| English | Japanese |
| n absence from work school due to mourning | 忌引 |
| n absence from work school due to mourning | 忌引き |
| exp vk along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money | 鴨が葱を背負って来る |
| exp vk along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money | 鴨が葱をしょって来る |
| exp vk along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money | 鴨がねぎを背負ってくる |
| exp vk along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money | 鴨がねぎをしょってくる |
| exp vk along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money | 鴨がねぎをしょって来る |
| exp vk along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money | 鴨がねぎを背負って来る |
| appearance of strings from a Buddha's fingertips when being prayed to | 糸引き (folk belief) |
| n bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink | 五右衛門風呂 (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one) |
| n beam as measured from top to bottom | 梁成 (はりせい) |
| n yoji beauty of nature as it changes from season to season | 春花秋月 |
| bend forward from the waist to form a chevron shape | くの字に曲げる |
| exp n bending from the hips with the legs straight and head nearly to the ground | 立位体前屈 |
| n betrothal money given from man to woman | 御帯料 |
| n betrothal money given from woman to man | 御袴料 |
| n black from head to toe | 黒尽め |
| n black from head to toe | 黒ずくめ |
| n black from top to bottom | 黒尽め |
| n black from top to bottom | 黒ずくめ |
| board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around | 仕切り板 (しきり・いた) |
| n body set on fire from head to foot | 全身火だるま (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated) |
| adv after bouncing around from one place to the next | 巡り巡って |
| n breeze blowing from land to sea | 陸軟風 |
| n carnival-like religious celebrations e.g. dancing festivals that occurred across Japan from June 1867 to May 1868 | ええじゃないか |
| n carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim | 継続審査 |
| n cash gift from local government to the elderly | 敬老金 (often on 77th and 88th birthdays) |
| ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each | キャンドル・サービス |
| ceremony during a wedding reception where the bride and the groom go from table to table lighting a candle at each | キャンドルサービス |
| n chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan | 南西諸島 |
| n change from spring to summer | 春夏の交 |
| n chemical reaction used to detect residue from gunshots | 硝煙反応 |
| cherries imported to Japan from America | アメリカン・チェリー |
| cherries imported to Japan from America | アメリカンチェリー |
| n chopsticks used to move food from a serving dish to one's own dish | 取り箸 |
| n vs coming from behind to win | 逆転勝ち news1 nf10 |
| n vs coming from far away to participate in a game, war, etc. | 来征 |
| n construction of a new shrine and transfer of the enshrined object from the old to the new, occurring at a regular, preordained time | 式年遷宮 |
| n cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from one's everyday fire for performing Shinto rites | 別火 |
| n cooking over a second fire to prevent contamination from mourning people, menstruating women, etc. | 別火 |
| n country closed to information from the outside world | 情報鎖国 |
| n uk digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers esp. of the sweet potato to make for a bigger end product | 蔓返し |
| n uk digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers esp. of the sweet potato to make for a bigger end product | つる返し |
| n distance from the ground to the highest point of an object | 全高 (zenkō) |
| n distance from the seam in the back of a kimono to the end of the sleeve | 裄 |
| n yoji divorce case of a newlywed couple breaking up upon their return to Narita Airport from their honeymoon abroad | 成田離婚 |
| do something for someone in order to create an obligation of gratitude from that person | 恩を売る |
| n vs doing a thing from beginning to end | 終始 ichi1 news1 nf09 |
| n draining blood from a live fish from above the gills and at the base of the tail to keep it fresh | 活締 io |
| n draining blood from a live fish from above the gills and at the base of the tail to keep it fresh | 活〆 ik |
| n draining blood from a live fish from above the gills and at the base of the tail to keep it fresh | 活締め io |
| n draining blood from a live fish from above the gills and at the base of the tail to keep it fresh | 活き締め |
| n draining blood from a live fish from above the gills and at the base of the tail to keep it fresh | 活け〆 ik |
| n draining blood from a live fish from above the gills and at the base of the tail to keep it fresh | 活け締め |
| n Japanese electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district | 中選挙区制 |
| exp Even if thirsty not to drink from "Robber's Spring" | 渇しても盗泉の水を飲まず |
| adv everything from A to Z | 片端から |
| adv everything from A to Z | 片っ端から news2 nf34 |
| n adj-no feeling one gets from listening to something | 耳触り not to be confused with 耳障り |
| n fictional hovering skateboard from the Back to the Future series | ホバーボード |
| first steps of miso making, from simmering the beans to fermentation | 味噌炊き |
| first steps of miso making, from simmering the beans to fermentation | 味噌たき |
| n flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness | テンサラバサラ |
| n flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness | ケセランパサラン |
| n flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness | ケセランパセラン |
| n flock from a vine-seed weed, used for face powder, and believed to promote desire and happiness | ケサランパサラン |
| n vs forming a kong by adding a tile drawn from the wall to a declared pung | 加槓 |
| exp from A to Z | 何から何迄 |
| exp from A to Z | 何から何まで |
| exp from A to Z | 一から十迄 |
| exp from A to Z | 隅から隅まで |
| exp from A to Z | 端から |
| exp from A to Z | 一から十まで |
| adv from beginning to end | 一渡り |
| adv n from beginning to end | 始終 ichi1 news2 nf43 |
| n vs from beginning to end | 終始 ichi1 news1 nf09 |
| adv from beginning to end | 一わたり |
| n yoji from beginning to end | 一伍一什 |
| adv from beginning to end | 一渉り |
| adv from beginning to end | 一渡 |
| n yoji from beginning to end | 一部始終 news2 nf34 |
| exp from cover to cover | 隅から隅まで |
| exp from day to day | その日その日 |
| n-t from door to door | 戸毎 |
| adv n from first to last | 始終 ichi1 news2 nf43 |
| exp adj-no living from hand to mouth | 食うや食わず |
| n from head to foot | 身体中 |
| n from head to foot | 体じゅう |
| n from head to foot | 身体じゅう |
| n from head to foot | 体中 |
| exp from head to toe | 隅から隅まで |
| n from high to low | 高より低へ |
| adv yoji from hour to hour | 時時刻刻 |
| n adv yoji from hour to hour | 一刻一刻 |
| adv yoji from hour to hour | 時々刻々 news2 nf42 |
| n from island to island | 島伝い |
| n passing along from mountain to mountain | 山伝い |
| exp from one end to another | 端から端まで |
| adv yoji from one minute to the next | 時時刻刻 |
| n adv yoji from one minute to the next | 一刻一刻 |
| adv yoji from one minute to the next | 時々刻々 news2 nf42 |
| n yoji from one side of Edo to the other | 八百八町 |
| exp from right to left | 右から左へ |
| adv adj-no n yoji from season to season | 四季折折 |
| adv adj-no n yoji from season to season | 四季折々 |
| exp adv from start to end | 順を追って |
| from status to contract | 身分より契約へ |
| exp from the best to the worst | ピンからキリまで |
| exp from the cradle to the grave | 揺籃から墓場まで |
| exp from the cradle to the grave | 揺り籃から墓場まで |
| exp from the cradle to the grave | 揺り籠から墓場まで |
| on-mim hear, see from time to time | チラチラ |
| adv n from time to time | 折り節 |
| adv from time to time | 往々にして |
| adv n from time to time | 折節 |
| on-mim hear, see from time to time | チラッチラッ |
| on-mim hear, see from time to time | ちらちら ichi1 |
| conj from ... to | 乃至 ichi1 |
| exp from top to toe | 何から何迄 |
| exp from top to toe | 何から何まで |
| adv n yoji from year to year | 歳々年々 |
| adv n yoji from year to year | 歳歳年年 |
| adv n yoji from year to year | 年々歳々 |
| adv n yoji from year to year | 年年歳歳 |
| n vs yoji generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple | 師資相承 |
| go from bad to worse | 悪くなる |
| go to and from | 通う ichi1 news1 nf20 (a place) |
| n god of fortune in Onmyoudou who descends to the northeast on the 46th day of the sexagenary cycle and completes a clockwise circuit, spending five days on each cardinal point and six days on each ordinal point, returning to heaven from the north on the 30th day of the next sexagenary cycle | 中神 |
| n vs going from door to door greeting relatives and friends | 回礼 |
| n vs going to and from school | 登下校 |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | お坊ちゃん |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | 御坊っちゃん |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | 御坊ちゃん |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | 坊っちゃん ichi1 news2 nf33 |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | 坊ちゃん ichi1 |
| green young man from a well-to-do family | お坊っちゃん |
| n hairstyle for men and women from early Edo era to the Genroku era | 鬢きり |
| n hairstyle for men and women from early Edo era to the Genroku era | 鬢切り |
| n adj-no yoji handed down from generation to generation | 父祖伝来 |
| have from A to Z | 一通り揃う |
| n height from the ground to a building's eaves | 軒丈 |
| n hemp rope fastened from the bow of a Japanese ship to the tip of the mast | 筈緒 |
| n hiding one's intelligence to avoid being different from the common people | 玄同 |
| exp v5u I don't want to hear it from you | どの口がいう |
| exp v5u I don't want to hear it from you | どの口が言う |
| n imperial lineage from Emperor Gofukakusa to Emperor Gokomatsu | 持明院統 |
| n in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail | 左払い |
| n in calligraphy, a triangular stroke going from upper left to lower right | 右払い |
| indicates continuation from the past to the present | けり |
| n integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route | 一貫教育校 |
| jump from one thing to another | 飛び移る |
| n uk kanji radical that runs from the left to the bottom part of the kanji | 繞 e.g. 道, 起 |
| of a ship leaving from and returning to the same port | 出戻り |
| n letters from exiled Europeans in Jakarta to their Japanese wives and half-Japanese children | ジャガタラ文 (during the Edo period) |
| n living from hand to mouth | 口凌ぎ |
| n local governmental body that requires federal oversight to recover from its debts | 財政再建団体 |
| n yoji looking up and down, from heaven to earth | 俯仰天地 (having nothing to be ashamed of) |
| n low door used in bathouses to prevent the hot water from cooling | 石榴口 (Edo period) |
| n maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately | 抜き付け |
| n meat of a fish e.g. tuna that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine | 血合 |
| n meat of a fish e.g. tuna that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine | 黒身 |
| n meat of a fish e.g. tuna that is dark red with blood, usu. coming from the parts close to the spine | 血合い (ちあい) |
| n method of dying in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods | 暈繝 |
| n method of dying in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods | 繧繝 |
| n miniature buttonlike carving used to hang personal items from a man's kimono sash | 根付け |
| n miniature buttonlike carving used to hang personal items from a man's kimono sash | 根付 |
| miscellaneous songs popular from the end of the Heian period to the Kamakura period | 雑芸 |
| adv adv-to n vs moving from place to place | 転転 |
| adv adv-to n vs moving from place to place | 転々 news1 nf15 |
| national anthem of the Russian SFSR and of the Russian Federation from 1990 to 2000 | 愛国歌 |
| n adj-na yoji not knowing from A to B | 無知愚昧 |
| n oil-absorbent paper used cosmetically to absorb oil from facial skin | 脂取り紙 |
| n oil-absorbent paper used cosmetically to absorb oil from facial skin | 油取り紙 |
| n oil-absorbent paper used cosmetically to absorb oil from facial skin | あぶらとり紙 |
| one-tenth of the way from the base to the summit of a mountain | 合 news1 nf05 (あわせ) |
| n ornamental weights used to keep curtains and the like from blowing around in the wind | 鎮子 (しず) |
| n outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period | 宿 |
| n outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period | 守公 |
| n outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period | 守宮 |
| n outcasts common around the Kyoto region from the Kamakura period to the Edo period | 夙 |
| n paper put between newly completed prints to prevent the ink from smudging | 間紙 (aigami) |
| n part of the feet from the ankles to the tips of the toes | 足先 |
| n adj-no yoji passing from father to son | 先祖代々 |
| n adj-no yoji passing from father to son | 先祖代代 |
| passing something from chopstick to chopstick | 相挟み |
| n paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water | 醤 |
| n vs path to and from school | 登下校 |
| n people from overseas, especially from China and Korea, who settled in early Japan and introduced Continental culture to the Japanese | 渡来人 |
| n adj-no period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born | 周産期 |
| n period of Japanese economic expansion from February 2002 to October 2007 | だらだら陽炎景気 |
| n period of Japanese economic expansion from February 2002 to October 2007 | 伊弉冉景気 |
| n period of Japanese economic expansion from February 2002 to October 2007 | いざなみ景気 |
| n period of Japanese economic expansion from February 2002 to October 2007 | だらだらかげろう景気 |
| n person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans | 木積り |
| n person who estimates the variety and quantity of wood necessary to build a house from looking at the plans | 木積もり |
| n person who goes from place to place, gambling, etc. | 旅人 |
| pick out item from a group to keep | 選びとる |
| pick out item from a group to keep | 選び取る |
| n place exposed to winds which blow up from below | 噴上げ (usu. a beach) |
| n place exposed to winds which blow up from below | 吹上げ (usu. a beach, ふきあげ) |
| n place exposed to winds which blow up from below | 噴き上げ (usu. a beach) |
| n place exposed to winds which blow up from below | 吹き上げ (usu. a beach, fukiage) |
| place or organization, etc. from which numerous people hope to benefit | 草刈場 |
| n placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow | 雪釣 ik (ゆきつり) |
| n placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow | 雪釣り ik |
| n placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow | 雪吊 |
| n placing ropes or wires around trees to protect them from the snow | 雪吊り |
| in Okinawa portable shrine used to move a deceased from their house to the graveyard | 龕 |
| n vs pretending to respect someone while in fact staying distant from him | 敬遠 ichi1 news1 nf19 |
| proceed from the easy to the difficult | 易より難へ進む |
| n vs proceeding from Tokyo to Osaka | 下阪 |
| procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house | 鳥追 |
| procession held at the New Year to chase away the birds for the year, with children singing songs as the villagers walked from house to house | 鳥追い |
| exp rain that starts to fall as though trying to prevent a guest from leaving | 遣らずの雨 |
| n reading a text from start to finish | 読み下し |
| n reading a text from start to finish | 訓み下し |
| n yoji "rich country, strong army": a slogan from the Meiji era referring to the government's goals for the country | 富国強兵 news2 nf36 |
| adv n vs uk rolling from side to side | 揺ら揺ら |
| n ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow | 雪吊 |
| n ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow | 雪釣 ik (ゆきつり) |
| n ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow | 雪釣り ik |
| n ropes stretched from the top of a tree to the lower branches to prevent their breaking under heavy snow | 雪吊り |
| run from place to place | 逃げ回る news2 nf36 |
| exp said to justify picking flowers from others' gardens, parks, etc. | 花泥棒は罪にならない |
| short, hummable, popular tune from Muromachi era to early Edo era | 小歌 |
| n yoji smiling from ear to ear | 満面笑顔 |
| n someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world | 代表取締役 (だいひょうとりしまりやく) |
| Taiwan someone who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII | 外省人 |
| n obsc something worn over tabi to keep them from getting dirty | 世知弁足袋 |
| n soup made from fish, seaweed, etc. according to local availability | 磯汁 |
| n standing panel used in Kansai-area rakugo to hide the performer's legs from view | 膝隠し |
| n vs stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution | マッチ・ポンプ |
| n vs stirring up trouble to get credit from the solution | マッチポンプ |
| n street for students going to and from school | 通学路 (esp. on foot, つうがく・ろ) |
| n strong winds during the change from winter to spring | 春一番 news2 nf35 |
| n swinging from branch to branch | 腕渡り |
| exp yoji swinging from joy to sorrow | 一喜一憂 news2 nf28 spec2 |
| n tendency of Japanese products e.g. cell phones to be designed specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports | ガラパゴス現象 because the Galapagos contains many endemic species |
| n vs yoji the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor | 版籍奉還 |
| n thrice moving from house to house | 三遷 |
| to be away from | 空ける ichi1 (e.g. one's house) |
| to be away from | 明ける ichi1 (e.g. one's house) |
| to be away from | 開ける ichi1 (e.g. one's house) |
| exp v1 to be away from home | 家をあける |
| exp v1 to be away from home | 家を空ける |
| to be battered from long use | 草臥れる ichi1 |
| to be confused from not knowing what to do | 彷徨く ichi1 |
| v5m to be derived from | 流れを汲む |
| to be derived from | 出る ichi1 news1 nf12 |
| to be descended from | 享ける |
| v5m to be descended from | 流れを汲む |
| to be descended from | 承ける |
| to be descended from | 受ける ichi1 news1 nf16 |
| to be descended from | 請ける news1 nf24 |
| exp v5k to be descended from | 血を引く |
| to be different from promised | 違う ichi1 news2 nf27 |
| exp v1 to be diverted distracted from | 気が紛れる |
| to be diverted from | 紛れる ichi1 news2 nf38 (negative emotions, etc.) |
| v5m to be drawn from | 流れを汲む (the tradition of) |
| exp v1 to be exorcised from the fox spirit | 狐が落ちる |
| to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position | 詰腹 |
| to be forced to bear responsibility and resign from one's position | 詰め腹 |
| exp v5r to be from the heart | 心が籠もる |
| exp v5r to be from the heart | 心がこもる |
| v1 vi to be quite different from | 懸け離れる news2 nf29 |
| v1 vi to be quite different from | かけ離れる |
| v1 vi to be quite different from | 掛離れる |
| v1 vi to be quite different from | 懸離れる |
| v1 vi to be quite different from | 掛け離れる |
| exp v1 to be released from the grasp of the fox spirit | 狐が落ちる |
| exp v1 to be relieved from a duty | 荷が下りる |
| exp v5k to be relieved from captivity | 囚を解く |
| v1 vt to be relieved from pain | 免れる news2 nf28 spec2 (まぬかれる) |
| v1 vt to be rescued from | 免れる news2 nf28 spec2 (まぬかれる) |
| exp v1 to be saved from the fire | 焼失を免れる |
| exp v5m to be suffering from hunger | 餓えに苦しむ |
| v1 to be tired from walking | 歩き疲れる |
| v5r to be transmitted handed down from generation to generation | 代代伝わる |
| v5k uk arch to be underwater from the neck down | 潜く |
| v1 vi to be very far apart from | 掛離れる |
| v1 vi to be very far apart from | 懸離れる |
| v1 vi to be very far apart from | 懸け離れる news2 nf29 |
| v1 vi to be very far apart from | かけ離れる |
| v1 vi to be very far apart from | 掛け離れる |
| n tool used to extract combusted tobacco from a kiseru pipe | 火叩き |
| n top-quality sake brewed from rice grains milled to 50% of weight or less | 大吟醸 |
| n topsoil brought from another place to mix with the soil | 客土 |
| n vs transferring from one college or one department to another | 転学 |
| n transition from military rule to democratic government | 民政移管 |
| exp n transition from one season to the next | 季節の移り変わり |
| n vs transmission from generation to generation | 伝世 |
| n yoji transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child | 一子相伝 |
| n adj-no yoji transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son | 父子相伝 |
| transport by passing from hand-to-hand | 手繰り |
| n yoji trend to move away from rural areas | 離村傾向 |
| turning from side to side | 反転 news1 nf20 (hanten) |
| n type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap | お目覚 |
| n type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap | お目覚まし |
| n type of sake brewed by low temperature fermentation from white rice milled to 60% | 吟醸酒 news2 nf28 |
| n type of song which spread from mountain hermits to the laity during the Kamakura era | 祭文 |
| n typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year | 野分 |
| n typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year | 野分き |
| n vs yoji unchanging from beginning to end | 首尾貫徹 |
| n vs yoji unchanging from beginning to end | 首尾一貫 |
| n using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between | 渡り箸 (a breach of etiquette) |
| n using one's chopsticks to jump from side dish to side dish without pausing to eat rice in between | 移り箸 (a breach of etiquette) |
| wander from place to place | 渡り歩く |
| n adj-no yoji what has been orally handed down from generation to generation | 先祖伝承 |
| n vs widespread design of Japanese products e.g. cell phones specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports | ガラパゴス化 because the Galapagos contains many endemic species |
| n uk wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan | 東風 |
| n wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan | あゆの風 |
| n wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan | あえの風 |
| n wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the sea of Japan | あい |
| n wind that blows from north to north-east during spring and summer along the coast of the Sea of Japan | あいの風 |
| winning off a discarded tile from the player to one's right or across the table on the turn after letting one's winning tile go by from the player to one's left | 山越し |
| n writing from right to left | 右書き |