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Variations:
足を引っ張る
足をひっぱる(sK)
足を引っぱる(sK)
脚を引っ張る(sK)
足を引張る(sK)

 ashiohipparu
    あしをひっぱる
(exp,v5r) (idiom) to hold back (someone) from achieving success; to stand in the way of; to sabotage

Variations:
飲み込む
呑み込む
飲みこむ(sK)
呑みこむ(sK)
のみ込む(sK)
飲込む(sK)
呑込む(sK)

 nomikomu
    のみこむ
(transitive verb) (1) to swallow; to gulp down; (transitive verb) (2) to understand; to grasp; to take in; to catch on; to learn; (transitive verb) (3) to engulf; to swallow up; (transitive verb) (4) to be filled with (people); to contain; (transitive verb) (5) to swallow (one's words); to suppress (a yawn, tears, etc.); to stifle; to hold back

Variations:
食い止める
くい止める
食いとめる(sK)
喰い止める(sK)
食止める(sK)
喰いとめる(sK)
喰止める(sK)

 kuitomeru
    くいとめる
(transitive verb) to check; to hold back; to keep at bay; to stop; to prevent; to stem; to curb; to halt

Variations:
行きはよいよい帰りは怖い
行きは良い良い帰りは怖い(sK)
行きはよいよい帰りはこわい(sK)
いきはよいよい帰りは怖い(sK)

 ikihayoiyoikaerihakowai; yukihayoiyoikaerihakowai
    いきはよいよいかえりはこわい; ゆきはよいよいかえりはこわい
(exp,adj-i) (proverb) (from the Edo-period children's song "Tōryanse") going there is easy but coming back is scary

Variations:
食い下がる
喰い下がる(sK)
食いさがる(sK)
喰いさがる(sK)
食い下る(sK)
食下がる(sK)
くい下がる(sK)

 kuisagaru
    くいさがる
(v5r,vi) (1) to hang on to; to hang from; to cling to; (v5r,vi) (2) to hound; to keep after (someone); to refuse to back down; to persist; to tenaciously face (someone); to doggedly oppose; (v5r,vi) (3) {sumo} to grab the front of the opponent's mawashi, place one's head against their chest, and lower one's hips

Variations:
ゴーイングマイウェイ
ゴーイングマイウエイ
ゴーイングマイウエー
ゴーイング・マイ・ウェイ
ゴーイング・マイ・ウエイ
ゴーイング・マイ・ウエー

 gooingumaiwei; gooingumaiuei; gooingumaiuee; gooingu mai wei; gooingu mai uei; gooingu mai uee / gooingumaiwe; gooingumaiue; gooingumaiuee; gooingu mai we; gooingu mai ue; gooingu mai uee
    ゴーイングマイウェイ; ゴーイングマイウエイ; ゴーイングマイウエー; ゴーイング・マイ・ウェイ; ゴーイング・マイ・ウエイ; ゴーイング・マイ・ウエー
(expression) (from the 1944 American musical comedy-drama) going one's own way (without caring about what others think) (eng: going my way); laid-back lifestyle

Variations:
どうしようも無い(sK)
どう仕様もない(sK)
如何しようもない(sK)
如何しようも無い(sK)
どう仕様も無い(sK)
如何仕様も無い(sK)

 doushiyoumonai(p); doushoumonai(sk) / doshiyomonai(p); doshomonai(sk)
    どうしようもない(P); どうしょうもない(sk)
(exp,adj-i) it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

Variations:
カモがネギを背負ってくる
カモがネギを背負って来る
鴨がねぎを背負ってくる
鴨がねぎを背負って来る
鴨が葱を背負ってくる
鴨が葱を背負って来る
鴨が葱をしょって来る
鴨が葱をしょってくる

 kamoganegioshottekuru(kamoganegio背負ttekuru, kamoganegio背負tte来ru); kamoganegioshottekuru(鴨ganegio背負ttekuru, 鴨ganegio背負tte来ru, 鴨ga葱o背負ttekuru, 鴨ga葱o背負tte来ru, 鴨ga葱oshotte来ru, 鴨ga葱oshottekuru)
    カモがねぎをしょってくる(カモがネギを背負ってくる, カモがネギを背負って来る); かもがねぎをしょってくる(鴨がねぎを背負ってくる, 鴨がねぎを背負って来る, 鴨が葱を背負ってくる, 鴨が葱を背負って来る, 鴨が葱をしょって来る, 鴨が葱をしょってくる)
(exp,vk) (See 鴨鍋) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back

Variations:
鴨が葱を背負って来る
カモがネギを背負ってくる(sK)
カモがネギを背負って来る(sK)
鴨がねぎを背負ってくる(sK)
鴨がねぎを背負って来る(sK)
鴨が葱を背負ってくる(sK)
鴨が葱をしょって来る(sK)
鴨が葱をしょってくる(sK)

 kamoganegioshottekuru
    かもがねぎをしょってくる
(exp,vk) (idiom) (See 鴨鍋) along comes a sucker just begging to be parted from his money; a duck comes carrying a Welsh onion on its back

Variations:
子供は3歳までに一生分の親孝行をする
子どもは3歳までに一生分の親孝行をする(sK)
こどもは3歳までに一生分の親孝行をする(sK)
子供は三歳までに一生分の親孝行をする(sK)
子どもは三歳までに一生分の親孝行をする(sK)
こどもは三歳までに一生分の親孝行をする(sK)

 kodomohasansaimadeniisshoubunnooyakoukouosuru / kodomohasansaimadenisshobunnooyakokoosuru
    こどもはさんさいまでにいっしょうぶんのおやこうこうをする
(expression) (proverb) children pay back their debt to their parents in full by age 3 (through their cuteness)

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Apparently, we were the first ones who were crazy enough to think that western people might want a combined Chinese, Japanese, and Buddhist dictionary.

A lot of westerners can't tell the difference between Chinese and Japanese - and there is a reason for that. Chinese characters and even whole words were borrowed by Japan from the Chinese language in the 5th century. Much of the time, if a word or character is used in both languages, it will have the same or a similar meaning. However, this is not always true. Language evolves, and meanings independently change in each language.

Example: The Chinese character 湯 for soup (hot water) has come to mean bath (hot water) in Japanese. They have the same root meaning of "hot water", but a 湯屋 sign on a bathhouse in Japan would lead a Chinese person to think it was a "soup house" or a place to get a bowl of soup. See this: Japanese Bath House

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