談合

だんごう

consultation, discussion, conference

膝詰め談判

ひざづめだんぱん

direct negotiations, pressing a demand with a face-to-face talk

談合入札

だんごうにゅうさつ

prearranged bidding, collusive bidding

官製談合

かんせいだんごう

collusive bidding at the initiative of government agencies

入札談合

にゅうさつだんごう

collusion before a bid or tender, bid-rigging

怪談もの

かいだんもの

ghost story; horror story

膝

ひざ

knee

膝を落とす

ひざをおとす

to drop to one's knees; to sink to one's knees

ものは相談

ものはそうだん

a wise man is he who listens to counsel; a worry shared is a worry halved

談

だん

talk, story, conversation

紹介と相談

しょーかいとそーだん

referral and consultation

膝下

ひざした ひざもと

below the knee

膝窩

しっか

popliteal fossa, popliteal space, area behind the knee

牛膝

いのこずち

Japanese chaff flower (Achyranthes japonica)

諸膝

もろひざ

both knees

膝行

しっこう い ざり

moving forward by sliding on one's knees (in the presence of high-ranking individuals)

片膝

かたひざ

one knee

膝元

ひざもと しっか

near one's knee

膝枕

ひざまくら

sleeping with one's head in another's lap