| ひたひた | [hitahita] (adv-to, adv) (1) (on-mim) lapping (e.g. of waves against the shore); (2) (on-mim) steadily (advancing); gradually (approaching); (adj-no, adj-na) (3) (on-mim) (often used adverbially as ひたひたに) sufficient (of the amount of liquid needed to cover a submerged object); just enough; (adv-to, adv) (4) (on-mim) (arch) speedily; promptly; quickly; smoothly; (5) (on-mim) (arch) closely; exactly [Add to Longdo] |
| 一進一退 | [いっしんいったい, isshin'ittai] (n, vs, adj-no) now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns [Add to Longdo] |
| 寄る年波には勝てない | [よるとしなみにはかてない, yorutoshinaminihakatenai] (exp) (id) Nobody can struggle against advancing age [Add to Longdo] |
| 出処進退;出所進退 | [しゅっしょしんたい, shusshoshintai] (n) advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude [Add to Longdo] |
| 内貸し | [うちがし, uchigashi] (n, vs) advancing part of a salary [Add to Longdo] |
| 入幕 | [にゅうまく, nyuumaku] (n, vs) advancing to the first grade; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 分進 | [ぶんしん, bunshin] (n, vs) dividing and advancing [Add to Longdo] |
| 併進 | [へいしん, heishin] (n, vs) advancing together [Add to Longdo] |
| 万死一生 | [ばんしいっしょう, banshiisshou] (n) advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaw of death [Add to Longdo] |
| 湧き;涌き | [わき, waki] (n) (1) welling (up); gushing forth (of water); springing out; surging; (2) appearing (esp. suddenly); (3) frothing of water (due to an advancing school of fish) [Add to Longdo] |