馬

Idiomatic expression

childhood friend; old playmate

merry-go-round; carousel

Idiomatic expression

preaching to the deaf; chanting the nembutsu into a horse's ear

racing form; racing (news)paper

Colloquial

musclehead; person obsessed with building muscle

white knight; knight in shining armor

stop talking nonsense; don't be ridiculous; give me a break

horse-drawn streetcar

Derogatory

blithering idiot; bloody fool; total moron; dimwit

Proverb

the future is unpredictable; inscrutable are the ways of heaven; the irony of fate

Event

Arima Kinen (Arima Commemorative; major 2500m race for 3yo thoroughbred horses)

Proverb

inscrutable are the ways of heaven; fortune is unpredictable and changeable

rendering what little service one can

coach and four; four horse coach

jousting match; joust; tournament (medieval)

(having experienced) many battles

to get along well with

Buddhism

Hayagriva (manifestation of Avalokitesvara with an ornament in the shape of a horse's head)

carriage for hire

to walk on stilts

Kurama tengu; tengu of Kyoto's Mount Kurama, said to have taught the art of war to Minamoto no Yoshitsune

Buddhism

horse-headed and ox-headed demons in the Buddhist hell

riding breeches; jodhpurs

orchestra present at Japanese festival; festival music (may be sung from a festival float)