repeatedly over a short interval | 小刻み news1 nf20 (trembling, stepping quickly, etc.) |
| gen. | n vs doing something separately | 別行動 (from the group) |
| gen. | doing something suddenly, without warning | 抜き打ち news2 nf25 |
| gen. | doing something to the best of one's ability | しゃっちょこ立ち |
| gen. | doing something to the best of one's ability | 鯱立ち |
| obs. | n doing something together | 相合 |
| obs. | n doing something together | 相合い |
| obs. | n doing something together | 相々 |
| obs. | n doing something together | 相相 |
| gen. | n vs doing something together | 団体行動 (in a group) |
| gen. | exp doing something while you are at it | いきがけの駄賃 |
| gen. | exp doing something while you are at it | ゆきがけの駄賃 |
| gen. | exp doing something while you are at it | 行きがけの駄賃 |
| gen. | exp doing something while you are at it | 行き掛けの駄賃 |
| gen. | doing something wholeheartedly | 馬車馬 |
| gen. | n adj-no doing something without consultation | 頭越し |
| gen. | exp doing something without taking it too seriously | 軽い気持ち |
| gen. | used adverbially doing such things as... | だり as …たり…たり, after the ren'youkei forms of multiple verbs |
| gen. | used adverbially doing such things as... | たり spec1 |
| gen. | n yoji doing the groundwork | 事前工作 |
| gen. | n uk doing the same thing repeatedly | 鼬ごっこ |
| gen. | n doing things at one's own pace | マイ・ペース |
| gen. | n doing things at one's own pace | マイペース gai1 |
| gen. | doing things in a hurry | 駈足 |
| gen. | doing things in a hurry | 駆足 |
| gen. | doing things in a hurry | 駈け足 |
| gen. | doing things in a hurry | 駆け足 ichi1 news2 nf30 |
| gen. | doing things one's own way | マイ・ペース |
| gen. | doing things one's own way | マイペース gai1 |
| gen. | n doing through a window | 窓ごし usu. as 窓越しに |
| gen. | n doing through a window | 窓越し news2 nf34 |
| gen. | n vs adj-no doing together | 協同 ichi1 esp. 共同 (as equals, きょうどう) |
| abbr. | doing together | っこ |
| abbr. | doing together | こ |
| gen. | n vs adj-no doing together | 共同 ichi1 news1 nf01 (as equals, きょうどう) |
| gen. | n vs doing transport-related work | 乗務 news2 nf27 |
| gen. | n doing twice the work | 二重手間 |
| gen. | exp adj-ix doing well | 羽振りがいい |
| gen. | exp adj-i doing well | 羽振りが良い |
| gen. | exp adj-i doing well | はぶりが良い |
| gen. | exp adj-i doing well | 羽振りがよい |
| gen. | adj-na n doing well | 順調 ichi1 news1 nf04 |
| gen. | n doing well | 亨通 |
| gen. | n adj-na adj-no yoji doing whatever one pleases | 勝手放題 |
| gen. | adj-na doing whatever one pleases | 好き勝手 |
| gen. | doing with one's undivided attention | 馬車馬 |
| gen. | exp don't feel like doing | 気になれない after a verb |
| gen. | n vs dozing off in the middle of doing something | 寝落ち |
| gen. | n drinking while doing an acrobatic stunt | 曲飲み |
| gen. | conj aux even without doing | ずとも attaches to the imperfective form |
| obs. | evil way of doing things | 悪法 news2 nf41 |
| gen. | fail in doing | 損なう ichi1 news1 nf16 (そこなう) |
| gen. | fail in doing | 損う io ichi1 |
| gen. | feel like doing | したい気がする |
| gen. | finish doing | 遂せる usu. aux. verb |
| gen. | finish doing | 果せる |
| gen. | exp finished doing | ちゃった col. form of しまいました or しまった |
| gen. | suf first doing of ... | 初 after the -masu stem of a verb (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) |
| gen. | suf first doing of ... | 初め (ever, in one's life, in the new year, etc.) |
| gen. | aux-v conj for the purpose of doing | すべく contraction of するべく |
| gen. | forget troubles by doing something enjoyable | 憂さを晴らす |
| gen. | get the idea of doing | 思い立つ news2 nf44 |
| gen. | have been doing something | 遣って来る (for a period of time) |
| gen. | have been doing something | やって来る ichi1 (for a period of time) |
| gen. | have the privilege of doing | させて頂く |
| gen. | have the same way of doing | 軌を一にする |
| gen. | have trouble doing ... | 煩う ichi1 esp. 患う |
| gen. | have trouble doing ... | 患う ichi1 news2 nf27 |
| gen. | adj-na n vs having scruples about doing something | 気兼ね ichi1 news2 nf35 |
| gen. | exp having to continue doing the work at hand | 手が離せない |
| proverb | exp hesitating from doing something because of fear of consequences | ふぐは食いたし命は惜しし |
| proverb | exp hesitating from doing something because of fear of consequences | 河豚は食いたし命は惜しし |
| proverb | exp hesitating from doing something because of fear of consequences | フグは食いたし命は惜しし |
| gen. | exp How are you doing? | いかがお過ごしですか |
| gen. | exp adv in so doing | 其の際 |
| gen. | exp adv in so doing | その際 |
| slang | n-suf in the middle of doing... | なう |
| slang | n-suf in the middle of doing... | ナウ gai1 |
| gen. | n inane way of doing something | 愚策 |
| gen. | n yoji individual different ways of doing things | 各種各様 |
| gen. | uk just finished doing | 処 |
| gen. | uk just finished doing | 處 oK also pronounced どころ when a suffix |
| gen. | uk just finished doing | 所 ichi1 |
| obs. | keep doing for period of time | 詰 づめ when a suffix (つまり) |
| obs. | keep doing for period of time | 詰め |
| gen. | keep someone from doing | 沮む |
| gen. | keep someone from doing | 阻む ichi1 news1 nf13 |
| gen. | exp Knowing what is right and not doing it is a want of courage | 義を見てせざるは勇なきなり |
| gen. | large number of people plotting and doing evil | 百鬼夜行 |
| gen. | n learning by doing | 体験学習 |
| gen. | look on enviously while doing nothing | 指を銜える often 〜て見る |
| gen. | look on enviously while doing nothing | 指を咥える |
| gen. | look on enviously while doing nothing | 指をくわえる |
| gen. | make a practice of doing | 事にする |
| gen. | n making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job | ポイント・メーク |
| gen. | n making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job | ポイントメーク |
| gen. | n making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job | ポイント・メイク |
| gen. | n making up only parts of one's face instead of doing a full make-up job | ポイントメイク |
| gen. | n manner of doing | 遣り方 (やりかた) |
| gen. | n manner of doing | やり方 ichi1 |
| gen. | n adj-no not aware of what one is doing | 不知不識 |
| gen. | exp adj-i not doing as one is told | 言う事を聞かない |
| gen. | exp adj-i not doing as one is told | 言うことを聞かない |
| gen. | n not doing at all | さっぱり ichi1 |
| gen. | exp adj-i not doing well | 調子が悪い |
| gen. | n feeling not up to doing something | 苦手意識 |
| gen. | exp not worth doing | のれんに腕押し |
| gen. | exp not worth doing | 暖簾に腕押し |
| gen. | one's own way of doing things | 無手勝流 (i.e. as different from that of one's instructor) |
| gen. | exp n adj-no yoji people doing something in their own way | 各人各様 |
| gen. | persist in doing | 決めこむ |
| gen. | persist in doing | 為続ける |
| gen. | persist in doing | 決める ichi1 news1 nf22 |
| gen. | persist in doing | 決め込む news2 nf31 |
| gen. | persist in doing | 極め込む |
| gen. | persist in doing | 決込む |
| gen. | persist in doing | 極める |
| gen. | persist in doing | し続ける spec1 |
| law | person doing business as a corporation | 法人たる事業者 |
| gen. | n person doing the actual work | 実務者 (as opposed to management) |
| gen. | n person interested in doing something | 希望者 |
| gen. | put down a tool hence stopping what one is doing with that tool | 置く ichi1 (おく) |
| gen. | refrain from doing something | 差し控える news1 nf23 |
| gen. | exp repaying a good deed by doing good for others | 恩送り |
| gen. | n adj-na saying one thing and doing another | 言行不一致 |
| gen. | n vs sayings and doings | 云為 |
| gen. | suf sensation of doing | 心地 ichi1 news1 nf14 (usu. after -masu stem of verb) |
| gen. | set about doing | 取付く |
| gen. | set about doing | 取りつく |
| gen. | set about doing | 取っ付く |
| gen. | set about doing | 取っつく |
| gen. | set about doing | 取り付く |
| gen. | n suf someone doing that work | 者 |
| gen. | n something worth doing | 張合い |
| gen. | n something worth doing | 張り合い news2 nf33 |
| gen. | spend all time doing | 明け暮れる |
| gen. | spend days and nights doing ... | あかし暮らす |
| gen. | spend days and nights doing ... | 明し暮らす |
| gen. | stand in one place, doing nothing in particular | 突っ立つ news2 nf46 |
| gen. | n standard way of doing | 常規 (jōki) |
| gen. | stop doing some ongoing activity for a time | 休む ichi1 news1 nf20 |
| gen. | succeed in doing | 遂せる usu. aux. verb |
| gen. | succeed in doing | 極める |
| gen. | succeed in doing | 決める ichi1 news1 nf22 |
| gen. | succeed in doing | 果せる |
| gen. | take care doing something | 大事をとる |
| gen. | take care doing something | 大事を取る |
| gen. | n yoji take the initiative in doing something thereby setting an example for others to follow | 率先垂範 |
| gen. | talk someone into doing | 口説き落す |
| gen. | talk someone into doing | 口説き落とす |
| proverb | exp the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face | 案ずるより生むが易し |
| proverb | exp the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face | 案ずるより産むが易し |
| gen. | exp there's no reason to feel guilty about doing something bad if everyone does it | 赤信号皆で渡れば怖くない |
| gen. | n time spent not doing something | ブランク gai1 (e.g. working, practicing, buranku) |
| gen. | adj-f exp vt to be capable of doing | 成し得る |
| gen. | adj-f exp vt to be capable of doing | 成しうる |
| gen. | adj-f exp vt to be capable of doing | 成しえる |
| gen. | adj-f exp vt to be capable of doing | なし得る |
| gen. | suf with masu stem to be doing | つつある |
| gen. | exp v5r-i to be doing | しつつある |
| gen. | v1 vt to be in the habit of doing | 為付ける |
| gen. | v1 vt to be in the habit of doing | 仕付ける (しつける) |
| gen. | exp uk to be in the process of doing | 為れつつある |
| gen. | suf to be in the process of doing | つつある |
| gen. | exp v5r-i to be in the process of doing | しつつある |
| gen. | v5r vt to be negligent in doing something | 怠る ichi1 news2 nf29 (おこたる) |
| gen. | suf v1 to be partway doing ... | 懸ける |
| gen. | suf v1 to be partway doing ... | 掛ける ichi1 news1 nf20 (かみる) |
| gen. | exp v5r to be tied up doing something | 手が塞がる |
| gen. | v1 to be used to doing | 仕馴れる |
| gen. | v1 to be used to doing | し慣れる |
| gen. | to be worth doing | 足りる ichi1 news2 nf41 in the form verb に足りる |
| gen. | to fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end | 拘り抜く |
| gen. | to fastidious about doing things the right way through to the end | こだわり抜く |
| gen. | n one's turn for doing the sweeping | 掃除当番 (cleaning) |
| gen. | use as an excuse for doing something | 出しに使う |
| gen. | use as an excuse for doing something | 出しにする |
| gen. | n waiting to see one's opponent's move before doing anything | 後出し (e.g. as a disallowed act in rock-paper-scissors) |
| gen. | uk was in the process of doing | 處 oK also pronounced どころ when a suffix |
| gen. | uk was in the process of doing | 処 |
| gen. | uk was in the process of doing | 所 ichi1 |
| gen. | uk was just doing | 處 oK also pronounced どころ when a suffix |
| gen. | uk was just doing | 処 |
| gen. | uk was just doing | 所 ichi1 |
| gen. | waste time doing nothing in particular | 愚図付く |
| gen. | waste time doing nothing in particular | 愚図つく |
| gen. | n way of doing | 為様 |
| gen. | n way of doing | 所以 |
| gen. | n uk way of doing something | 遣り様 |
| gen. | wheedle a person into doing something | みこしを担ぐ |
| gen. | wheedle a person into doing something | 御輿を担ぐ |
| gen. | conj aux without doing | ずして attaches to the imperfective form |
| gen. | conj aux without doing | ずに attaches to the imperfective form |
| gen. | conj aux without doing ... | ないで |
| gen. | on-mim without knowing what one is doing | フラフラ |
| gen. | on-mim without knowing what one is doing | ふらふら ichi1 |
| inf. | exp uk worth doing | し甲斐 contraction of ...をする甲斐がある |
| gen. | adj-f worth doing | 価値有る |
| gen. | adj-f worth doing | 価値ある |
| gen. | exp you learn best by doing | 習うより慣れよ |
| gen. | exp you learn best by doing | 習うより慣れろ |