Four-Character Idiomatic Compounds

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Codes    記号一覧

adj        adjective (keiyoushi) 形容詞
adv        adverb (fukushi) 副詞
adj-na   "na" adjective, or adjectival noun (keiyoudoushi)  [〜な」形容動詞
                   Uses "-na" to form an adjective.
adj-no   "no" adjective, or nouns which may take "-no" to form an adjective.
                   「〜の」形容動詞
adj-t     "taru" adjective. 「ト/タル」形容動詞   「−たる」の形で連体詞    Uses "-taru" to form an adjective.
adv-to   adverb taking the "to" particle. 「ト/タル」形容動詞    「−と」の形で副詞    Uses "-to" to form an adverb.　
exp        expressions  (clauses, sayings, exclamations, etc.)
                  副詞節、言い回し、感嘆文、など。
int        interjection   間投詞　
n           common noun (futsuumeishi) 普通名詞
n-adv    adverbial noun (fukushiteki meishi)  副詞的名詞
n-t        temporal noun (jisoumeishi)  時相名詞
vs          noun which takes the auxiliary verb "suru"　さ変形動名詞

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「あ」

合縁奇縁・相縁機縁　（あいえん　きえん）　
(n) uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate; a couple strangely but happily united

相碁井目　（あいご　せいもく）　
(exp,n) In every game or play, differences in skill between individuals can be substantial.

哀訴嘆願・哀訴歎願　（あいそ　たんがん）　
(n,vs) plea; entreaty; supplication

相手次第　（あいて　しだい）　
(n) being up to the other party; one's attitude or response being dependent on the character, attitude, or move(s) of the other party

哀悼痛惜　（あいとう　つうせき）　
(n) condolence; mourning; sorrow; lamentation

愛別離苦　（あいべつ　りく）　
(n) the agony of separation from loved ones

合間合間　（あいま　あいま）
(n) (in) one's spare time; (at) intervals; (in) pauses (of conversation, etc.); (in between) periods of doing something

曖昧模糊 （あいまい　もこ）　
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to) obscure; vague; ambiguous; hazy

青息吐息 （あおいき　といき）　##
(n) deep distress; sigh uttered when one is in great distress

青空市場　（あおぞら　いちば）
(n) open-air market; outdoor market; outdoor bazaar

青空駐車　（あおぞら　ちゅうしゃ）
(n,vs) parking one's car on the street [out in the open] at night; illegal parking outdoors

商人気質　（あきんど　かたぎ　・　しょうにん　かたぎ）　
(n) mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit

悪因悪果　（あくいん　あっか）　
(exp,n) sowing and reaping evil; An evil cause produces an evil effect.

青田売買　（あおた　ばいばい）
(n) dealing in unharvested rice crop

悪逆非道　（あくぎゃく　ひどう）　
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman

悪行三昧　（あくぎょう　ざんまい）　
(n) committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil

悪逆無道　（あくぎゃく　むどう　・　あくぎゃく　ぶどう）　
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman

悪事千里 （あくじ　せんり）　
(exp,n) Bad news travel fast.; Ill news spread like wildfire.

悪徳商法　（あくとく　しょうほう）
(n) unscrupulous [crooked, fraudulent] business practices; pernicious sales methods

悪戦苦闘 （あくせん　くとう）　##
(n,vs) hard [desperate] struggle; fighting against heavy odds

悪人正機　（あくにん　しょうき） 　　
(exp,n) The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation.; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven.

握髪吐哺　（あくはつ　とほ）　
(n) (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons [persons of great wisdom]

悪木盗泉　（あくぼく　とうせん）　
(exp,n) A virtuous person does [should] not commit an act that offends his moral principles no matter how hard pressed he may be.

悪魔調伏　（あくま　ちょうぶく　・　あくま　ぢょうぶく）
(n) exorcism; praying down evil spirits

足軽大将　（あしがる　たいしょう）
(n) samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers

可惜身命　（あたら 　しんみょう） 　
(n) valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear

彼方此方　（あち　こち　・　あちら　こちら　・　あっち　こっち　・　かなた　こなた）
(adv,n) here and there; everywhere; all over (the place); throughout; sporadically

悪鬼羅刹　（あっき　らせつ） 　
(n) man-eating fiend

悪口雑言 （あっこう　ぞうごん）　##
(n) stream of verbal abuse; cursing and swearing (words)

跡目相続　（あとめ　そうぞく）
(n) taking over as (the) head of a family; succession to the position of family head; successorship

阿鼻叫喚 （あび　きょうかん）　
(n) agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of the eight burning hells in Buddhism

阿鼻地獄　（あび　じごく）　
(n) the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism

阿付迎合・阿附迎合　（あふ　げいごう）　　
(n,vs) ingratiation; sycophancy

雨傘番組　（あまがさ　ばんぐみ）
(n) substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out

甘辛両党　（あまから　りょうとう）
(n) person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well

甘辛両刀　（あまから　りょうとう）
(adj-no,n) taste for both wines and sweets; having a liking for both alcoholic beverages and sweet things

蛙鳴蝉噪　（あめい　せんそう）　
(n) annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy

阿諛迎合　（あゆ　げいごう）　
(n,vs) ingratiation; sycophancy　　

阿諛追従 （あゆ　ついしょう）　
(n,vs) excessive flattery; adulation

阿諛便佞・阿諛弁佞　（あゆ　べんねい） 　
(adj-no,n) flattery; adulation; sycophancy

有難迷惑　（ありがた　めいわく）
(adj-na,n) misplaced kindness; mixed blessing; an unwelcome favor

暗雲低迷　（あんうん　ていめい）　
(n) dark clouds hanging low; dark clouds gathering ominously (over)

安心立命　（あんしん　りつめい　・　あんじん　りつめい　・　あんじん　りゅうみょう　・　あんじん　りゅうめい）
(n,vs) spiritual peace and enlightenment; keeping an unperturbed mind through faith

暗送秋波　（あんそう　しゅうは）　
(n) giving an amorous sidelong look; casting an amorous glance (at); playing up to someone behind the scenes

暗中飛躍　（あんちゅう　ひやく）　
(n,vs) behind-the-scenes maneuvering; secret maneuvers

暗中模索　（あんちゅう　もさく） ##
(n,vs) groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues

安寧秩序 (あんねい　ちつじょ)　
(n) peace and order; law and order

安穏無事　（あんのん　ぶじ）　
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

安否不明　（あんぴ　ふめい）
(n) fate [safety] of a person [persons] being unknown

安眠妨害　（あんみん　ぼうがい）
(n) disturbance of sleep; a nuisance in the middle of the night

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「い」

唯々諾々・唯唯諾諾　（いい　だくだく）
(adj-t,adv-to) (obeying/following) tamely; readily; submissively; with acquiescence

以下同文　（いか　どうぶん）
(exp,n) The remainder of the text is the same as in the previous document[original version].

以下余白　（いか　よはく）
(exp,n) From here down blank; The remaining space is (intentionally) left blank.

遺憾千万 （いかん　せんばん） 　
(adj-na) highly regrettable; utterly deplorable; deeply chagrined

衣冠束帯　（いかん　そくたい）
(n) full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion

意気軒昂・意気軒高 （いき　けんこう） 　
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to) in high spirits; in an ebullient mood; elated

意気消沈 （いき　しょうちん） ##
(n,vs) in low spirits; despondent; disheartened; down in the dumps

意気衝天　（いき　しょうてん）　
(n) in high spirits; in top form

意気阻喪　（いき　そそう）　
(n,vs) in low spirits; despondent; disheartened; down in the dumps

意気投合　（いき　とうごう） ##
(n,vs) hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person)

意気揚々・意気揚揚　（いき　ようよう）
(adj-t,adv-to) triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits

異曲同工　（いきょく　どうこう）
(n) different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes

異口同音　（いく　どうおん) ##
(n) in concert; with one voice; unanimously

意見具申　（いけん　ぐしん）
(n,vs) offering one's opinion (to someone on something)

意向尊重　（いこう　そんちょう）
(n) respecting the intention/wishes of someone

意向打診　（いこう　だしん）
(n) sounding out the intension/wishes of someone

意向無視　（いこう　むし）
(n) ignoring/overriding the intention/wishes of someone

異国趣味　（いこく　しゅみ）　
(n) taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism

異国情緒　（いこく　じょうちょ）　
(n) exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

異国情調　（いこく　じょうちょう）　
(n) exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

遺恨試合　（いこん　しあい）
(n) grudge match

遺恨十年　（いこん　じゅうねん）
(adv,n) grudge of ten years' standing; harboring a grudge for many years

委細承知　（いさい　しょうち）　
(exp,n,vs) details [particulars, the total situation] being fully understood; Understood.; Agreed.

委細面談　（いさい　めんだん）　
(exp) Details when I see you.; Details [particulars] to be discussed [arranged] personally [by interview].

意識過剰　（いしき　かじょう）
(adj-na,n) hyperconsciousness; too great a sense (of); something being only one's imagination; letting imagination run away with one

意識転換　（いしき　てんかん）
(n,vs) change in mentality; changing one's way of thinking; adjusting psychologically to shifting circumstances

意識不明　（いしき　ふめい）
(n) unconscious; senseless; in a coma

意識変革 　（いしき　へんかく）
(n,vs) radical change in mentality; radically changing one's way of thinking; radical change in consciousness

意識朦朧　（いしき　もうろう）　
(adj-t,adv-to) being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey

意志堅固　（いし　けんご）　
(adj-na,n) strong determination; strong-willed; having strong will power; firmness of purpose

意志疎通　（いし　そつう）　
(n) mutual understanding; reciprocal communication

異字同訓　（いじ　どうくん）
(n) a (Chinese) character with the same reading [pronunciation] as another but a different written form; characters read the same but written differently

意志薄弱　（いし　はくじゃく） 　
(adj-na,n) weak-willed; lacking will power to be patient, purposeful, or resolute; infirmness of purpose

意思表示　（いし　ひょうじ）　
(n,vs) declaration of intention; manifestation of intent; expressing one's will

石部金吉　（いしべ　きんきち）　
(n) man of incorruptible probity; strait-laced and inflexible man

意趣遺恨　（いしゅ　いこん）　
(n) grudge; spite; malice; rancor

意匠惨憺　（いしょう　さんたん）　
(n) taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something

衣装道楽　（いしょう　どうらく）　
(n) love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing

医食同源　（いしょく　どうげん） 　
(exp,n) Medicine and one's daily diet are equally important for a healthy body.; The same principles underlie a normal diet and medical treatment.

以心伝心 （いしん　でんしん） ##
(n-adv,n) without any need for words; tacit understanding; communion of mind with mind; through sympathy; telepathy

居候生活　（いそうろう　せいかつ）
(n) living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation

異体同心　（いたい　どうしん）　
(n) being two in body, but one in mind; harmony of mind between two persons; two persons acting in one accord

悪戯小僧　（いたずら　こぞう）　
(n) mischievous boy

悪戯坊主　（いたずら　ぼうず）　
(n) mischievous boy　　

異端邪説　（いたん　じゃせつ）　
(n) heretical doctrine [thought, faith]

一意専心 （いちい　せんしん） ##
(n-adv) single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul

一衣帯水 （いち　いたいすい） ##
(n) (being separated by) a narrow strip of water; a narrow strait [channel, river]

一行知識　（いちぎょう　ちしき）　
(n) one-line fact; one-line information; information [explanation] provided in a few scanty words

一芸一能　（いちげい　いちのう）　
(n) (excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area

一芸入試　（いちげい　にゅうし）
(n) entrance exam for a university giving preference to persons who excel in one special field [skill]; one-talent oriented entrance examination

一言一行　（いちげん　いっこう）　
(n) just a word or an act; every word and act; a casual [inadvertent] word or act

一言居士　（いちげん　こじ　・　いちごん　こじ） ##
(n) person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic; person who always has to put in his two cents (worth)

一期一会 （いちご　いちえ）##
(n) once-in-a-lifetime experience [opportunity, encounter]; experience that will never come again

一語一語　（いちご　いちご）
(n-adv) word for word; verbatim

一伍一什　（いちご　いちじゅう）　
(n) full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

一語一句　（いちご　いっく）　
(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word

一期末代　（いちご　まつだい）
(n) this world [life] and the next; eternity

一言一句　（いちごん　いっく）　
(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word

一言隻句　（いちごん　せっく　・　いちごん　せきく）　
(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word

一言半句 （いちごん　はんく）　##
(n) a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable

一字一字　（いちじ　いちじ）
(n) letter by letter; character by character

一字一句 (いちじ　いっく)　
(n) word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase

一字千金　（いちじ　せんきん）　
(n) precious [greatly prized] (word/writing)

一日三秋　（いちじつ　さんしゅう　・　いちにち　さんしゅう）　
(n) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity

一日千秋　（いちじつ　せんしゅう　・　いちにち　せんしゅう)　##
(n) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an eternity

一字半句　（いちじ　はんく）　
(n) a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable

一汁一菜 　（いちじゅう　いっさい）
(n) meal consisting of rice, one soup and one other dish; a simple meal

一上一下　（いちじょう　いちげ）　
(n,vs) up and down

一新紀元　（いち 　しんきげん）　
(n) marking (the beginning of) a new era [epoch]

一族郎党　(いちぞく　ろうとう)
(n) one's family and followers; one's whole clan

一代一度　（いちだい　いちど）
(adj-no,n) once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's reign

一大決心　（いちだい　けっしん）
(n,vs) momentous [crucial] decision

一大旋風　（いちだい　せんぷう）
(n) great sensation; taking something by storm; making a splash

一大鉄槌　（いちだい　てっつい）
(n) dealing a hard [heavy, crushing] blow (to)

一大転機　（いちだい　てんき）
(n) significant turning point

一代分限　（いちだい　ぶんげん　・　いちだい　ぶげん）
(n) new money; nouveau riche; person who has amassed substantial wealth in his lifetime

一諾千金　（いちだく　せんきん）
(n) one's word is worth a thousand pieces of gold; a promise that is worth its weight in gold

一読三嘆・一読三歎　　（いちどく　さんたん）　
(n,vs) a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration

一読呆然　（いちどく　ぼうぜん）
(n,vs) a (single) reading [a perusal] leaves one dumbfounded

一日一善　（いちにち　いちぜん）
(n) doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day

一日二日　（いちにち　ふつか）
(adv,n) a day or two

一人当千　（いちにん　とうせん　・　いちにん　とうぜん）
(n) being a match for a thousand

一念発起 （いちねん　ほっき） ##
(n,vs) (firmly) resolved to (do something)

一年有半　（いちねん　ゆうはん）
(n) one year and a half

一暴十寒 (いちばく じっかん)
(exp) Bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness; Strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail. [Mencius]

一罰百戒　（いちばつ　ひゃっかい）
(n) punishing a crime to make an example for others; punishing one while giving a warning to hundreds

一番勝負　（いちばん　しょうぶ）　
(n) contest decided by a single round [bout]; contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game [contest]; make-or-break game

一番風呂　（いちばん　ぶろ）
(n) freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else　　　

一病息災　（いちびょう　そくさい）
(exp,n) One who nurses a (small) chronic ailment lives longer than someone who takes his good health for granted.

一分一厘　（いちぶ　いちりん）
(n) (not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of; (not) the slightest

一部始終 （いちぶ　しじゅう） ##
(n) full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end

一別以来　（いちべつ　いらい）
(n-adv, n-t) since our last meeting; since we parted　　

一望千里　（いちぼう　せんり） ##
(n) sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse

一木一草　（いちぼく　いっそう）　
(n) a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)

一枚上手　（いちまい　うわて）
(adj-na,n) being a cut above somebody

一枚看板 （いちまい　かんばん）
(n) the shining star (of a troupe); the central figure; the best item one has to show; the only thing that can be boasted of

一味同心　（いちみ　どうしん）
(n) (people) working together with one mind

一味徒党 　（いちみ　ととう）
(n) the whole party to a plot; the whole gang; fellow conspirators

一網打尽 （いちもう　だじん） ##
(n) big haul; wholesale arrest; catching (the whole lot) with one cast of the net

一目十行　（いちもく　じゅうぎょう）
(n) outstanding reading ability (lit. one glance, ten lines)

一目瞭然 （いちもく　りょうぜん） ##
(adj-na,n) patently obvious; plain to anyone; as clear as day

一問一答 （いちもん　いっとう）　
(n,vs) series of questions and answers; question-and-answer session

一文半銭　（いちもん　はんせん）
(n) meager sum of money

一文不知　（いちもん　ふち）
(adj-no,n) total illiteracy

一文不通　（いちもん　ふつう）
(adj-no,n) total illiteracy

一夜乞食　（いちや　こじき）
(n) person who has become penniless overnight

一夜大尽　（いちや　だいじん）
(n) overnight millionaire

一陽来復　（いちよう　らいふく） ##
(n) the return of spring (after the cold of winter); brighter prospects after a period of gloom

一利一害 （いちり　いちがい）
(n) (something) having its advantages but also not without its disadvantages; advantage and its (accompanying) disadvantage

一粒万倍　（いちりゅう　まんばい）
(exp,n) A single seed can eventually produce a great harvest.; Even the smallest beginning can generate a greatest profit.; Watch the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves.

一両日中　（いち　りょうじつ　ちゅう）
(n) in a day or two; within the next couple of days

一蓮托生 （いちれん　たくしょう） ##
(n) casting one's lot with another; sharing the same fate with others; being in the same boat; sinking or swimming with the company

一六銀行　（いちろく　ぎんこう）
(n) pawnshop

一六勝負　（いちろく　しょうぶ）　　
(n) dice gambling game; staking all on one throw; all-or-nothing gamble; risky attempt

一路順風　（いちろ　じゅんぷう）　
(n) sailing before the wind; everything is going well

一路平安 (いちろ　へいあん） 　　
(n) (wishing someone) bon voyage; safe [uneventful, smooth] voyage

一回勝負　（いっかい　しょうぶ）
(n) contest decided by a single round [bout]; contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game [contest]; make-or-break game

一攫千金 （いっかく　せんきん） ##
(n) making a fortune at a stroke; getting rich quick without much effort

一家眷属 (いっか　けんぞく）
(n) one's family, relatives and followers

一家団欒　（いっか　だんらん）
(n,vs) happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family

一家離散　（いっか　りさん）　
(n,vs) the breakup [dispersal] of a family

一喜一憂 （いっき　いちゆう） ##
(n,vs) now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; alternate hope and fear

一気呵成 （いっき　かせい）
(n) (finishing/writing) work at a stroke [stretch]; dashing off; knocking off

一騎当千 （いっき　とうせん） ##
(n) being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior [combatant, player]

一虚一実　（いっきょ　いちじつ）
(n) constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable　　　　

一挙一動 （いっきょ　いちどう） ##
(n) one's every action; every single move

一極集中　（いっきょく　しゅうちゅう）
(n,vs) unipolar concentration; extreme centralization; overconcentration

一挙両全　（いっきょ　りょうぜん）
(n) killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends

一挙両得 （いっきょ　りょうとく） ##
(n) killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends

一件書類　（いっけん　しょるい）
(n) all the papers [documents] relating to a case; dossier

一件落着　（いっけん　らくちゃく）
(n,vs) the case is closed; the matter is all settled

一高一低　（いっこう　いってい）
(n,vs) a rise and a fall; now rising, now falling; frequent fluctuations

一刻一刻　（いっこく　いっこく）
(adv,n) hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment

一国一城　（いっこく　いちじょう）
(n) (the lord of) a feudal domain; (the ruler of) an independent territory; (someone) working independently; (only) one castle (allowed) in one feudal domain [edict issued by the shogunate in 1615]

一刻千金 （いっこく　せんきん） ##
(exp,n) very valuable time; Every moment is precious.; Time is money.

一切皆空　（いっさい　かいくう）
(exp,n) Matter is void; All is vanity.

一切合切・一切合財 （いっさい　がっさい） ##
(n-adv,n) any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole kit and caboodle; without reserve

一切衆生　（いっさい　しゅじょう）
(n) all living creatures

一昨々月・一昨昨月　（いっさく　さくげつ）
(n-adv,n-t) three months ago

一昨々夜・一昨昨夜　（いっさく　さくや）
(n-adv,n-t) two nights before last; three nights back [ago]　

一子相伝　（いっし　そうでん）
(n) transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child

一視同仁　（いっし　どうじん）
(n) loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence; equality without discrimination

一死報国　（いっし　ほうこく）
(n) dying for one's country

一瀉千里 （いっしゃ　せんり）
(n) one swift effort; rushing through one's work; (with) rushing speed; lucid and fluent way of talking [writing]; without faltering

一宿一飯　（いっしゅく　いっぱん）
(n) a night's lodging and a meal; (being beholden to someone for the favor of) a night's lodging and a meal

一瞬絶句　（いっしゅん　ぜっく）　
(n,vs) breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment

一生一度　（いっしょう　いちど）
(adj-no,n) once in one's life; once in a lifetime

一生懸命 （いっしょう　けんめい） ##
(adj-na,n-adv,n) very hard; with utmost effort; for dear life; frantically

一唱三嘆・一倡三歎　 （いっしょう　さんたん）
(n,vs) one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration

一笑千金 （いっしょう　せんきん）
(exp,n) A smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold.; enchanting smile of a glamorous woman

一生不犯　（いっしょう　ふぼん）　　
(n) (strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy

一触即発　（いっしょく　そくはつ） ##
(n) critical [touch and go] situation; explosive [hair-trigger] situation; flash point

一所懸命 （いっしょ　けんめい）
(adj-na,n-adv,n) (1) very hard; with utmost effort; for dear life; frantically; (2) sticking at living in one place; samurai in earlier feudal times staking his livelihood on his fief

一所不住　（いっしょ　ふじゅう）　
(n) vagrancy; transient lifestyle; itinerant life; being without a fixed abode

一進一退 （いっしん　いったい） ##
(n,vs) now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; wax and wane; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns

一心同体　（いっしん　どうたい） ##
(n) being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one　　　

一心不乱　（いっしん　ふらん） ##
(adj-na,n) intently; with heart and soul; with undivided attention; with intense concentration

一世一元　（いっせい　いちげん）
(n) the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor

一斉射撃　（いっせい　しゃげき）
(n,vs) fusillade (of fire, insults, etc.); volley (of bullets, protests, etc.); barrage of (criticism, heckling, questions, etc.)

一世一代　（いっせ　いちだい　・　いっせい　いちだい） ##
(n) once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence [event, experience] of one's lifetime

一世風靡　（いっせい　ふうび）
(n) ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people

一石二鳥　（いっせき　にちょう） ##
(n) killing two birds with one stone

一殺多生　（いっせつ　たしょう　・　いっさつ　たしょう）　
(n) It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many

一体全体　（いったい　ぜんたい）
(adv) what [how, where, why, who] on earth?; what [how, where, why, who] in the world?

一旦緩急　（いったん　かんきゅう）　
(exp,n) (when) danger threatens; should an emergency occur

一致協力　（いっち　きょうりょく）　
(n,vs) combined [concerted] efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)

一致結束　（いっち　けっそく）
(n,vs) closing ranks; uniting and working together; coming together for fighting

一致団結　（いっち　だんけつ）　##
(n,vs) solidarity; acting together as one for a common cause

一知半解 （いっち　はんかい）
(n) superficial knowledge; half knowledge

一張一弛　（いっちょう　いっし）
(n,vs) tension and relaxation; treating [handling] a matter judiciously [tactfully], being strict at times and lenient at other times

一朝一夕 （いっちょう　いっせき） ##
(n) in a day; in a brief space of time

一長一短 （いっちょう　いったん） ##
(n) (something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; strong and weak points

一朝有事　（いっちょう　ゆうじ）　　
(exp,n) (when) the time of need arises; should an emergency occur

一定不変　（いってい　ふへん）　
(n) invariable; constant; fixed (and unchangeable); permanent; immutable; unwavering

一擲千金　（いってき　せんきん）
(n) being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat

一徹短慮　（いってつ　たんりょ）
(adj-na,n) stubborn and short-tempered

一点一画　（いってん　いっかく）　
(n) the i's and the t's; (not neglecting) the slightest detail

一天四海　（いってん　しかい）
(n) the whole world; the universe

一天地六　（いってん　ちろく）
(exp,n) a die; gambling with dice; playing hazard; You can never tell what'll pop up.

一天万乗　（いってん　ばんじょう）　
(n) (the throne or realm of) a sovereign [an emperor]

一刀両断 （いっとう　りょうだん） ##
(n) cutting in two with a single stroke; taking a decisive [drastic] measure; cutting the (Gordian) knot

一得一失　（いっとく　いっしつ）
(n) gaining some and losing some; (something having its) advantages and disadvantages; merits and demerits

一杯一杯　（いっぱい　いっぱい）
(adj-na,n-adv,n) 1 one cup after another; cup by cup; 2 to the limit; to the fullest extent; absolutely the limit; the best one can do; be breaking even

一杯機嫌　（いっぱい　きげん）
(adj-no,n) be a little drunk; be tipsy

一発回答　（いっぱつ　かいとう）
(n) first and final offer in labor-management negotiations

一発逆転　（いっぱつ　ぎゃくてん）
(n,vs) turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful attack [move]

一発勝負　（いっぱつ　しょうぶ）
(n) contest decided by a single round [bout]; contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game [contest]; make-or-break game

一発必中　（いっぱつ　ひっちゅう）
(n) success on the first try [attempt]

一般常識　（いっぱん　じょうしき）　
(n) plain old common sense; common knowledge; what everybody knows

一般庶民　（いっぱん　しょみん）　
(n) the ordinary common people; the ordinary citizens

一筆啓上　（いっぴつ　けいじょう）　
(exp,n) Just a short note to tell you ... ; This will just be a short note. [a set formula of greeting used by a man at the beginning of a brief note]

一顰一笑　（いっぴん　いっしょう）
(n) a smile or frown; one's mood [caprice]

一夫一妻　(いっぷ　いっさい)
(n) monogamy

一夫一婦　（いっぷ　いっぷ）
(n) monogamy

一服休憩　（いっぷく　きゅうけい）　
(n,vs) tea [coffee, cigarette] break

一夫多妻　（いっぷ　たさい）
(n) polygyny

一歩一歩　（いっぽ　いっぽ）
(n-adv,n) step by step; every step

一本調子　（いっぽん　ぢょうし　・　いっぽん　ちょうし）
(adj-na,n) monotone; dullness; repetition

逸楽生活　（いつらく　せいかつ）
(n) a life given up to pleasure; pleasure-seeking lifestyle

以毒制毒　（いどく　せいどく）
(n) using poisonous medication to control poison; fighting evil with evil; fighting fire with fire

田舎気質　（いなか　かたぎ）
(n) rusticity; provincialism

田舎大尽　（いなか　だいじん）
(n) provincial [country] millionaire

意馬心猿　（いば　しんえん）　　
(n) the clamorous demands of (uncontrollable) passions; (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions

夷蛮戎狄　（いばん　じゅうてき）
(n) the barbarians beyond the borders of old China

威風堂々・威風堂堂　（いふう　どうどう） ##
(adj-t,adv-to) awe-inspiring; majestic; commanding; stately; with an imposing air; in a stately [dignified] manner

威風凛々・威風凛凛　（いふう　りんりん）　
(adj-t,adv-to) awe-inspiring; majestic; commanding; stately; with an imposing air; in a stately [dignified] manner

畏怖嫌厭　（いふ　けんえん）　
(n,vs) feelings of dread and aversion

異聞奇譚　（いぶん　きたん）　
(n) strange stories and curious tales

韋編三絶　（いへん　さんぜつ）
(n,vs) repeated reading; close [careful] reading; careful perusal

意味深長 （いみ　しんちょう） ##
(adj-na,n) with profound [often hidden] meaning; being suggestive; pregnant with significance

意欲満々・意欲満満 　（いよく　まんまん） ##
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) full of zeal; highly motivated; very eager

異類異形　（いるい　いぎょう）　
(n) strange-looking creatures; spirits and goblins

色恋沙汰　（いろこい　ざた）
(n) romantic entanglement; love affair

岩戸景気　（いわと　けいき）
(n) the economic boom of 1958-1961

陰々滅々・陰陰滅滅　（いんいん　めつめつ） 　
(adj-t,adv-to) dark and gloomy; depressing; mournful

因果因縁　（いんが　いんねん）　
(n) cause and effect; karma; retribution; an evil cause producing an evil effect

因果応報 （いんが　おうほう） ##
(n) retributive justice; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior

因果関係　（いんが　かんけい）
(n) cause-and-effect relationship; causality

因果覿面　（いんが　てきめん）　
(n) the swiftness of retributive justice

隠居仕事　（いんきょ　しごと）　
(n) postretirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern

慇懃丁重　（いんぎん　ていちょう）　
(adj-na,n) polite and courteous

慇懃無礼 （いんぎん　ぶれい）
(adj-na,n) feigned politeness; disguised insult; rude under a veneer of politeness

淫祠邪教　（いんし　じゃきょう）　　　　　
(n) evil heresies

因習道徳　（いんしゅう　どうとく）
(n) conventional morality [morals]

因循姑息 （いんじゅん　こそく）
(adj-na,n) conservative and temporizing

引責辞任　（いんせき　じにん）
(n,vs) take responsibility by resigning; resign to take the blame; resign after accepting responsibility

隠遁生活　（いんとん　せいかつ）
(n) a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life

隠忍自重 ( いんにん　じちょう) ##
(n,vs) (behaving with) patience and prudence

隠蔽工作　（いんぺい　こうさく）
(n,vs)　(create) a cover-up

陰陽五行　（いんよう　ごぎょう　・　おんよう　ごぎょう）
(n) the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology

陰陽和合　（いんよう　わごう）　
(n) the harmony of yin and yang energies

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「う」

有為転変　（うい　てんぺん）
(n) mutability (of worldly affairs); perpetual shifts and changes (of human life)

右往左往　（うおう　さおう）　##
(n,vs) moving about in confusion; going every which way; going right and left

迂闊千万　（うかつ　せんばん)
(adj-na) very careless; quite thoughtless

羽化登仙　（うか　とうせん）　
(n) a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air)

浮草稼業・浮き草稼業 　（うきぐさ　かぎょう）
(n) precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade

雨奇晴好　（うき　せいこう）　
(n) scenery being beautiful in both rainy and sunny weather

右顧左眄　（うこ　さべん）　　
(n,vs) hesitation; wavering; looking right and left and all around, unable to make up one's mind; shilly-shally

有情無情　（うじょう　むじょう）
(n) sentient and nonsentient beings

有象無象 （うぞう　むぞう）
(n) pack of riffraff; the small fry; motley crowd of ordinary or undistinguished persons; mere anybodies; the common ruck

内股膏薬 （うちまた　ごうやく　・ うちまた　こうやく)　　##
(n) double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict

宇宙開闢　（うちゅう　かいびゃく）
(n) (since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time

有頂天外　（うちょうてん　がい）
(n) beside oneself with joy; in raptures; in an ecstasy of delight

内輪喧嘩　（うちわ　げんか）
(n) family quarrel; internal squabble; fight among ourselves [themselves]

雨天順延　（うてん　じゅんえん）
(n) rescheduled in case of rain; to be postponed to the first subsequent fine day in case of rain

烏兎匆々・烏兎匆匆　（うと　そうそう）　
(exp,n) days and nights passing by quickly; months and years flying by; Time flies.

有髪俗体　（うはつ　ぞくたい）
(n) (a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb

海千山千 （うみせん　やません）　##
(n) sly old dog of much worldly wisdom; crafty person who's seen it all

有耶無耶　（うや　むや）
(adj-na,n) vague; hazy; noncommittal; indefinite; ambiguous; evasive; inconclusive

紆余曲折 （うよ　きょくせつ）
(n,vs) twists and turns; ups and downs; taking a tortuous course; complications

裏口入学　（うらぐち　にゅうがく）
(n,vs) getting into a school by the back door; buy one's way into (a university, etc.); backdoor admission

盂蘭盆会　（うらぼん　え）
(n) Bon Festival; Feast of Lanterns (around the 15th of July or August depending on local customs)

雲雨巫山　（うんう　ふざん）　
(n) sexual liaison

雲煙過眼　（うんえん　かがん）　
(n) not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one's eyes)

雲煙万里　（うんえん　ばんり）　
(n) limitless expanse of clouds and smoke

雲煙飛動・雲烟飛動　（うんえん　ひどう）
(n) (1) flying clouds and drifting haze; (2) magnificent calligraphy; vivid penmanship　

運気好転　（うんき　こうてん）
(n,vs) turn [stroke] of good fortune; one's fortune turning for the better

雲散霧消 （うんさん　むしょう） ##
(n,vs) vanishing like mist; disappearing into thin air; going up in smoke

雲集霧散　（うんしゅう　むさん）
(n,vs) (many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and scattering

雲水行脚　（うんすい　あんぎゃ）　
(n) itinerant monk being on pilgrimages to many lands

運勢隆々・運勢隆隆　（うんせい　りゅうりゅう）
(adj-t,adv-to) one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination

運勢判断　（うんせい　はんだん）
(n) fortune-tellling

雲泥万里 （うんでい　ばんり）　　
(n) being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world

運動音痴　（うんどう　おんち）
(n) having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic

運否天賦　（うんぷ　てんぷ）
(n) trusting to chance; having a go at something

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「え」

営々黙々・営営黙黙　（えいえい　もくもく）
(adj-t,adv-to) assiduously and quietly

永久欠番　（えいきゅう　けつばん）
(n) retired (uniform) number

永久不変　 （えいきゅう　ふへん）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) permanence; forever unchanging

営業路線　（えいぎょう　ろせん）
(n) (1) railroad [bus] lines [routes] in operation; (2) business plan [policy]

永劫回帰　（えいごう　かいき）　
(n) eternal recurrence; Nietzsche's "ewige Wiederkunft"

栄枯盛衰　（えいこ　せいすい）　##
(n) ups and downs of life [of a person, family, nation]; rise and fall; vicissitudes of fortune

英姿颯爽　（えいし　さっそう）
(adj-t,adv-to) cutting a fine [dashing, gallant, noble] figure; majestic appearance

永字八法　（えいじ　はっぽう）
(n) the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters

映像文化　（えいぞう　ぶんか）
(n) visual culture; culture of visual images; (screen) image culture

永代供養　（えいたい　くよう）　　　
(n) services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul

英雄豪傑　（えいゆう　ごうけつ）　　
(n) hero; warrior of matchless valor; heroic character

英雄好色　（えいゆう　こうしょく）
(exp,n) All great men like women.; Great men enjoy sensual pleasure.

栄耀栄華 （えいよう　えいが　・　えよう　えいが）
(n) wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor; (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth and power

栄養過多　（えいよう　かた）
(n) overnutrition; excessive nutritional intake

栄養不足　（えいよう　ふそく）
(n) malnutrition; undernourishment

栄養満点　（えいよう　まんてん）
(n) highly nourishing [nutritious]; earning top marks nutrition-wise

笑顔千両　（えがお　せんりょう）
(n) beautiful smile; there being a great charm about one's smile

益者三友　（えきしゃ　さんゆう）　
(exp,n) There are three types of friends worth having--honest, sincere, and well-informed ones. [Confucius]

易姓革命　（えきせい　かくめい）　　
(n) revolution [change of dynasty] decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue [old Chinese political thought]

駅弁大学　（えきべん　だいがく）
(n) minor local college; small-time [two-bit] university; jerkwater college

依怙贔屓　（えこ　ひいき） 　##
(n,vs) favoritism; partiality; nepotism

会者定離 （えしゃ　じょうり）
(exp,n) Every meeting must involve a parting.; Those who meet must part. [suggesting the transient nature of this life]

似非学者　（えせ　がくしゃ）
(n) pseudo-scholar; fake scholar; would-be expert

似非理屈　（えせ　りくつ）
(n) sophism; sophistry; spurious reasoning [argument]

越境入学　（えっきょう　にゅうがく）
(n,vs) gain admission to a school outside one's own school district

越権行為　（えっけん　こうい）
(n) exceeding [abusing] one's legal authority; acting beyond the powers or legal authority (of a person, etc.); acting ultra vires

得手勝手　（えて　かって） ##
(adj-na,n) selfish; self-centered; self-willed; (doing or saying things) just to suit oneself

恵比寿顔　（えびす　がお）
(n) smiling [beaming] face

蜿々長蛇・蜿蜿長蛇　　（えんえん　ちょうだ）
(n) [a line, queue] being long and serpentine　　　　

宴会政治　（えんかい　せいじ）
(n) politicking by wining and dining

円滑洒脱　（えんかつ　しゃだつ）
(adj-na,n) smooth, free and easy; refined and unconventional

婉曲迂遠　（えんきょく　うえん）
(adj-na,n) euphemistic and circumlocutory; roundabout and circuitous

遠交近攻　（えんこう　きんこう）　
(n) policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer ones nearby [Originally, an ancient Chinese military strategy]

縁故採用　（えんこ　さいよう）
(n,vs) employment of workers through (personal) connections; getting a job through one's personal connection

掩護射撃・援護射撃　（えんご　しゃげき）
(n,vs) (1) (providing) covering fire; (2) supporting [backing up] someone (in a debate [argument])

縁故政治　（えんこ　せいじ）
(n) crony politics; nepotistic government

縁故募集　（えんこ　ぼしゅう）
(n) (1) recruiting [inviting application for] through personal connections; (2) private (stock) offering [subscription]

燕雀鴻鵠　（えんじゃく　こうこく）
(exp,n) How can a small bird [a sparrow, a petty person] understand the aspirations of a great bird [a phoenix, a great person]?; Only a hero can understand a hero.

縁者贔屓　（えんじゃ　びいき）
(n) nepotism

艶笑小話　（えんしょう　こばなし）
(n) amorous anecdote [conte]

艶笑文学　（えんしょう　ぶんがく）
(n) humorous erotic literature

援助交際　（えんじょ　こうさい）
(n,vs) dating with compensation [payments, financial support, etc.] [euphemism for a type of (teen) prostitution]

厭世自殺　（えんせい　じさつ）
(n,vs) killing oneself out of despair [disgust with life]

演説口調　（えんぜつ　くちょう）
(n) oratorical tone

嫣然一笑　（えんぜん　いっしょう）　
(n,vs) giving a charming [bewitching] smile

厭戦気分　（えんせん　きぶん）
(n) feeling of war-weariness

延長線上　（えんちょう　せんじょう）　
(n) the extension of a straight line; (a conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)

延長保育　（えんちょう　ほいく）
(n) extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night)

円転滑脱　（えんてん　かつだつ）　
(adj-na,n) smooth; suave; tactful; smooth and polished in human relations

縁日商人　（えんにち　しょうにん）
(n) festival vendor; keeper of a street stall at a temple [shrine] fair

炎熱地獄　（えんねつ　じごく）
(n) burning hell; roaring inferno; flames of hell

遠謀深慮　（えんぼう　しんりょ）
(n) deep design and forethought; farsighted and deeply-laid plan

円満解決　（えんまん　かいけつ）　
(n) amicable solution [settlement]; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied

円満具足 （えんまん　ぐそく）
(n,vs) contented and peaceable; having nothing to complain about

円満退職　（えんまん　たいしょく）
(n,vs) amicable resignation [retirement]; resigning [retiring] from one's job of one's free will

延命息災　（えんめい　そくさい）
(n) health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster

厭離穢土　（えんり　えど　・　おんり　えど）
(n) abhorrence of (living in) this impure world

遠慮会釈　（えんりょ　えしゃく）　##
(n,vs) reserve and consideration (to others)

遠慮気味　（えんりょ　ぎみ）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) somewhat reserved [diffident]; shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring [reserved] manner

遠慮近憂　（えんりょ　きんゆう）　　
(n) Failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term.

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「お」

御家騒動・お家騒動　（おいえ　そうどう）
(n) family trouble [quarrel]; domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights) in a daimyo family in the Edo period

花魁道中　（おいらん　どうちゅう）
(n) parade of oiran [licensed high-class prostitutes] in the Yoshikawa pleasure district of Edo

桜花爛漫　（おうか　らんまん）　
(n) cherry blossoms in full bloom; riot of cherry blossoms

奥義秘伝　（おうぎ　ひでん）　
(n) secretes; mysteries; secret formula; essence; esoterica (of an art, martial arts, etc.)

横行闊歩 （おうこう　かっぽ）　
(n,vs) swaggering walk; stalking about with a haughty air; roaming at will; walking around (the place) as if one owned it

王侯貴族　（おうこう　きぞく）　
(n) royalty and titled nobility

横行跋扈　（おうこう　ばっこ）
(n,vs) being rampant; (evildoers) roaming at will

黄金時代　（おうごん　じだい）　##
(n) the Golden Age; a golden age; heyday

王政復古　（おうせい　ふっこ）　
(n) restoration of imperial [royal] rule; the Restoration [in English history]

往事渺茫　（おうじ　びょうぼう）
(adj-t,adv-to) memories of the past events being [becoming] far and distant

往事茫々・往事茫茫　（おうじ　ぼうぼう）
(adj-t,adv-to) memories of the past events being [becoming] far and distant

王手飛車　（おうて　びしゃ）
(n) forking the rook while checking the king

黄道吉日　（おうどう　きちにち　・　こうどう　きちにち）
(n) very auspicious day for all types of occasions

王道楽土　（おうどう　らくど）
(n) realm of peace and prosperity; land of simple pleasure and quiet life ruled by a virtuous king

懊悩煩悶　（おうのう　はんもん）　
(n,vs) anguish; agony

椀飯振舞　 （おうばん　ぶるまい）
(n,vs) sumptuous feast; lavish hospitality; lavishly wining and dining (others)

応変能力　（おうへん　のうりょく）
(n) ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment

大関陥落　（おおぜき　かんらく）
(n) demotion from oozeki [the second highest rank in sumo wrestling] ranking

大馬鹿者　（おお　ばかもの）
(n) great [utter] fool; complete idiot; absolute moron

大盤振舞　 （おおばん　ぶるまい）　##
(n,vs) sumptuous feast; lavish hospitality; lavishly wining and dining (others)

大風呂敷　（おお　ぶろしき）　##
(n) (1) large-sized furoshiki [cloth wrapper]; (2) big talk; vain boasting; hot air; blowing one's own trumpet; rodomontade

大真面目 　（おお　まじめ）　##
(adj-na) dead(ly) serious; dead(ly) earnest

傍目八目・岡目八目 （おかめ　はちもく）　##
(exp,n) a bystander's vantage point; an outsider's better grasp of the situation; Onlookers see more of the game than the players do.

屋上架屋　（おくじょう　かおく）
(n) gilding the lily; adding redundant things; (being like) putting a fifth wheel on a carriage

奥山放獣　（おくやま　ほうじゅう）
(n) relocation of wild animals to a remote location

鴛鴦夫婦・おしどり夫婦　（おしどり　ふうふ）　　
(n) loving couple; happily married couple (who are always together)

御邪魔虫・お邪魔虫　（おじゃま　むし）
(n) someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the ointment; buttinsky; third wheel

落人伝説　（おちゅうど　でんせつ）
(n) legend concerning a fugitive clan

お調子者・御調子者　（おちょうし　もの）
(n) flip; luck-pusher; frivolous person; person who readily chimes in with others; person who gets arried away easily

御涙頂戴・お涙頂戴　（おなみだ　ちょうだい）　
(n) tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale

御披露目　（お　ひろめ）
(n) formal (public) announcement [of a wedding, the succession to a stage name, etc.]; unveiling [of a new singer, etc.]; debut [of a new geisha, etc.]

御御御付・御味御付・御味御汁　（おみおつけ）
(n) miso soup

汚名返上　（おめい　へんじょう）　
(n,vs) clear one's name; redeem oneself; clear [vindicate] one's honor [reputation]

御目見得・お目見え　 （お　めみえ）
(n) (the privilege to have) an audience [with one's lord, a dignitary, etc.]; an interview [with one's superior]; one's debut [first] appearance; a debut [of a new product, work of art, etc.]; trial service [of a servant]

面白半分　（おもしろ　はんぶん）
(adj-na,n) for fun; half in jest; just for the fun of it

御役御免・お役御免　（おやく　ごめん）　
(n) dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a burden

御礼奉公・お礼奉公　（おれい　ぼうこう）
(n,vs) free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship

穏健路線　（おんけん　ろせん）
(n) moderate line; middle-of-the-road line (in politics)

温厚寡黙　（おんこう　かもく）　　
(adj-na,n) gentle and reticent

温厚篤実 （おんこう　とくじつ）
(adj-na,n) gentle and sincere

温故知新 （おんこ　ちしん） ##
(n) learning from the past; developing new ideas based on study of the past

温情主義　（おんじょう　しゅぎ）　
(n) paternalism; philosophy of dealing with others benignly

音信不通　（おんしん　ふつう　・　いんしん　ふつう）　##
(n) break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with

怨敵退散　（おんてき　たいさん）　
(exp,n) invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy!

音吐朗々・音吐朗朗　（おんと　ろうろう）
(adj-t,adv-to) in a clear and sonorous voice

乳母日傘　（おんば　ひがさ　・　おんば　ひからかさ）
(n) (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him/her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere

隠密行動　（おんみつ　こうどう）
(n) covert action [behavior]; espionage activities

厭離穢土　（おんり　えど　・　えんり　えど）
(n) abhorrence of (living in) this impure world

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「か」

開巻第一　（かいかん　だいいち）
(n) at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ...

開巻劈頭　（かいかん　へきとう）
(n-adv) at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ...

開眼供養　（かいげん　くよう）　
(n) ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes [thereby investing it with soul]

開口一番 （かいこう　いちばん）　##
(n-adv) at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing out of one's mouth

外交手腕 （がいこう　しゅわん）
(n) diplomatic finesse; skill(s) in diplomacy

外交辞令　（がいこう　じれい）
(n) diplomatic language; lip service; empty praise or flattery

外剛内柔　（がいごう　ないじゅう）　
(n) tough on the outside but soft at heart; faint-hearted person pretending to be brave

戒告処分　（かいこく　しょぶん）
(n) punishment by formal warning; punishing someone by a reprimand

懐古趣味　（かいこ　しゅみ）
(n) nostalgia for the good old days; retro-culture

解釈改憲　（かいしゃく　かいけん）
(n,vs) effecting de facto constitutional changes through creative interpretation of the existing constituion

会社人間　（かいしゃ　にんげん）
(n) company [organization] man [person]; corporate soldier
　
鎧袖一触　（がいしゅう　いっしょく）　
(n) (beating someone) hands down; (beating) with a single blow

懐柔作戦　（かいじゅう　さくせん）
(n) operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion

外柔内剛　（がいじゅう　ないごう）　　##
(n) gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove
　　　
下意上達　（かい　じょうたつ）
(n,vs) conveying the opinions of the masses to the powers that be; conveying the will of the governed to those who govern; a situation in which the views of those below reach those at the top

快食快便　（かいしょく　かいべん）
(n) good appetite and good bowel　movements; enjoying one's food and having regular stools

快食快眠　（かいしょく　かいみん）
(n) good appetite and pleasant sleep; enjoying one's food and sleeping well

慨世憂国　　（がいせい ゆうこく）
(n) worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism

凱旋公演　（がいせん　こうえん）　
(n) performance given after a successful tour abroad

海内無双　（かいだい　むそう）
(n) unparalleled in the whole country; without peer in the land

街談巷語　（がいだん　こうご）　
(n) street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay

街談巷説　（がいだん　こうせつ）　
(n) street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay

海底撈月　（かいてい　ろうげつ）　
(n) totally useless [fruitless] effort; wasting time on an impossible task [like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea]

外的生活　（がいてき　せいかつ）
(n) material life; material aspects of life

該当事項　（がいとう　じこう）
(n) relevant [applicable] information [items]

快刀乱麻 （かいとう　らんま）　##
(n) solving a knotty problem swiftly and skillfully; cutting the Gordian knot

開闢以来　（かいびゃく　いらい）　
(n-t) since the creation (of the world); since the dawn of history
　　　
傀儡政権　（かいらい　せいけん）　
(n) puppet government [regime]

怪力無双　（かいりき　むそう）
(adj-no,n) (a person of) unrivaled physical strength

怪力乱神　（かいりょく　らんしん　・　かいりき　らんしん）　
(n) supernatural things; unnatural phenomena; spirits and demons

偕老同穴 （かいろう　どうけつ）
(n) being united as man and wife for life; happy life partnership

下学上達　（かがく　じょうたつ　・　かがく　しょうたつ）
(n,vs) beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning

価格破壊　（かかく　はかい）
(n) collapse in prices; market-destructive price-slashing (tactics)

呵々大笑・呵呵大笑　（かか　たいしょう）　
(n,vs) laugh a ringing laugh; have a hearty laugh; roar with laughter

鍵穴趣味　（かぎあな　しゅみ）
(n) voyeurism

餓鬼大将　（がき　だいしょう）
(n) leader of a group of children; leader of a gang of little rascals (in the neighborhood); the most domineering child in a group of children
　　　　　
蝸牛角上 （かぎゅう　かくじょう）
(n) trifling (fight); storm in a teacup; (conflict) between small countries

画一思考　（かくいつ　しこう）
(n) uniformity of thought; uniform thinking.

学業不振　（がくぎょう　ふしん）
(n) poor academic performance; underachievement

学士入学　（がくし　にゅうがく）
(n) admission of university graduates to an undergraduate program

各自負担　（かくじ　ふたん）
(n) individuals being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc.

学者馬鹿　　（がくしゃ　ばか）
(n) scholar who knows but little of the ways of the world

学者貧乏　（がくしゃ　びんぼう）
(n,exp) Good scholars are seldom rich.

各種各様　（かくしゅ　かくよう）　
(n) individual [different] ways of doing things; being different (varied) for each item [type]

各種学校　（かくしゅ　がっこう）
(n) vocational school; trade school; school for nonacademic subjects

各人各説　（かくじん　かくせつ）
(exp,n) Everyone has his [her] own view; Different people, different opinions.

各人各様 　（かくじん　かくよう）　##
(exp,n) So many men, so many ways; Each to his own taste; It takes all sorts to make a world; each in his or her own way.

学生気質　（がくせい　かたぎ）
(n) student temperament; students' way of thinking.

拡大解釈　（かくだい　かいしゃく）
(n,vs) broad [general] interpretation; stretching one's interpretation (of something) to suit oneself

拡大路線　（かくだい　ろせん）
(n) expansion policy; road to expansion

格調高雅　（かくちょう　こうが）　
(adj-na,n) refined, dignified, elegant; graceful; exquisite

学閥意識　（がくばつ　いしき）
(n) strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie

格物致知　（かくぶつ　ちち）　　
(n) deepening one's wisdom by gaining a thorough knowledge of natural laws
　　　　
攪乱戦術　（かくらん　せんじゅつ）　
(n) disturbance tactics

攪乱戦法　（かくらん　せんぽう）　
(n) disturbance strategy

学歴詐称　　（がくれき　さしょう）
(n) false statement [misrepresentation] of one's academic career

学歴偏重　（がくれき　へんちょう）
(n) overstressing academic background

家系伝説　（かけい　でんせつ）　
(n) family legend

加減乗除　（か　げん　じょう　じょ）　
(n) the four arithmetical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)

花紅柳緑　（かこう　りゅうりょく）
(n) red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature

家財一切　（かざい　いっさい）
(n) complete set of household goods

家事一切　（かじ　いっさい）
(n) all the domestic [housekeeping] chores

加持祈祷　（かじ　きとう）
(n,vs) Buddhist prayers to protect against misfortunes; chant incantations; recite healing prayers
　　
餓死寸前　（がし　すんぜん）
(n) be on the verge of starvation; be about to starve
　　　　
家事見習・家事見習い　（かじ　みならい）
(n) apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an apprenticeship to learn housekeeping

火事見舞・火事見舞い　（かじ　みまい）
(n) post-fire visit to express sympathy; expressing one's sympathy after a fire
　　
家常茶飯　（かじょう　さはん）　
(n) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary

過小評価　（かしょう　ひょうか）　
(n,vs) underestimation; undervaluation; underassessment

過剰防衛　（かじょう　ぼうえい）　
(n) excessive [unjustifiable] self-defense

臥薪嘗胆 （がしん　しょうたん）　##
(n,vs) going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable hardships and privations for the sake of vengeance

佳人薄命 （かじん　はくめい）
(exp,n) Beauty and fortune seldom go together; A beautiful woman is destined to die young.

雅俗混交・雅俗混淆　（がぞく　こんこう）
(n) mixture of both culture and vulgarism; mixture of both literary and colloquial (language)

雅俗折衷　（がそく　せっちゅう）　
(n) blending of the classical and colloquial styles

家族団欒　（かぞく　だんらん）　
(n,vs) happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in a family

過大評価　（かだい　ひょうか）　
(n,vs) overestimation; overvaluation; overassessment

火宅無常　（かたく　むじょう）　
(exp,n) This world is uncertain [cruel] like a burning house

片言英語　（かたこと　えいご）
(n) halting [broken] English
　　　　
画蛇添足　（がだ　てんそく）　
(n) making an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily

花鳥諷詠　（かちょう　ふうえい）　
(exp,n) the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; The central theme in composing poetry [haiku] must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. [The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku]

花鳥風月 （かちょう　ふうげつ）　##
(n) the beauties of nature

隔靴掻痒 （かっか　そうよう）　##
(n)trying to soothe an itchy foot by scratching at one's boot; being somewhat annoyed because something is not quite as one hopes

活気横溢　（かっき　おういつ）　
(n) being full of vitality [energy]; in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient

割鶏牛刀 (かっけい ぎゅうとう)
(n) using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure [a massive instrument] to deal with an insignificant problem

確固不動　（かっこ　ふどう）　
(n) being firm and unshakable [unwavering, unswerving, steadfastly resolute]

確乎不抜　（かっこ　ふばつ）
(n) being firm and unshakable [unwavering, unswerving, steadfastly resolute]

活殺自在　（かっさつ　じざい）　##
(adj-na,n) (having) an absolute power over (a person); the power of life or death

活字世論　（かつじ　せろん）
(n) public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media

活字中毒　（かつじ　ちゅうどく）
(n) addiction to the printed word; reading addict; book [print] junkie

活字文化　（かつじ　ぶんか）
(n) (the culture of) the printed word; book culture

合掌礼拝　（がっしょう　らいはい）　
(n,vs) join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together
　　
合従連衡　（がっしょう　れんこう）
(n,vs) changing political or military alignment according to changing circumstances; forming a political or military alliance for expediency

豁然大悟　（かつぜん　たいご）
(n,vs) suddenly seeing the light; suddenly realizing what something is about; achieving full enlightenment all of a sudden

闊達自在　（かったつ　じざい）
(adj-na,n) broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles

勝手気儘　（かって　きまま）　
(adj-na,n) self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious to the convenience of others

勝手次第　（かって　しだい）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) acting according to one's inclinations

勝手放題　（かって　ほうだい）　　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases

活発発地・活溌溌地　（かっぱつ　はっち　・　かっぱつ　ぱっち）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being full of vitality (energy); vigorous and in high spirits

家庭円満　（かてい　えんまん）
(n) family happiness; household harmony

我田引水　（がでん　いんすい）　##
(n) seeking [promoting] one's own interests; being self-serving; straining (the interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests

瓜田李下　（かでん　りか）
(exp,n) Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal.

家督相続　（かとく　そうぞく）
(n,vs) taking over as (the) head of a family; succession to the position of family head; inheritance

家内一同　（かない　いちどう）
(n) all one's family; one's whole family

仮名草子　（かな　ぞうし）
(n) story book written in kana (or in kana mixed with Chinese characters) in the early Edo period [primarily for the enlightenment and entertainment of women and children]

仮名文学　（かな　ぶんがく）
(n) kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period

可否検討　（かひ　けんとう）
(n,vs) considering the pros and cons of; examining the arguments for and against

可否両説　（かひ　りょうせつ）
(n) arguments for and against

可否両論　（かひ　りょうろん）
(n) arguments for and against
　　
歌舞音曲　（かぶ　おんきょく）　
(n) public music and dancing; performance of song and dance entertainment

歌舞伎者　（かぶき　もの）
(n) a dandy; a peacock; the early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior

下方修正　（かほう　しゅうせい）
(n,vs) downward adjustment; downward revision

紙屑同然　（かみくず　どうぜん）
(adj-no,n) being no better than a scrap of paper

我武者羅　（がむしゃ　ら）
(adj-na,n) reckless; daredevil; proceeding single-mindedly without regard to consequences

仮面夫婦　(かめん　ふうふ）
(n) couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife

仮面浪人　（かめん　ろうにん）
(n) college student who is merely marking time to get into a better college

画竜点睛　（がりょう　てんせい ・　がりゅう　てんせい） 　##
(n) the finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step

臥竜鳳雛　（がりょう　ほうすう）　
(n) gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel

苛斂誅求　（かれん　ちゅうきゅう）
(n) imposing exacting [crushing, oppressive] taxes

夏炉冬扇　（かろ　とうせん）
(n) summer fires and winter fans; useless [untimely] things

川施餓鬼　（かわ　せがき）
(n) Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river

簡易軽便　（かんい　けいべん）　
(adj-na,n) simple, easy, and convenient

閑雲野鶴　（かんうん　やかく）
(n) life in natural setting, free　from worldly cares

感慨一入　（かんがい　ひとしお）
(adj-na,adj-no,n-adv) one's heart is filled with even deeper emotion; feeling the emotion all the more deeply

感慨無量 （かんがい　むりょう）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) be filled with deep emotion; the fullness of the heart

鰥寡孤独　（かんか　こどく）
(n) the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin

侃々諤々・侃侃諤諤　（かんかん　がくがく）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) outspoken; arguing heatedly what one believes in; insisting on something without restraint

官々接待・官官接待　（かんかん　せったい）
(n) the wining and dining of public officials by other public officials at public expense

官紀紊乱 　（かんき 　びんらん）
(n) laxity in official discipline; civil service corruption

緩急自在 　（かんきゅう　じざい）　##
(adn-na,n) of skillfully varied pace; well-paced; skillfully varying the speed (rhythm) of; being tactful in dealing with changing circumstances

汗牛充棟　（かんきゅう　じゅうとう）
(n) (having/there being) a great number of books

寒気凛々・寒気凛凛　（かんき　りんりん）
(adj-t,adv-to) it [the weather]　being piercing [bitterly] cold

関係省庁　（かんけい　しょうちょう）
(n) the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities
　　　　
関係当局　（かんけい　とうきょく）
(n) the authorities concerned; the competent authorities

簡潔明瞭　（かんけつ　めいりょう）　
(adj-na,n) clear and concise

頑健無比　（がんけん　むひ）
(adj-na,n) being of very robust health

頑固一徹　（がんこ　いってつ）　##
(adj-na,n) stubborn; obstinate; adamantly sticking to one's views or decisions

眼光炯々・眼光炯炯　（がんこう　けいけい）
(adj-t,adv-to) with piercing eyes; eagle-eyed; having a penetrating insight (into)
　　　　
眼光紙背　（がんこう　しはい）
(n) reading between the lines; reading with penetrating insight

眼高手低 （がんこう　しゅてい）
(n) able to criticize but not to create; high critical but low creative ability

頑固親父　（がんこ　おやじ）
(n) stubborn [obstinate] father; pig-headed old man

換骨奪胎　（かんこつ　だったい）
(n,vs) adaptation; modification; recasting someone else's work as one's own by appropriating the original idea or form

冠婚葬祭　（かん　こん　そう　さい）
(n) important ceremonial occasions in family relationships; the ceremoniesof coming-of-age, marriage, funeral, and ancestor worship

閑寂枯淡　（かんじゃく　こたん）
(n) an aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasizing quiet simplicity and subdued refinement

感情移入　（かんじょう　いにゅう）
(n,vs) empathy; empathize [identify] with someone

寛仁大度　（かんじん　たいど）
(n) being generous and magnanimous in disposition

勧進相撲　（かんじん　ずもう）
(n) fund-raising sumo tournaments of Edo period held in aid of a temple or a shrine

官尊民卑　（かんそん　みんぴ）　
(n) respecting the authorities and denigrating ordinary citizens; putting government officials above the people

勧善懲悪　（かんぜん　ちょうあく）
(n) rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice; didactic theme in a novel or drama

完全無欠　（かんぜん　むけつ）　##
(adj-na,n) flawless; absolute perfection
　　　　
簡単明瞭　（かんたん　めいりょう）　##
(adj-na,n) simple and clear

寒中見舞・寒中見舞い　（かんちゅう　みまい）
(n) winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season

干天慈雨・旱天慈雨　（かんてん　じう）
(n) a welcome [beneficial] rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief

歓天喜地　（かんてん　きち）
(adj-no,n) great joy; jubilation; exultation

艱難苦労　（かんなん　くろう）　
(n) trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
　　　　
艱難辛苦　（かんなん　しんく）　##
(n) trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles

奸佞邪知・奸佞邪智　（かんねい　じゃち）　
(n) wiles and cunning; craftiness and treachery

官能小説　（かんのう　しょうせつ）
(n) amorous [erotic] novel; pornographic novel

姦夫姦婦　（かんぷ　かんぷ）
(n) adulterer and adulteress; adulterous couple

玩物喪志　（がんぶつ　そうし）　
(n) forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal

官民格差　（かんみん　かくさ）
(n) disparity (of income [pensions, etc.]) between public and private employees

頑迷固陋　（がんめい　ころう）
(adj-na,n) obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of makingsound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality

簡明率直　（かんめい　そっちょく）　
(adj-na,n) simple, plain, and artless; clear, concise, and unaffected

簡明直截　（かんめい　ちょくせつ）　
(adj-na,n) simple and plain; frank, direct and unambivalent; straightforward

頑冥不霊　（がんめい　ふれい）
(adj-na,n) stubborn and ignorant

顔面紅潮　（がんめん　こうちょう）
(n) one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face

顔面蒼白　（がんめん　そうはく）　
(n) one's face turning pale [ashen]; the color being drained from one's face

慣用表現　（かんよう　ひょうげん）
(n) idiomatic expression; idiom

官僚主導　（かんりょう　しゅどう）
(n) initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills [rather than by politicians]

貫禄十分　（かんろく　じゅうぶん）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) having great [impressive, commanding] presence; having an air of importance; having enough gravity for (a position)

貫禄不足　（かんろく　ぶそく）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) lacking enough gravity for (a position/task); being an insignificant figure for (a position/task)　　

閑話休題　（かんわ　きゅうだい）
(exp,n) "Digression aside, ..."; "Now let's return to the main subject."; But let's leave that and get back to the point [in a conversation, speech, or story-telling]

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「き」

偽悪趣味　（ぎあく　しゅみ）
(n) propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad

気韻生動 （きいん せいどう）
(n) being animated [vivid] with grace [elegance, refinement]

気宇広闊　（きう　こうかつ）
(adj-na,n) magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set

気宇壮大　（きう　そうだい）
(adj-na,n) magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set

気炎万丈　（きえん　ばんじょう）
(n) in very high spirits; talking big

奇怪千万　（きかい　せんばん　・　きっかい　せんばん）
(adj-na) very strange [mysterious, weird]; bizarre; monstrous; outrageous

機械馬鹿　（きかい　ばか）
(n) skilled engineer [mechanic] who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical

奇貨可居　（きか　おくべし）
(exp) You must seize every golden opportunity; Strike while the iron is hot; When you find a rare good buy, seize upon it for a future sale at a much higher price.

危機一髪 （きき　いっぱつ）　##
(n) coming within a hair's breath of danger; by the skin of one's teeth; in the nick of time; touch and go; a close call

奇々怪々・奇奇怪怪　（きき　かいかい）　##
(adj-na,n) very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious

危急存亡　（ききゅう　そんぼう） ##
(n) time of emergency; critical moment [hour, time]; life-or-death situation

起居挙動　（ききょ　きょどう）　
(n) behavior; bearing; deportment; manners; demeanor

起居動作　（ききょ　どうさ）　　
(n) behavior; bearing; deportment; manners; demeanor; one's daily life

規矩準縄　（き 　く　 じゅん 　じょう）　
(n) rules and standards; norms; criteria

機嫌気褄　（きげん　きづま）　
(n) humor; temper; mood

機嫌上戸　（きげん　じょうご）
(n) merry drinker

貴顕紳士　（きけん　しんし）　
(n) gentlemen of (high) eminence; notables; dignitaries

貴顕紳商　（きけん　しんしょう）
(n) merchant prince　　

機嫌奉伺　（きげん　ほうし）
(n) inquiring into the health [frame of mind] of someone; paying one's respects to someone

気候風土　（きこう　ふうど）
(n) climate and natural features (of a region)　

疑獄事件　（ぎごく　じけん）
(n) bribery scandal [case]

鬼哭啾々・鬼哭啾啾　（きこく　しゅうしゅう）　
(adj-t,adv-to) spine-chilling [hair-raising] [like the wailing and weeping of a restless ghost]

擬古主義　（ぎこ　しゅぎ）　
(n) archaism; classicism; pseudoarchaism; pseudoclassicism

気骨稜々・気骨稜稜　（きこつ　りょうりょう）　
(adj-t,adv-to) (a person with) strong moral fiber [backbone, determination]

旗鼓堂々・旗鼓堂堂 (きこ　どうどう）
(adj-t,adv-to) with colors flying and band playing; triumphantly; in splendid array

奇策縦横　（きさく　じゅうおう）
(adj-no,n) full of uncanny [outlandish] schemes; employing ingenious shifts and devices; resorting to clever schemes at will
　
起死回生 （きし　かいせい）　##
(n) revival of the dead; recovering from a hopeless situation; pulling something back from the brink of defeat [failure]

旗幟鮮明　（きし　せんめい）
(n) making one's attitude [position, stand] clear; taking a definite stance [Literally, unfurling and clearly showing one's banner]
　　　　
希少価値　（きしょう　かち）
(n) very precious; scarcity value

机上空論　（きじょう　くうろん）
(n) impractical desktop theory [proposition]; unworkable idea; an idea that isn't worth the paper it's written on

起承転結　（き　しょう　てん　けつ） ##
(n) the literary process of introduction, development, turn and conclusion; the logical order of things

喜色満面 　（きしょく　まんめん）　##
(n) being all smiles with joy; with one's face beaming with joy; smiling from ear to ear

疑似恋愛　（ぎじ　れんあい）
(n) pseudo-romance; pseudo [mock] love affair

疑心暗鬼　（ぎしん　あんき）　##
(exp,n) being beset with doubts and fears; Suspicion will raise bogies; fearful and suspicious frame of mind

気随気儘　（きずい　きまま）
(adj-na,n) carefree; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; unfettered; tending to do as one pleases; self-indulgent

既成概念　（きせい　がいねん）
(n) preconceived idea; old [established] notions; fixed [established] ideas

規制緩和　（きせい　かんわ）
(n) easing of restraints [regulations]; relaxation of controls; deregulation

既成事実　（きせい　じじつ）
(n) established fact; accomplished reality; fait accompli

貴賤上下　（きせん　じょうげ　・　きせん　しょうか）　
(n) high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes

貴賤貧富　（きせん　ひんぷ）　
(n) high and low, and rich and poor

偽装工作　（ぎそう　こうさく）
(n,vs) diversionary tactics [maneuvering]; disguise; hide by camouflage

奇想天外 　（きそう　てんがい）　##
(adj-na,n) fantastic; bizarre; totally unexpected; the most amazing and imaginative

偽装難民　（ぎそう　なんみん）
(n) fake [phony] refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee

帰属意識　（きぞく　いしき）
(n) sense of belonging; (a feeling of) identification (with)

気息奄々・気息奄奄　（きそく　えんえん）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink of death

希代未聞　（きたい　みもん）　
(adj-no,n) unheard-of; unparalleled

機知縦横・機智縦横　 （きち　じゅうおう）
(adj-no,n) being very witty; very ingenious and resourceful

吉凶禍福　（きっきょう　かふく）　
(n) fortune and misfortune; weal and woe; prosperity and adversity; ups and downs (of life)

吃驚仰天　（きっきょう　ぎょうてん　・　びっくり　ぎょうてん）　
(n,vs) be astonished; be stunned; be startled out of one's wits; be thunderstruck

既定路線　（きてい　ろせん）
(n) established [existing] policy [procedure(s)]

喜怒哀楽 （き　ど　あい　らく）　##
(n) human emotions [joy, anger, sorrow, and humor]

軌道修正　（きどう　しゅうせい）
(n,vs) orbital adjustment; mid-course correction; modification (of a planned course of action); changing horses midstream

木戸御免 （きど　ごめん）
(n) being given free admission to; having free access to

昨日今日　（きのう　きょう）
(n) 1 yesterday and today; 2 (something that happened) only yesterday [just recently]

気分一新 （きぶん　いっしん）
(n) complete change of mood; thoroughly refreshing one's spirits

気分次第　（きぶん　しだい）
(n) according to [depending on] the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates

気分爽快　（きぶん　そうかい）
(n) feeling great [refreshed]

気分高揚　（きぶん　こうよう）
(n) feeling exhilarated

気分転換　（きぶん　てんかん）
(n) change of pace; change of mood; mental diversion; refreshment of the spirit; a break

生真面目　（き　まじめ）
(adj-na,n) earnest; deeply sincere, serious-minded; overseriousness, too earnest
　　　
気儘勝手　（きまま　かって）　
(adj-na,n) self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience

気儘放題　（きまま　ほうだい）
(adj-na,n) as selfishly [willfully] as one pleases

鬼面仏心　（きめん　ぶっしん）　
(n) having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart

疑問氷解　（ぎもん　ひょうかい）
(n) one's doubts being cleared away [dispelled, resolved]

逆転優勝　（ぎゃくてん　ゆうしょう）
(n,vs) upset victory; come-from-behind victory

牛飲馬食　（ぎゅういん　ばしょく）　##
(n,vs) heavy eating and drinking; drinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor

牛鬼蛇神　（ぎゅうき　だしん）　
(adj-no,n) wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
　　
九牛一毛　（きゅうぎゅう　いちもう　・　きゅうぎゅう　の　いちもう）
(n) a drop in the bucket [ocean]; a small fraction (of); trifle

救国済民　（きゅうこく　さいみん）
(n) saving a nation and providing relief to people

旧婚旅行　（きゅうこん　りょこう）
(n) second honeymoon

九死一生　（きゅうし　いっしょう）　##
(n) narrow escape from the jaws of death
　　　
鳩首協議　（きゅうしゅ　きょうぎ）　
(n,vs) put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)

鳩首凝議　（きゅうしゅ　ぎょうぎ）　
(n,vs) put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)

鳩首謀議　（きゅうしゅ　ぼうぎ）
(n,vs) go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and conspire

鳩首密議　（きゅうしゅ　みつぎ）
(n,vs) going into a huddle (over); holding secret [closed-door] conference (about); laying heads together in secret consultation

窮鼠噛猫　（きゅうそ　ごうびょう）　
(exp) A cornered rat will bite the cat.; One who is cornered will fight like a devil.

旧態依然　（きゅうたい　いぜん）　##
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the better for the change (if at all)

急転悪化　（きゅうてん　あっか）
(n) suddenly turning for the worse; sudden deterioration

急転直下　（きゅうてん　ちょっか）　##
(n-adv,vs) suddenly and precipitately; abruptly; taking a sudden turn

旧套墨守　（きゅうとう　ぼくしゅ）
(n,vs) clinging to old customs; adhering to old traditions

旧幕時代　（きゅうばく　じだい）
(n) the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime

弓馬槍剣　（きゅうば　そうけん）　
(n) archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general

弓馬刀槍　（きゅうば　とうそう）
(n) archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general

旧弊打破　（きゅうへい　だは）
(n) breaking down antiquated notions; abandoning old-time ways; correcting long- standing abuses

牛歩戦術　（ぎゅうほ　せんじゅつ）
(n) snail's-pace tactics; snail's-pace shuffling walk adopted by opposition members of the Diet as a tactic for stalling a vote

今日明日　（きょう　あす）
(n) 1 today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; 2 (something that may happen) very soon [any day now]

強圧手段　（きょうあつ　しゅだん）
(n) coercive [high-handed] measure; strong-arm method

恐悦至極　（きょうえつ　しごく）　##
(adj-na,n) most humbly pleased [delighted]

矯角殺牛　（きょうかく　さつぎゅう）
(exp,n) trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease.

鏡花水月　（きょうか　すいげつ）　
(n) flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words

行儀作法　（ぎょうぎ　さほう）
(n) good manners; etiquette; decorum; the rules of good behavior

今日昨日　（きよう　きのう）
(n) 1 today and yesterday; 2 (something that happened) only yesterday [just recently]

行儀見習　（ぎょうぎ　みならい）　
(n) learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)

恐々謹言・恐恐謹言　（きょうきょう　きんげん）
(exp) Very truly yours [a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style]

狂喜乱舞 　（きょうき　らんぶ）
(n,vs) boisterous dance; dancing wildly for joy

恐懼感激　（きょうく　かんげき）　
(n,vs) be struck with awe; be deeply moved with awe

挟撃作戦　（きょうげき　さくせん）
(n) pincer operation [tactic]

狂言綺語　（きょうげん　きご）
(n) [a derogatory term for] fiction; story; novel [Literally, make-believe and fancy talk]

狂言強盗　（きょうげん　ごうとう）
(n) fake [staged] robbery

狂言自殺　（きょうげん　じさつ）
(n) mock [sham, fake] suicide

強権発動　（きょうけん　はつどう）
(n) invoking the (coercive) power of the state; calling upon the (strong) power of the state

狂言誘拐　（きょうげん　ゆうかい）
(n) fake [staged] kidnapping

競合関係　（きょうごう　かんけい）
(n) competitive relationship; rivalry

恐惶謹言　（きょうこう　きんげん）　
(exp) Very truly yours [a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style]

恐惶敬白　（きょうこう　けいはく）
(exp) Very truly yours [a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style]

強硬手段　 （きょうこう 　しゅだん）
(n) tough measure; firm step; strong measure

強行突破　（きょうこう　とっぱ）
(n,vs) force [bulldoze] one's way through

強硬路線　（きょうこう　ろせん）　
(n) firm [strong] stand; hard [tough] line

教唆扇動・教唆煽動　（きょうさ　せんどう）
(n,vs) instigation and abetment

行商稼業　（ぎょうしょう　かぎょう）
(n) the peddling trade

行住坐臥　（ぎょうじゅう　ざが）
(n-adv,n) daily life; daily routine; while awake or asleep; at all times; day in, day out; constantly [Literally, the four basic movements (walking, standing, sitting and lying down)]

拱手傍観　（きょうしゅ　ぼうかん）
(n,vs) stand idle by and watch; be a passive onlooker; be an unconcerned spectator of another's distress

協心戮力　　（きょうしん　りくりょく）
(n,vs) combined [concerted] efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
　　　
行政手腕　（ぎょうせい　しゅわん）
(n) skill at administration; one's administrative skills

競争場裡　（きょうそうじょう　り）
(n) an [the] arena of competition

共存共栄　（きょうぞん　きょうえい）　##　
(n) peaceful coexistence and mutual prosperity

兄弟弟子　（きょうだい　でし）　
(n) fellow pupil [apprentice]

驚天動地　（きょうてん　どうち）　##
(n) astounding; startling; world-shaking; sensational

共同戦線　（きょうどう　せんせん）　
(n) common [united] front

共同謀議　（きょうどう　ぼうぎ）
(n) conspiracy

強迫観念　（きょうはく　かんねん）
(n) obsession; compulsion

共犯関係　（きょうはん　かんけい）
(n) complicity (in a crime); collusion

器用貧乏　（きよう　びんぼう）
(adj-na,n) Jack of all trades and master of none; Good workmen are seldom rich.

驕兵必敗　（きょうへい　ひっぱい）　
(exp,n) Defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army.; Being arrogant and overconfident inevitably leads to defeat [failure].; Pride comes before a fall.

興味索然　（きょうみ　さくぜん）
(adj-t,adv-to) uninteresting; pall; tending to spoil the fun [pleasure] (of); throwing a wet blanket (on)

興味津々・興味津津　（きょうみ　しんしん）　##
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in); being immensely curious (about)

興味本位　（きょうみ　ほんい）
(adj-na,adj-no,n ) popular (literature, etc.); light [entertaining] treatment (of a topic); merely for entertainment; just out of curiosity

教養小説　（きょうよう　しょうせつ）　
(n) novel of education [formation]; novel which traces the intellectual, spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character from (usually) childhood to maturity; Bildungsroman [German]

享楽気分　（きょうらく　きぶん）
(n) enjoyable [pleasant] feeling [atmosphere]

享楽生活　（きょうらく　せいかつ）
(n) leading a life of pleasure; pleasure-seeking lifestyle

狂瀾怒涛　（きょうらん　どとう）
(n) raging billows [waves]; tumultuous sea; maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil

協力一致　（きょうりょく　いっち）　
(n,vs) combined [concerted] efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)

協力態勢　（きょうりょく　たいせい）
(n) readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation

強力無比　（きょうりょく　むひ）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being the strongest; being powerful [mighty] without equal

虚々実々・虚虚実実　（きょきょ　じつじつ）　##
(n) full of wiles and tricks; a match between persons equal in shrewdness mobilizing all the tricks each can muster; shrewdly avoiding the opponent's strong points and attacking its weaknesses

局外中立　（きょくがい　ちゅうりつ）
(n) neutrality; staying above the fray

曲学阿世　（きょくがく　あせい）
(n) prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times

玉砕主義　（ぎょくさい　しゅぎ）
(n) the principle of honorable death and no surrender

旭日昇天　（きょくじつ　しょうてん）
(n) full of vigor and vitality [like the rising sun]; being in the ascendant

玉石混交・玉石混淆　（ぎょくせき　こんこう）　##
(n,vs) a mixture of the good and bad; a jumble of wheat and tares

局面一転　（きょくめん　いってん）
(n) sudden reversal in the tide of events; the situation taking a new turn

局面打開　（きょくめん　だかい）　
(n) breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation

挙国一致　（きょこく　いっち）　
(n,vs) national unity; the whole nation being united for a common cause

虚実混交・虚実混淆　（きょじつ　こんこう）　
(n) mishmash of truth and untruth; mixture of fiction and fact

虚実皮膜　（きょじつ　ひまく）
(exp,n) the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction.

虚心坦懐　（きょしん　たんかい）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor; with no preconceived notions

虚心平気　（きょしん　へいき）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor; with no preconceived notions

拒絶反応　（きょぜつ　はんのう）
(n) rejection (symptom); strong reaction (against)

挙措言動　（きょそ　げんどう）
(n) speech and behavior; words and deeds

挙措進退　（きょそ　しんたい）
(n) behavior; bearing; demeanor

虚脱状態　（きょだつ　じょうたい）
(n) state of lethargy; absolute bewilderment; daze; mental numbness

挙動不審　（きょどう　ふしん）　
(n) suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously

許認可権　（きょにんか　けん）
(n) ministerial authority to grant permits and approvals

拒否反応　（きょひ　はんのう）
(n) adverse reaction; negative response to; strong reaction (against)

毀誉褒貶　（きよ　ほうへん）
(n) praise and censure; differing views of someone's achievements; one's public reputation, both good and bad

虚無恬淡　（きょむ　てんたん）　
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to,n) rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless

義理一遍　（ぎり　いっぺん）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) perfunctory; going-through-the-motions-sort of (invitation, gift, etc.)

義理人情　（ぎり　にんじょう）　##
(n) duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings

機略縦横　（きりゃく　じゅうおう）　##
(adj-no,n) full of resourceful ideas; full of shifts and devices; very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment

気力旺盛　（きりょく　おうせい）
(adj-na,n) being full of energy [drive, motivation, vitality]

気力横溢　（きりょく　おういつ）
(n) being full of vitality [energy]; in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient

議論百出　（ぎろん　ひゃくしゅつ）
(n) endless [fierce] arguments; diverse arguments arising in great numbers

議論沸騰　（ぎろん　ふっとう）
(n,vs) discussion [argument] becoming heated; debate being in a ferment

金甌無欠　（きんおう　むけつ　・　きんのう　むけつ）　
(n) flawless; perfect; (a nation) having never been invaded by outside forces
　
槿花一日　（きんか　いちじつ）　
(n) evanescent glory; passing prosperity

槿花一朝　（きんか　いっちょう）　　
(n) evanescent glory; passing prosperity

金科玉条　（きんか　ぎょくじょう）　##
(n) a golden rule

欣喜雀躍　（きんき　じゃくやく） ##
(n,vs) jump [dance] for joy; cannot contain one's joy

緊急事態　（きんきゅう　じたい）
(n) state of emergency; exigency; crisis

緊急動議　（きんきゅう　どうぎ）
(n) urgent motion

謹厳実直 （きんげん　じっちょく）　##
(adj-na,n) very discreet, sincere, and honest; sober and upright

勤倹貯蓄　（きんけん　ちょちく）
(n) thrift and saving

金言名句　（きんげん　めいく）
(n) golden [wise] saying; aphorism; maxim
　　
勤倹力行　（きんけん　りっこう）　　
(n,vs) work hard and practice frugality　

近郷近在　（きんごう　きんざい）　
(n) surrounding country; neighboring villages

金口木舌　（きんこう　ぼくぜつ ・　きんこう　もくぜつ）
(n) (public) opinion leader

筋骨隆々・筋骨隆隆　（きんこつ　りゅうりゅう）
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) muscular; strong-muscled

緊褌一番　（きんこん　いちばん）　##
(n-adv) gird up one's loins; brace oneself up (for); act with determination and resolve

金枝玉葉　（きんし　ぎょくよう）
(n) (1) member of the Imperial family; royalty; (2) beautiful clouds

琴瑟相和　（きんしつ　そうわ）
(n,vs) marital harmony; living (together) happily as husband and wife

金城鉄壁　（きんじょう　てっぺき）　##
(n) impregnable castle [walls]; impregnable fortress; impregnable defense

錦上添花　（きんじょう　てんか）　
(n) adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty [honor, grace] with even greater glory

金城湯池　（きんじょう　とうち）　
(n) impregnable fortress; impassable moat [bulwark]; unassailable territory

近所合壁　（きんじょ　がっぺき）
(n) immediate neighborhood

近所迷惑　（きんじょ　めいわく）
(n) nuisance [annoyance, inconvenience] to (people in) the neighborhood
　　　　
金銭感覚　（きんせん　かんかく）
(n) sense for (how to use) money; money sense

金銭哲学　（きんせん　てつがく）
(n) one's philosophy of making, saving, and spending money

金銭問題　（きんせん　もんだい）
(n) money matter; question of money; money trouble

緊張緩和　（きんちょう　かんわ）
(n) detente; easing [relation] of tension

金殿玉楼　（きんでん　ぎょくろう）
(n) magnificent palace; palatial residence.

勤王攘夷・勤皇攘夷　（きんのう　じょうい）
(n) loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners

金波銀波　（きんぱ　ぎんぱ）　
(n) sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising [setting] sun

禁欲生活　（きんよく　せいかつ）
(n) an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence

金襴緞子　（きんらん　どんす）　
(n) gold-brocade satin damask; expensive silk fabrics

近隣公害　（きんりん　こうがい）
(n) (noise/smell/air/water) pollution in the neighborhood

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空々寂々・空空寂寂　（くうくう　じゃくじゃく）　　
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and nonattached; All is void.

空々漠々・空空漠漠　（くうくう　ばくばく）　　
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) vast; boundless; empty; vague and hazy

空前絶後　（くうぜん　ぜつご）　##
(n) (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last; unprecedented; the greatest of all time

空即是色　（くう　そくぜ　しき）　
(exp,n) Voidness is form.; What appears empty is form itself. [A Buddhist teaching]

空中楼閣　（くうちゅう　ろうかく）
(n) castle in the air; pie in the sky
　
空転国会　（くうてん　こっかい）
(n) stalled session of the Diet [Japanese Parliament]
　　　　　
空理空論　（くうり　くうろん）
(n) an impractical [empty] theory; vain speculation; unrealistic and useless arguments

苦学力行　（くがく　りっこう）　
(n,vs) strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties; completing one's education while working hard to support oneself 　

愚兄賢弟　（ぐけい　けんてい）
(n) a foolish older brother and a smart younger

愚者一得 （ぐしゃ　いっとく）
(exp,n) Even a fool may sometimes give good counsel.
　
九尺二間　（くしゃく　にけん）
(n) (tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep

苦心惨憺　（くしん　さんたん）　##
(n,vs) taking great pains; making strenuous efforts; going to all the trouble

愚図愚図　（ぐず　ぐず）
(adj-na,adv,exp) tardily; hesitantly; hesitatingly; dilly-dallying; lingering; complaining

薬九層倍　（くすり　くそうばい）　　
(exp,n) Medicines are priced at nine times their cost.; There is a huge markup in medicines.

九寸五分　（くすん　ごぶ）
(n) dagger (with a blade approx. 29 cm long)

糞真面目　（くそ　まじめ）
(adj-na,n) overly serious; absurdly [ridiculously] serious; serious to a fault

口三味線　（くち　じゃみせん）
(n) humming a samisen tune; (con someone with) clever lies [slick talk]

口不調法　（くち　ぶちょうほう）
(adj-na,n) poor talker; inarticulate person; awkward in expressing oneself; clumsy in the use of language

九分九厘　（くぶ　くりん） ##
(n-adv,n) in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred; almost certainly; in all probability

熊公八公　（くまこう　はちこう）
(n) the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs

雲助根性　（くもすけ　こんじょう）
(n) predatory nature; rapacious disposition

愚問愚答　（ぐもん　ぐとう）
(n) silly questions and silly answers; silly dialogue

玄人気質　（くろうと　かたぎ）
(n) professionalism; the temperament of a professional

黒田売買　（くろた　ばいばい）
(n) dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out

黒物家電　（くろもの　かでん）
(n) black goods; consumer electronics products

桑原桑原　（くわばら　くわばら）　
(int) Heaven help me!; Heaven forbid!

軍紀弛緩　（ぐんき　ちかん）
(n) lack of [slackness in] military discipline; demoralization

軍紀漏洩　（ぐんき　ろうえい）
(n) disclosure [leakage, betrayal] of military secrets

君子豹変　（くんし　ひょうへん）　##
(exp,n) 1 [original meaning] The wise readily adapt themselves to changed circumstances.; The wise are quick to acknowledge their mistakes and correct them.; 2 [in colloquial usage, ironically or as an excuse] The wise make no scruple in suddenly changing their demeanor [attitude, idea, intention].

訓民正音　（くんみん　せいおん）
(n) Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul [Hangul] alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun [Enmun]

群雄割拠 　（ぐんゆう　かっきょ）　##
(n,vs) rivalry of local warlords; rival camps vying for supremacy; a number of powerful [talented, influential] persons standing by themselves in a given field

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鯨飲馬食　（げいいん　ばしょく）
(n,vs) heavy eating and drinking; drinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor

形影一如　（けいえい　いちにょ）　
(n) being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart

軽挙妄動 （けいきょ　もうどう）　##
(n,vs) rash and blind act; acting on impulse taking no heed of possible consequences
　　　　
鶏群一鶴 (けいぐん　いっかく）　
(n) a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men

鶏口牛後　（けいこう　ぎゅご）　
(exp,n) It is better to be the beak of a rooster than the rump of a bull; It is better to be a big fish in a little pond than a little fish in a big pond.; It is better to be the leader of a small group than a subordinate in a large organization.

経国済民　（けいこく　さいみん）　
(n) governing a nation and providing relief to people　

傾国傾城　（けいこく　けいせい）
(n) a beauty for whom a king would neglect his realm; glamorous woman who brings ruin to a realm as the king is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale

警察沙汰　（けいさつ　ざた）　
(n) a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law

芸術家肌　（げいじゅつか　はだ）
(n) be something of an artist; have something of the artist in one

形勢逆転　（けいせい　ぎゃくてん）
(n,vs) the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot

傾城傾国　（けいせい　けいこく）　
(n) a beauty for whom a king would neglect his realm; glamorous woman who brings ruin to a realm as the king is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale

経世済民　（けいせい　さいみん）
(n) governing a nation and providing relief to people　

形勢不利　（けいせい　ふり）　
(adj-na,n) situation [turn of events] being unfavorable [disadvantageous]

形勢有利　（けいせい　ゆうり）
(adj-na,n) situation [turn of events] being favorable [advantageous]

軽佻浮薄 （けいちょう　ふはく）　##
(adj-na,n) frivolous and thoughtless; fickle and frivolous

敬天愛人　（けいてん　あいじん）　
(exp) "Revere heaven, love people." [favorite motto of Saigo Takamori, 1827-1877]

軽薄才子　（けいはく　さいし）　
(n) shallow, glib and obsequious person

軽薄短小　（けい　はく　たん　しょう）　
(adj-na,n) light, thin, short, and small (products); light and compact (products)

軽妙洒脱　（けいみょう　しゃだつ）　##
(adj-na,n)　free and easy; witty and refined; smart and polished

鶏鳴狗盗 （けいめい　くとう）
(n) person who resorts to petty tricks; person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks

経歴詐称　（けいれき　さしょう）
(n) misrepresentation [falsification] of one's past record [personal history]

戯作三昧　（げさく　ざんまい）　
(n) being absorbed in writing popular novels [cheap fictions]; being absorbed in writing something to amuse oneself

下司野郎　(げす　やろう）
(n) low [crude/coarse] person; boor

外題学問　（げだい　がくもん）　
(n) putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book [play, etc.]; pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name

血縁関係　（けつえん　かんけい）
(n) blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related

月下推敲　（げっか　すいこう）
(n) polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction

月下氷人 （げっか　ひょうじん）　##
(n) go-between; matchmaker

結跏趺坐　（けっか　ふざ）　　
(n) sitting with crossed legs; the lotus position [in Zen meditation]

月下老人　（げっか　ろうじん）
(n) go-between; matchmaker　　　

月給泥棒　（げっきゅう　どろぼう）
(n) freeloader; slacker; lazy worker who does not deserve his salary

月卿雲客　（げっけい　うんかく）　
(n) court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace

血族関係　（けつぞく　かんけい）
(n) kinship; relationship by blood; blood ties; consanguinity 　　　

血族結婚　（けつぞく　けっこん）　
(n) consanguineous marriage

懸念材料　（けねん　ざいりょう）
(n) cause [grounds] for concern [anxiety]; reason for uneasiness

原因究明　（げんいん　きゅうめい）
(n,vs) investigation to determine the cause (of); tracing something back to its origin

原因不明　（げんいん　ふめい）
(adj-no,n) cause unknown; from an unknown cause; of (an) unknown origin

狷介孤高　（けんかい　ここう）　
(adj-na,n) stubborn and aloof

狷介固陋 （けんかい　ころう）　
(adj-na,n) stubbornly sticking to old ways; narrow-mindedly rejecting other people's views

狷介不羈　（けんかい　ふき）
(adj-na,n) stubbornly sticking to one's own convictions; being stubbornly independent

衒学趣味　（げんがく　しゅみ）
(n) pedantry; display of one's learning; being of a pedantic disposition
　　　　
喧嘩沙汰　（けんか　ざた）
(n) beginning [developing into] a quarrel [a fight, an altercation]

元気一杯　（げんき　いっぱい）
(adj-na,adv,n) be brimming with health [vigor]; be full of pep

元気旺盛　（げんき　おうせい）
(adj-na,n) be brimming with vitality; be full of vigor [life]

元気溌剌　（げんき　はつらつ）　
(adj-na,n) be full of energy [liveliness]; be full of pep

牽強付会 （けんきょう　ふかい）
(n,vs) farfetched (idea/interpretation); twisted (argument), forced (view); strained (logic/interpretation)

懸軍長躯　（けんぐん　ちょうく）　
(n,vs) (conduct a) military expedition deep into enemy territory

懸軍万里　（けんぐん　ばんり）　
(n) military expedition deep into enemy territory

権限委譲　（けんげん　いじょう）
(n) delegation of authority [power]; devolution; empowerment

言々句々・言言句句　（げんげん　くく）
(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word

喧々囂々・喧喧囂囂　（けんけん　ごうごう）　##
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) wild uproar; clamor of voices; tumult; pandemonium of noise; many people clamorously pronouncing diverse opinions

拳々服膺・拳拳服膺　（けんけん　ふくよう）　
(n,vs) firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind [heart]

言行一致 （げんこう　いっち）　##
(n) consistency of speech and action; acting up to one's words; practicing what one preaches

言行齟齬　（げんこう　そご）　
(n) inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches

乾坤一擲 （けんこん　いってき）　##
(n) staking all (on); playing for all or nothing; risking everything on one throw of the dice

現実認識　（げんじつ　にんしき）
(n) accepting [acknowledging] the reality

現実路線　（げんじつ　ろせん）
(n) (following) a pragmatic (policy) line [approach]

現状維持　（げんじょう　いじ）　
(n) maintenance [preservation] of the status quo

現状打破　（げんじょう　だは）　
(n) abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation

現状把握　（げんじょう　はあく）
(n) grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation

現状否定　（げんじょう　ひてい）
(n) refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo

牽制作戦　（けんせい　さくせん）
(n) diversionary operations

厳正中立　（げんせい　ちゅうりつ）　
(adj-na,n) strict neutrality

現世利益　（げんせ　りやく　・　げんぜ　りやく）　
(n) spiritual [material] benefit gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings

減点主義　（げんてん　しゅぎ）
(n) demerit [points-off] system

巻土重来・捲土重来 （けんど　じゅうらい　・　けんど　ちょうらい） ##
(n) recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with redoubled efforts

堅忍持久　（けんにん　じきゅう）　
(n) dogged perseverance; untiring patience

堅忍不抜 （けんにん　ふばつ） 　
(n) indomitable perseverance; invincible fortitude

堅白同異 （けんぱく　どうい）　　　
(n) sophism; sophistry; quibbling

原発銀座　（げんぱつ　ぎんざ）
(n) area where a string of nuclear power plants are located

言文一致　（げんぶん　いっち）
(n) unification of the written and spoken forms of a language; written in the spoken, as contrasted to the literary, language; colloquial style of writing
　　　
権謀術策　（けんぼう　じゅっさく）
(n) trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others; Machiavellism

権謀術数　（けんぼう　じゅっすう） 　##
(n) trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others; Machiavellism

見聞覚知　（けん　もん　かく　ち）
(n) perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness)

原野商法　（げんや　しょうほう）
(n) the selling of waste land [worthless property] by unscrupulous real-estate developers

絢爛華麗　（けんらん　かれい）　
(adj-na,n) luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent
　　　
絢爛豪華　（けんらん　ごうか）　　
(adj-na,n) luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent

原理原則　（げんり　げんそく）
(n) rules and principles
　　　
堅牢堅固　（けんろう　けんご）　
(adj-na,n) firm and solid; stout and durable

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高位高官　（こうい　こうかん）　
(n) (person of) high rank and office [exalted station]; persons in high positions

行雲流水 （こううん　りゅうすい）
(n) living naturally unmindful of mundane affairs; taking life as it comes; [metaphorically] floating with the tide

豪快奔放　（ごうかい　ほんぽう）　
(adj-na,n) big-hearted and free-spirited; daring and uninhibited

豪華絢爛　（ごうか　けんらん）
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent

狡猾老獪　（こうかつ　ろうかい）　
(adj-na,n) sly and crafty

効果覿面 　（こうか　てきめん）　##
(adj-na,n) immediately effective; bring an immediate result (on); have an instant effect (on)

高歌放吟　（こうか　ほうぎん）　　
(n,vs) sing at the top of one's voice; sing one's head off

効果抜群　（こうか　ばつぐん）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) exceptionally effective; exceptional effectiveness
　　　　
紅顔可憐　（こうがん　かれん）　
(adj-na,n) youthful and endearing; rosy-cheeked and sweet

傲岸不遜 （ごうがん　ふそん）
(adj-na,n) arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence

傲岸無礼　（ごうがん　ぶれい）　
(adj-na,n) arrogant and rude
　
厚顔無恥 （こうがん　むち）　##
(adj-na,n) brazen and shameless; unscrupulous

剛毅果断　（ごうき　かだん）　
(adj-na,n) dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution

綱紀粛正 　（こうき　しゅくせい）　##
(n) enforcing strict official discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials

好機到来　（こうき　とうらい）　##
(exp,n) an opportunity presenting itself; A good chance has come.

綱紀紊乱　（こうき　びんらん）
(n) laxity in official discipline; public order being in disarray
　　　
恒久不変　（こうきゅう　ふへん）　
(n) permanent and immutable

巧言令色 　（こうげん　れいしょく）　##
(n) honeyed words and oiled smiles; (using) sweet words with feigned sincerity

交互作用　（こうご　さよう）
(n) (mutual) interaction; reciprocal action; interplay

恍惚状態　（こうこつ　じょうたい）
(n) state of ecstasy [rapture]; trance; senile dementia

甲骨文字　（こうこつ　もじ）
(n) ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces

交際上手　（こうさい　じょうず）
(adj-na,n) good at socializing; sociability; being a good mixer

交際場裡　（こうさいじょう　り）
(n) social circles; the arena of (fashionable) society

交際下手　（こうさい　べた）
(adj-na,n) bad at socializing; bad in social situation; being a bad mixer

光彩陸離　(こうさい　りくり）
(adj-t,adv-to) dazzling; brilliant

高山流水　（こうざん　りゅうすい）　
(n) 1 high mountains and running water; the beauty of nature; (2) beautifully [skillfully] played music

更始一新　（こうし　いっしん）　
(n,vs) undergo a complete change; turn over a new leaf

公私混同　（こうし　こんどう）　##
(n,vs) mix up public and private matters; mix up official business with personal affairs; mix up one's job and one's private life

好事多魔　（こうじ　たま）
(exp) Happy events are often accompanied by difficulties.; Unsullied joy is rare.

強情我慢　（ごうじょう　がまん）　
(adj-no,n) obstinate and self-assertive

強情頑固　（ごうじょう　がんこ）　　
(adj-na,n) headstrong; obstinate; bullheaded

公序良俗 （こうじょ　りょうぞく）　##
(n) public order and morals [decency]; public peace and good order

黄塵万丈　（こうじん　ばんじょう）
(n) rising cloud of (yellowish) dust; clouds of yellow dust

後生可畏 （こうせい かい）
(exp) The young should be regarded with respect.

攻勢防御　（こうせい　ぼうぎょ）
(n) attack as a form of defense; attacking [active] defense

公正無私　（こうせい　むし）
(adj-na,n) fair and impartial; just and unselfish

広大無辺　 （こうだい　むへん）　　##
(adj-na,n) boundless; infinite; vast 　　
　　　
巧遅拙速 （こうち　せっそく）
(n) better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent

膠着状態　（こうちゃく　じょうたい）
(n) state of deadlock; standstill; stalemate

郷鎮企業　（ごうちん　きぎょう）
(n) township and village enterprise in China

黄道吉日　（こうどう　きちにち　・　おうどう　きちにち）
(n) very auspicious day for all types of occasions

行動原理　（こうどう　げんり）
(n) behavioral principle; principle [value] governing one's conduct

荒唐無稽 　（こうとう　むけい）　##
(adj-na,n) groundless and preposterous; absurdity; sheer nonsense
　　　　
紅灯緑酒　（こうとう　りょくしゅ）
(n) (nights of) fun, food, and drink; bright-light district; nightlife district

狡兎三窟 （こうと さんくつ）
(n) very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger

広範多岐 （こうはん　たき）
(adj-na,n) extensive and wide-ranging; widespread and divergent

好評嘖々・好評嘖嘖　（こうひょう　さくさく）
(adj-t,adv-to) enjoying great popularity; receiving widespread high praise; being a great success with the public　　　

興奮気味　（こうふん　ぎみ）
(n) being somewhat excited [agitated]

公平無私　（こうへい　むし）　##
(adj-na,n) impartial and disinterested; fair and unprejudiced

興亡盛衰　（こうぼう　せいすい）　##
(n) rise and fall; prosperity and decline; vicissitudes

豪放粗野　（ごうほう　そや）
(adj-na,n) bold and boorish

豪放磊落 （ごうほう　らいらく）
(adj-na,n) bold and big-hearted; broad-minded, free, and easy

傲慢不遜　（ごうまん　ふそん）　
(adj-na) haughty; arrogant; overbearing; intolerable insolence

傲慢無礼　（ごうまん　ぶれい）　
(adj-na,n) arrogant and insolent; haughty and contemptuous

公明正大　（こうめい　せいだい）　##
(adj-na,n) fair and aboveboard; open and honest

紅毛碧眼　（こうもう　へきがん）
(n) red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner

交友関係　（こうゆう　かんけい）
(n) one's (friendly) relationships; the people one knows [goes around with]

剛勇無比　（ごうゆう　むひ）
(adj-no,n) unparalleled for valor; unmatched for bravery

強欲非道　（ごうよく　ひどう）　
(adj-na,n) abnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious

行楽日和　（こうらく　びより）　##
(n) ideal weather for an outing

荒涼落莫　（こうりょう　らくばく）
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to) scene looking desolate and forlorn

甲論乙駁　（こうろん　おつばく）　##
(n,vs) arguments pro and con; arguing for and against [something] with no resolution in sight

高論卓説 （こうろん　たくせつ）
(n) excellent opinion; brilliant exposition; outstanding argument; insightful view

弧影悄然　（こえい　しょうぜん）
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to) lonely and crestfallen; lonely and heavy-hearted figure

呉越同舟 （ごえつ　どうしゅう）　##
(n) bitter enemies stuck together in the same boat by chance; antagonists joining together for a common purpose

古往今来　（こおう　こんらい）　　
(n-adv) through all ages; since remote antiquity; from ancient times to the present

互角勝負　（ごかく　しょうぶ）
(n) equal contest; close game; well-matched game; even match

小刀細工　（こがたな　ざいく）
(n) (1) carving done with a knife; (2) cheap trick; simple trickery; petty strategem

狐疑逡巡 （こぎ　しゅんじゅん）
(n,vs) be in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision

極悪非道　（ごくあく　ひどう）
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman

国威発揚　（こくい　はつよう）
(n) enhancing national prestige; expanding national influence

国際感覚　（こくさい　かんかく）
(n) cosmopolitan [international] way of thinking; feeling for the wider world

国際場裡　（こくさい　じょうり）
(n) the international arena

国際力学　（こくさい　りきがく）
(n) dynamics of international [foreign] relations

国士無双 （こくし　むそう）
(n) person of great caliber unparalleled in the land; person of unsurpassed distinction

国色無双　（こくしょく　むそう）
(adj-no,n) (a woman of) unparalleled beauty; (a woman's beauty being) matchless throughout the land

酷薄無情（こくはく　むじょう）
(adj-na,n) cold-hearted; callous; merciless; implacable; ruthless

極楽往生　（ごくらく　おうじょう）
(n,vs) rebirth in Paradise; (die) an easy and peaceful death

極楽極楽　（ごくらく　ごくらく）
(exp) It's absolute heaven.; It's sheer bliss.

極楽蜻蛉　（ごくらく　とんぼ）
(n) happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante

孤軍奮闘　（こぐん　ふんとう）　##　　
(n,vs) fight alone; put up a solitary struggle; carry on a single-handed battle

此処一番　（ここ　いちばん）　
(n)the crucial moment; the moment of truth; a do-or-die situation; a crucial juncture [stage]

五公五民　（ごこう　ごみん） 五穀豊穣　（ごこく　ほうじょう）　
(n) bumper [abundant] crop; huge harvest (of cereals)

五言絶句 　（ごごん ぜっく）
(n) poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters

古今東西　（ここん とうざい）　##
(n-adv,n) all times and places; everywhen and everywhere

古今独歩　（ここん　どっぽ）
(n) unsurpassed in history

古今無双　（ここん　むそう)
(n) unparalleled in history

古今無類　（ここん　むるい）
(n) unequaled in history

五言律詩　（ごごん　りっし）
(n) poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters

腰掛仕事　（こしかけ　しごと）
(n) stopgap job; just a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time

乞食根性　（こじき　こんじょう）
(n) mercenary [mean] spirit; greediness; covetous disposition; base [mean] spirit of seeking freeloading [cadging] opportunities wherever possible

乞食坊主　（こじき　ぼうず　・　こつじき　ぼうず）　
(n) [a derogatory term for] Buddhist monk

故事成語　（こじ　せいご）
(n) idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China

虎視眈々・虎視眈眈　（こし　たんたん）　##
(adj-t,adv-to) watching vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon

五十音順　（ごじゅうおん　じゅん）
(n) the order of the Japanese syllabary; kana order; (in) a-i-u-e-o order

五十知命　（ごじゅう　ちめい）
(exp) At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. [Confucius]

後生一生　（ごしょう　いっしょう）
(n) extremely important or once in a lifetime (request); only once in one's lifetime

後生大事 （ごしょう　だいじ）　##
(n) with religious zeal; treasuring (something); keeping (something) with jealous care

弧城落月　（こじょう　らくげつ）　
(n) feeling apprehensive; feeling [looking] lone and helpless; being down-and-out [ruined]; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances

孤城落日 （こじょう　らくじつ）　　
(n) feeling apprehensive; feeling [looking] lone and helpless; being down-and-out [ruined]; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances

古色蒼然 　（こしょく　そうぜん）　##
(adj-t,adv-to) antique-looking; with the patina of age; hoary with age

故事来歴 　（こじ　らいれき）
(n) origin and history of things handed down from ancient times; historical particulars

牛頭馬頭　（ごず　めず）　
(n) a type of demons in the Buddhist hell with a human body and the head of a bull or horse

御前試合　（ごぜん　じあい）
(n) game [contest] held in the presence of a lord [daimyo, shogun]　

五臓六腑　（ごぞう　ろっぷ）
(n) the bowels and other internal organs; the vital organs

五体満足　（ごたい　まんぞく）　
(adj-na,n) with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb

誇大妄想　（こだい　もうそう）
(n) delusions of grandeur; megalomania

固着観念　（こちゃく　かんねん）　
(n) a fixation; fixed idea; obsession

国家存亡　（こっか　そんぼう）　
(n) the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis

国家多事　（こっか　たじ）
(adj-no,n) eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land

酷寒猛暑　（こっかん　もうしょ）
(n) bitter cold and fierce heat

克己精進　（こっき　しょうじん）
(n,vs) self-control and close application; self-denial and diligent devotion

克己復礼 （こっき　ふくれい）
(n,vs) exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality

刻苦精進　（こっく　しょうじん）　
(n,vs) be arduous; work diligently enduring hardships; make a strenuous effort

刻苦精励　（こっく　せいれい）　
(n,vs) be arduous; work diligently enduring hardships; make a strenuous effort
　　　
刻苦勉励　（こっく　べんれい） ##　
(n,vs) be arduous; work diligently enduring hardships; make a strenuous effort

滑稽諧謔　（こっけい　かいぎゃく）
(n) smooth-talking and humorous; with jocose and comical airs

滑稽洒脱　（こっけい　しゃだつ）
(adj-na,n) smooth-talking and polished; witty; free, easy, and urbane

骨肉相食　（こつにく　そうしょく）
(n) blood feud; domestic [family] discord

木端微塵・木っ端微塵 　(こっぱ　みじん)
(n) fragments and splinters; smithereens [atoms, bits]

木端役人・木っ端役人　（こっぱ　やくにん）　
(n) [a derogatory term for] petty [minor] official

固定観念　（こてい　かんねん）
(n) stereotype; prejudice; fixed idea

後手後手　（ごて　ごて）
(n) ending up behind with everything; being always too late [never in time]

後手必敗　（ごて　ひっぱい）
(exp,n) Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second.; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat.

五人囃子　（ごにん　ばやし）
(n) five court-musician dolls at the Girls' Festival (March 3)
　　　
小春日和　（こはる　びより）　##
(n) balmy autumn weather; warm spring-like weather in early winter

五風十雨　（ごふう　じゅうう）　
(n) seasonable rains and winds; rains and winds suitable for growing; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace

鼓腹撃壌　（こふく　げきじょう）　
(n,vs) (people) sing the praises [enjoy the blessings] of peace

鼓舞激励 （こぶ　げきれい）
(n,vs) inspire and encourage (someone); put (someone) on his mettle

五分五分　（ごぶ　ごぶ）　
(n) evenly matched; on even [equal] terms; tie; toss-up; on a 50-50 basis

御無沙汰・ご無沙汰　（ご　ぶさた）　　
(n,vs) not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting [failing] to write [call, visit, etc.]; long silence
　　　　
古武士然　（こぶし　ぜん）
(n) having something of the old-time samurai about one

胡麻塩頭　（ごましお　あたま）
(n) salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray

御用学者　（ごよう　がくしゃ）
(n) a scholar beholden to the government; scholar who curries favor with persons in power; self-serving academic

御用組合　（ごよう　くみあい）
(n) a company union; a sweetheart union; a company-run labor [trade] union

御用商人　（ごよう　しょうにん）
(n) purveyor to the government; merchant who enjoys government patronage

御用新聞　（ごよう　しんぶん）
(n) newspaper that follows the government line; newspaper that curries favor with the government

御用繁多　（ごよう　はんた）
(adj-na,n) being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business [often used humorously]

孤立無援　（こりつ　むえん）　##
(n) friendless isolation; fighting [struggling] alone and unassisted

五里霧中　（ごりむ　ちゅう）　##
(n) totally at a loss; lose one's bearings; mystified; clueless and bewildered; grope in the dark; (lost) in a fog

狐狸妖怪　（こり　ようかい）
(n) foxes and badgers [which were believed to bewitch humans] and all sorts of bogies; sly fellow who does evil by stealth; tricksters

固陋頑迷　（ころう　がんめい）　
(adj-na,n) obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality

強面談判　（こわもて　だんぱん）
(n) aggressive negotiations; hard-line bargaining

根気仕事　（こんき　しごと）　
(n) laborious task; work that requires a lot of patience

困苦窮乏　（こんく　きゅうぼう）　
(n) hardships and privations

困苦欠乏　（こんく　けつぼう）
(n) hardships and privations

欣求浄土　（ごんぐ　じょうど）　
(n) seeking rebirth in the Pure Land; the aspiration to be reborn in Paradise

金剛堅固　（こんごう　けんご）
(n) firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine

金剛不壊　（こんごう　ふえ）　
(n) firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine

金剛力士　（こんごう　りきし）　
(n) the guardian gods (at a temple gate)

言語道断 　（ごんご　どうだん）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) outrageous; preposterous; inexcusable; absurd; unspeakable

混雑具合　（こんざつ　ぐあい）
(n) the state [degree] of congestion; how bad traffic jams are

今是昨非　（こんぜ　さくひ）　
(exp,n) complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right.; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways

懇切丁寧 (こんせつ　ていねい）　##
(adj-na,n) [an explanation, advice, etc. being] kind, careful, and thorough; thoughtful and scrupulous

渾然一体　（こんぜん　いったい）
(n) individual units blending into a uniform whole; separate units forming a harmonious whole; in complete harmony

蒟蒻問答　（こんにゃく　もんどう）
(n) irrelevant and incoherent dialogue; incoherent questions and answers; meaningless [off-the-beam] debate; dialogue at cross purposes

根本原理　（こんぽん　げんり）
(n) fundamental [underlying] principle; ground rules; keystone

昏迷状態　（こんめい　じょうたい）
(n) befuddled [bewildered, confused] state; stupor

混迷状態　（こんめい　じょうたい）
(n) chaotic state; turmoil; disarray; labyrinth

金輪奈落　（こんりん　ならく）　
(n-adv,n) utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock

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斎戒沐浴　（さいかい　もくよく）
(n,vs) washing and purifying one's body before praying or performing religious ceremonies; performing one's ablutions

才気煥発 （さいき　かんぱつ）
(adj-na,n) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen [sparkling] intellect

才気縦横　（さいき　じゅうおう）
(adj-na,n) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen [sparkling] intellect

才気溌剌　（さいき　はつらつ）
(adj-t,adv-to) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen [sparkling] intellect

再起不能　（さいき　ふのう）　
(n) be beyond [have no hope of] recovery

最後通牒　（さいご　つうちょう）　
(n) ultimatum

歳々年々・歳歳年年　（さいさい　ねんねん）　
(adv,n) annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year

再三再四 （さいさん　さいし）　##
(adv,n) repeatedly; over and over again; again and again

才子佳人　（さいし　かじん）
(n) a talented man and a beautiful woman; well-matched pair; the quick-witted and the beautiful; wit and beauty

妻子眷属　（さいし　けんぞく）
(n) one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family

才子多病　（さいし　たびょう）　
(exp,n) Talented people tend to be of delicate constitution.; Men of genius tend to be of delicate health.; Whom the gods love die young.

罪状糾明　（さいじょう　きゅうめい）
(n) closely examining [questioning] the concrete circumstances of a crime

罪状明白　（ざいじょう　めいはく）
(adj-na,n) be proven guilty of a crime; have one's guilt for a crime made clear; the nature of offense being [becoming] clear

才色兼備　（さいしょく　けんび）　##
(n) (a woman) being gifted with both intelligence [wit] and beauty

祭政一致　（さいせい　いっち）　
(n) unity of church and state; government of a country by religious leaders; theocracy

祭政分離　（さいせい　ぶんり）
(n) separation of church and state; separation of religious ritual and government administration

才知縦横　（さいち　じゅうおう）
(adj-na,n) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen [sparkling] intellect

採長補短　（さいちょう　ほたん）
(n,vs) compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points

裁判沙汰　（さいばん　ざた）　
(n) law suit; litigation; court fight; legal wangle

西方浄土　(さいほう　じょうど）
(n) Buddhist paradise; the Western Pure Land

在野精神　（ざいや　せいしん）
(n) spirit of defiance of the opposition party; antiestablishment mindset

一昨々日・一昨昨日　（さき　おととい　・　いっさく　さくじつ　・　さき　おとつい）　　
(n-adv,n-t) two days before yesterday; three days back [ago]

一昨々年・一昨昨年　（さき　おととし　・　いっさく　さくねん）
(n-adv,n-t) two years before last (year); three years back [ago]

昨非今是　（さくひ　こんぜ）　
(exp,n) complete reversal of values or ways of thinking (over time); What appeared wrong in the past now appears right.; realizing and regretting the past errors of one's ways

錯乱状態　（さくらん　じょうたい）　
(n) state of (mental) confusion [agitation]

左顧右眄　（さこ　うべん）　
(n,vs) hesitation; wavering; looking left and right and all around, unable to make up one's mind; shilly-shally

砂塵濛々・砂塵濛濛・砂塵朦々・砂塵朦朦　（さじん　もうもう）
(adj-t,adv-to) big clouds of dust; haze of dust

五月雨式　（さみだれ　しき）
(n) intermittent [off and on] manner; dragging on and on

左右一対　（さゆう　いっつい）
(n) left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair

左右対称　（さゆう　たいしょう）
(adj-no,n) bilateral symmetry

小夜時雨　（さよ　しぐれ）
(n) light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter

三猿主義　（さんえん　しゅぎ）
(n) the principle [philosophy] of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not"

三界流転　（さんがい　るてん）
(n) endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and
future existences
　　　　　
三角関係　（さんかく　かんけい）　
(n) love triangle; eternal triangle

産学協同　（さんがく　きょうどう）
(n) cooperation between industrial enterprises and universities

山岳重畳　（さんがく　ちょうじょう）　
(adj-t,adv-to) mountains rising one above another

三寒四温 （さんかん　しおん）　##
(n) repeated pattern of a few cold days followed by a few warm ones (marking the coming of spring)

残虐非道　（ざんぎゃく　ひどう）
(adj-na,n) inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty

残虐無道 (ざんぎゃく　むどう）
(adj-na,n) inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty

三行広告　（さんぎょう　こうこく）
(n) three-line [classified] advertisement

三号雑誌　（ざんごう　ざっし）
(n) short-lived magazine [periodical]; periodical that lasts for only a few issues

残酷非道　（ざんこく　ひどう）
(adj-na,n) inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty

三々九度・三三九度　（さんさん　くど）　
(n) (three-times-three) exchange of nuptial cups

三々五々・三三五五　（さんさん　ごご）　##
(adv) in groups of twos and threes; in small groups

山紫水明 （さんし　すいめい）　##
(n) scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor

三者三様　（さんしゃ　さんよう）
(n) each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his [her] own way

三者鼎立　（さんしゃ　ていりつ）　
(n) three parties [forces] opposing one another; three-cornered contest

三十六計 （さんじゅうろっ　けい）　##
(exp,n) the 36 (ancient Chinese military) strategies [of which beating a retreat was considered the best in certain cases] ; When in trouble, the wisest thing to do is to run away.; He who fights and runs away, may live to fight another day.

斬新奇抜　（ざんしん　きばつ）　##
(adv-na,n) novel, unconventional, and daring

三世因果　（さんぜ　いんが）　
(n) retribution spanning the threes temporal worlds [the present, the past, and the future]

三千世界　（さんぜん　せかい）
(n) the whole wide world; the great universe (of one billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
　
山川草木　（さんせん　そうもく）　##
(n) nature; natural scenery

山川万里　（さんせん　ばんり）
(n) being far away across mountains and rivers
　
残忍酷薄　（ざんにん　こくはく）　　　
(adj-na,n) atrocious and cold-blooded; cruel; brutal; merciless　　　
　　　　
残忍非情　（ざんにん　ひじょう）
adj-na,n) utterly callous; atrociously brutal; cruel and inhuman

残忍非道　（ざんにん　ひどう）　
(adj-na,n) cruel and inhuman; brutal; merciless

残忍冷酷　（ざんにん　れいこく）　
(adj-na,n) atrocious and cold-blooded; cruel; brutal; merciless　　　

三番勝負　（さんばん　しょうぶ）
(n) three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game)

三本勝負　（さんぼん　しょうぶ）
(n) a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest

残念至極　（ざんねん　しごく） 　　　　
(adj-na,n) deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation

残念無念　（ざんねん　むねん）　##
(adj-na,exp,n) Darn it!; What a pity!; vexation; deep regret

三拝九拝　（さんぱい　きゅうはい）　##
(n,vs) kowtowing; bowing repeatedly　
　　　　　
三百代言　（さんびゃく　だいげん）
(n) pettifogging lawyer; shyster

賛否両論　（さんぴ　りょうろん）　##
(n) the pros and cons

散歩日和　（さんぽ　びより）
(n) ideal weather for a walk

散漫冗長　（さんまん　じょうちょう）
(adj-na,n) diffuse and verbose [writing]

三位一体　（さんみ　いったい） ##
(n) the Holy Trinity; a unity of three different elements

三無主義　（さんむ　しゅぎ）
(n) the "three no principle" of no drive (indolence), no interest (indifference), and no sense of responsibility　(irresponsibility), the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s

三面記事　（さんめん　きじ）
(n) human-interest stories; local news; police news [in a newspaper]

三面六臂　（さんめん　ろっぴ）
(n) being competent and active in many fields; versatile; one person doing the work of many

三文小説　（さんもん　しょうせつ）
(n) cheap [dime] novel

三文文士　（さんもん　ぶんし）
(n) hack writer; literary hack; scribbler; pulp writer

三文役者　（さんもん　やくしゃ）　　
(n) third-rate actor
　　　　　
山容水態　（さんよう　すいたい）　　
(n) scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor

三割自治　（さんわり　じち）
(n) the "thirty-percent autonomy" of local governments

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明々後日・明明後日　（し　あさって ・ みょう　みょうご　にち）
(n-adv,n-t) two days after tomorrow; three days from now [hence]

思案投首・思案投げ首 （しあん　なげくび）
(n) being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do)

詩歌管弦　（しいか　かんげん）
(n) Chinese and Japanese poetry and instrumental music; poetry and music; literature and music

私怨私欲　（しえん　しよく）　
(n) personal grudges and selfish desires

四海兄弟　（しかい　けいてい)
(n) people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood [fraternity]

四海同胞　（しかい　どうほう）　
(n) people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood [fraternity]

四角四面 （しかく　しめん）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) square; strait-laced; formal; prim and stiff; punctilious

自画自賛 （じが　じさん）　##
(n,vs) sing one's own praises; praise one's own wares; blow one's own horn

死活問題　（しかつ　もんだい）
(n) matter [question] of life or death; vital question

自家撞着 （じか　どうちゃく）
(n,vs) self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

自家本位　（じか　ほんい）　
(n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity

自家薬籠　（じか　やくろう）
(n) (something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery

士気旺盛　（しき　おうせい）　##
(adj-na,n) morale being very high; heightened fighting spirit

四季折々・四季折折　（しき　おりおり）
(n) from season to season; season by season; of each season; in each season

士気高揚　（しき　こうよう）　
(n,vs) raise [lift] morale; have an inspiring effect on morale

時期尚早 （じき　しょうそう）　##
(adj-na,n) premature; too early; The time is not ripe

色即是空 （しき　そくぜ　くう）
(exp,n) Matter is void; All is vanity.

士気阻喪　（しき　そそう）
(n,vs) demoralization; collapse of morale; one's morale being shaken

時機到来　（じき　とうらい）　
(n) a good chance coming along; the time has come (for/to/when...); opportunity knocking

持久作戦　(じきゅう さくせん)
(n) strategy of engaging in position warfare; strategy of turning a game into an endurance contest; playing a waiting game

自給自足 （じきゅう　じそく）　##
(n,vs) self-sufficiency; autarky

至近距離　（しきん　きょり）
(n) close range; point-blank range

四苦八苦　（しく　はっく）　##
(n,vs) be in dire distress; have a real struggle

時雨模様　（しぐれ　もよう）
(n) showery sky; [it is] looking showery

舳艫千里　（じくろ　せんり）　
(n) a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation

事件記者　（じけん　きしゃ）
(n) crime reporter; police reporter

試験地獄　（しけん　じごく）
(n) examination hell; the ordeal of children preparing for highly competitive entrance examinations

自己暗示　（じこ　あんじ）
(n,vs) self suggestion; autosuggestion

試行錯誤 （しこう　さくご）　##
(n,vs) trial and error
　　　　
自業自得 （じごう　じとく）　##
(n) suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping as one sows; getting one's just deserts

至公至平　（しこう　しへい）
(adj-na,n) completely just and fair

四公六民　（しこう　ろくみん）
(n) land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

自己演出　（じこ　えんしゅつ）
(n,vs) an author directing [producing] his/her own play [film]; staging oneself for effect;
presenting oneself in a favorable light

自己犠牲　（じこ　ぎせい）　
(n) self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

自己欺瞞　（じこ　ぎまん）
(n,vs) self-deception

地獄絵図　（じこく　えず）
(n) painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell

至極御尤　（しごく　ごもっとも）
(exp) You are quite right.; Quite so.; What you say is sensible enough.

時刻到来　（じこく　とうらい）
(exp,n) The time has come (for/to/when...); Now is the time.

自己嫌悪　（じこ　けんお）　
(n,vs) self-disgust; self-hatred; self-abhorrence

自己啓発　（じこ　けいはつ）
(n,vs) self-development; self-enlightenment

自己顕示　（じこ　けんじ）　
(n,vs) making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause; an ego trip; exhibitionism

自己実現　（じこ　じつげん）
(n,vs) self-actualization; self-fulfillment; self-realization

自己主張　（じこ　しゅちょう）
(n,vs) self-assertion; self-assertiveness

事後承諾　（じご　しょうだく）
(n,vs) ex-post-facto approval; ratification

自己疎外　（じこ　そがい）
(n) self-alienation; self-estrangement

自己中心　（じこ　ちゅうしん）　
(n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity

仕事一途　（しごと　いちず）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) singlemindedly devoted to work

自己韜晦　（じこ　とうかい）
(n, vs) concealing one's talents [position, status, intentions, etc.]; self-effacement

自己陶酔　（じこ　とうすい）　
(n,vs) narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication

自己撞着　（じこ　どうちゃく）　
(n,vs) self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

仕事人間　（しごと　にんげん）
(n) fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person

仕事一筋　（しごと　ひとすじ）
(n) living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work

自己肥大　（じこ　ひだい）
(n) self-aggrandizement; self-glorification; something becoming large by feeding upon itself

自己負担　（じこ　ふたん）
(n,vs) payment of one's own expenses; bearing one's own expenses; an individual's share of an expense

自己弁護　（じこ　べんご）　
(n,vs) defending oneself; self-justification; self-vindication; an excuse; a rationalization
　　　　
自己本位　（じこ　ほんい）　　
(adj-no,n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity

自己保全　（じこ　ほぜん）
(n) self-protection; self-preservation

自己満悦　（じこ　まんえつ）
(n,vs) self-congratulation

自己満足　（じこ　まんぞく）
(n) self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency

自己矛盾　（じご　むじゅん）
(n,vs) self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
　　　　
自己抑制　（じこ　よくせい）　
(n,vs) self-restraint; self-control; self-repression; abstinence; self-inhibition; autogenic inhibition; autogenous suppression

士魂商才　（しこん　しょうさい）
(n) having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense; gentlemanly spirit combined with business acumen

自作自演　（じさく　じえん）　
(n,vs) performing [acting] a part in one's own play; playacting; a put-up job; a charade

時差出勤　（じさ　しゅっきん）
(n) staggered working hours; flextime; flexitime

屍山血河　（しざん　けつが）　
(n) heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle

孜々営々・孜孜営営　（しし　えいえい）
(adj-t,adv-to) assiduously; with unremitting zeal

支持基盤　（しじ　きばん）
(n) one's support [power] base; the base of one's support in an electorate
　　　　
四肢五体　（しし　ごたい）　
(n) the [one's] whole body

時々刻々・時時刻刻　（じじ　こっこく）
(adv,n) hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to the next; with each passing moment

獅子身中　（しし　しんちゅう）
(n) treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider

師資相承　（しし　そうしょう）
(n) generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple

子々孫々・子子孫孫　（しし　そんそん）
(n) one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
　　　
資質英明　（ししつ　えいめい）
(adj-na,n) wise and clear-sighted; intelligent and astute by nature; blessed with talents

事実関係　（じじつ　かんけい）
(n) all the facts [essentials, circumstances] of a (particular) case

事実無根 （じじつ　むこん） ##
(n) groundless; unfounded; entirely contrary to fact

事々物々・事事物物　（じじ　ぶつぶつ）
(n) everything; every affair [matter]; all things

獅子奮迅 （しし　ふんじん）　##
(n,vs) furiously; with the fury of a lion; with irresistible force; with furious energy

四捨五入　（ししゃ　ごにゅう）
(n,vs) rounding (off)

四十九日　（しじゅうく　にち）
(n) a period of morning lasting seven weeks; the forty-ninth day (after someone's death); memorial service held on the forty-ninth day after the death of someone
　　　　
四十八手　（しじゅうはっ　て）
(n) the 48 basic sumo techniques; every trick in the book

四十不惑　（しじゅう　ふわく）
(exp) At forty, one has no doubts. [Confucius]

自主独往　（じしゅ　どくおう）
(n) independent way of life

至純至高　（しじゅん　しこう）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) utmost purity

至純至精　（しじゅん　しせい）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) utmost purity

史上空前　（しじょう　くうぜん）　##
(n) unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making

自浄作用　（じじょう　さよう）
(n) self-purification; nature's self-cleansing functions

自縄自縛 （じじょう　じばく）　##
(n) being caught in one's own trap; being caught in a web of one's own making
　　　　
事情聴取　（じじょう　ちょうしゅ）
(n,vs) police interview; police questioning a witness [suspect] to obtain information (about a crime)

自浄能力　（じじょう　のうりょく）
(n) self-cleansing power; being capable of purifying oneself

死生不知　（ししょう　ふち）
(adj-no,n) daredevil; reckless; thinking nothing of one's death

至上命令　（しじょう　めいれい）　
(n) supreme directive; unconditional command; overriding necessity; an absolute must; categorical imperative

史上唯一　（しじょう　ゆいいつ）
(n) the first in history; only once in history

至上要求　（しじょう　ようきゅう）
(n) overriding necessity; absolute requirement; an absolute must

地所観念　（じしょ　かんねん）
(n) the orientation of time and place; awareness of the existing situation

四書五経　（ししょ　ごきょう）
(n) the Nine Chinese [Confucian] Classics

自助努力　（じじょ　どりょく）
(n,vs) self-help efforts; self-supporting endeavor

死屍累々・死屍累累　（しし　るいるい）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) heaps of corpses all around

自信過剰　（じしん　かじょう）
(adj-na,n) overconfidence

四神相応　（しじん　そうおう）
(n) an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north

自信喪失　（じしん　そうしつ）
(n,vs) loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex

詩人墨客　（しじん　ぼっかく　・　しじん　ぼっきゃく）　　
(n) poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy

自信満々・自信満満　（じしん　まんまん）　
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having great faith in oneself

資性英明　（しせい　えいめい）
(adj-na,n) wise and clear-sighted; intelligent and astute by nature; blessed with talents

資性穏和　（しせい　おんわ）
(adj-na,n) being of a gentle disposition; being of a mild character
　　　
時世感覚　（じせい　かんかく）
(n) sense of the times; sensitivity to the times

時勢感覚　（じせい　かんかく）
(n) sense of the trend of the times; sensitivity to the changing times

資性端正　（しせい　たんせい）
(adj-na,n) being of an upright character; being of a noble nature

市井無頼　（しせい　ぶらい）
(adj-no,n) urban villain; street hoodlum

時節到来　（じせつ　とうらい）
(exp,n) The time has come (for/to/when...); The time being ripe (for)

事前工作　（じぜん　こうさく）
(n) preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
　　　　
自然淘汰　（しぜん　とうた）
(n,vs) natural selection; survival of the fittest

志操堅固　（しそう　けんご）　##
(adj-na,n) unwaveringly faithful to one's principles; of firm purpose and deep commitment; true blue

思想信条　（しそう　しんじょう）
(n) one's thought and beliefs
　　　　
時代感覚　（じだい　かんかく）　
(n) sense of the times; sensitivity to the times; trend of the times

時代考証　（じだい　こうしょう）　　
(n,vs) ascertaining historical evidence; research into the period; research to ensure historical verisimilitude

時代錯誤 （じだい　さくご）　##
(n) anachronism

時代思潮　（じだい　しちょう）　
(n) the trends [current(s)] of the times

事大根性　（じだい　こんじょう）
(n) slavish submission to power; sycophancy; flunkeyism; toadyism

事大思想　（じだい　しそう）
(n) sycophancy; toadyism; following the powerful for self-protection

事大主義 （じだい　しゅぎ）
(n) sycophancy; toadyism; following the powerful for self-protection

時代精神　（じだい　せいしん）
(n) spirit of an [the] age; a [the] Zeitgeist [German]

舌先三寸　（したさき　さんずん）　##　
(n) a glib tongue (with fair words); fluent talk designed to deceive; talk something away

舌先三分　（したさき　さんぶ）　
(n) a glib tongue (with fair words); fluent talk designed to deceive; talk something away

下町情緒　（したまち　じょうちょ）
(n) the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods

下町人情　（したまち　にんじょう）
(n) the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods

七公三民　（しちこう　さんみん）
(n) a land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 30 percent

七言絶句　（しちごん　ぜっく）
(n) poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters

七言律詩　（しちごん　りっし）
(n) poem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters

七十古希　（しちじゅう　こき）
(exp) Men seldom [Few people] live to be seventy. [Du Fu (c.712-c.770)]

七転八起 （しちてん　はっき）　##
(exp,n,vs) Fall seven times, stand up eight.; always rising after a fall or repeated failures; undaunted perseverance

七転八倒 （しちてん　ばっとう　・　しってん　ばっとう） ##
(n,vs) tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony

七堂伽藍　（しちどう　がらん）
(n) the seven standard buildings of a major Buddhist temple complex

七難八苦　（しちなん　はっく）
(n) trials and tribulations; a series of endless misfortunes; the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains

七分三分　（しちぶ　さんぶ）
(n) seven to three (chances); (a proportion of) seven to three; (split) seventy-thirty

死中求活　（しちゅう　きゅうかつ）
(n) finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation; seeking a way out of a desperate situation

四柱推命　（しちゅう　すいめい）
(n) Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth

自重自愛　（じちょう　じあい）　
(n,vs) taking cafe of [looking after] oneself

自重自戒　（じちょう　じかい）
(n,vs) be prudent and cautious; caution oneself against

失意泰然　（しつい　たいぜん）
(adj-t,adv-to) keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a serene state of mind in adversity

四通八達 （しつう　はったつ）　##
(n,vs) traffic network extending in all directions; accessible from all directions

質疑応答　（しつぎ　おうとう）　##
(n) questions and answers; a Q and A session

失敬千万　（しっけい　せんばん）　
(adj-na) extremely rude [impertinent, impolite]　　　

日月星辰　（じつげつ　せいしん　・　にちげつ　せいしん）　
(n) the sun, the moon, and the stars; the heavenly bodies
　　　
実際問題　（じっさい　もんだい）
(n-adv,n) practical question (problem); (in) practical terms; (as) a matter of fact; practically speaking; The matter of fact is that...

十死一生　（じっし　いっしょう）
(n) (1) narrow escape from the jaws of death; (2) there being barely a chance of escaping death

質実剛健 （しつじつ　ごうけん）　##
(adj-na,n) unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor; simplicity and fortitude

嫉視反目　（しっし　はんもく）　
(n,vs) jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other)

実践躬行 （じっせん　きゅうこう）
(n,vs) acting up to one's principles; practicing what one preaches

実践道徳　（じっせん　どうとく）
(n) practical ethics [morality]

実践倫理　（じっせん　りんり）
(n) practical ethics [morality]

質素倹約　（しっそ　けんやく）　##
(n,vs) (practice) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving

叱咤激励　（しった　げきれい）　##
(n,vs) giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice; vigorous encouragement

失地回復　（しっち　かいふく）　
(n) the recovery of lost territory; recovering [regaining] lost ground [one' former position]; fence-mending

十中八九　（じっちゅう　はっく）　##
(n-adv,n) in eight or nine cases out of ten; in all probability

七珍万宝　（しっちん　まんぽう）
(n) the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world

疾風迅雷 （しっぷう　じんらい）
(n) with lightning speed; like a whirlwind

疾風怒濤 （しっぷう　どとう）
(n) Sturm und Drang [German]; storm and stress; violent wind and angry waves

櫛風沐雨　（しっぷう　もくう）　
(n) struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships

櫛風浴雨　（しっぷう　よくう）　
(n) struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships

失望落胆　（しつぼう　らくたん）　
(n,vs) be disappointed and disheartened

執務心得　（しつむ　こころえ）
(n) guide to office routine; guide to the performance of official duties

実力行使　（じつりょく　こうし）
(n,vs) use [employment] of force; recourse to arms; resort to violence

実力伯仲　（じつりょく　はくちゅう）
(n) (the two persons/sides) being evenly matched in ability

失礼至極　（しつれい　しごく）　
(adj-na) extremely rude [impertinent, impolite]　　　

失礼千万　（しつれい　せんばん）　
(adj-na) extremely rude [impertinent, impolite]　　　

実用本位　（じつよう　ほんい）
(adj-no,n) pragmatism; functionalism; practicality; being intended for practical purposes

実力次第　（じつりょく　しだい）
(n) according to [depending on] one's ability; if one is good [competent, talented] enough

実力本位　（じつりょく　ほんい）
(adj-no,n) the precedence of merit; performance orientation; ability- [merit-] based (promotion, pay scale, etc.)

任手相場　（して　そうば）
(n) speculators' [speculative] market

詩的正義　（してき　せいぎ）
(n) poetic justice; retributive justice

詩的破格　（してき　はかく）
(n) poetic license

紫電一閃　（しでん　いっせん）　
(n-adv,n) a flash of lightning; the flash of a sword

指導原理 　（しどう　げんり）
(n) ruling [guiding] principle

士農工商　（し　のう　こう　しょう）
(n) the hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society

地場産業　（じば　さんぎょう）
(n) local industry

四半世紀　（しはん　せいき）
(n) quarter of a century; quarter century

地盤沈下　（じばん　ちんか）　
(n) (1) land subsidence; (2) a decline in influence, popularity, etc.

字引学問　（じびき　がくもん）　
(n) merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words; superficial learning

四百四病　（しひゃくし　びょう）
(n) every type of disease; every disease under the sun

雌伏雄飛　（しふく　ゆうひ）
(n,vs) biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch out and flourish　　　

自分勝手　（じぶん　かって　・　じぶん　がって）　##
(adj-na,n) (very) selfish; self-centered; egoistic; without consulting anybody (else)

四分五裂 （しぶん　ごれつ　・　しぶ　ごれつ）　##
(n,vs) be torn asunder; be disrupted and disorganized

自分自身　（じぶん　じしん）
(n) oneself; one's self

士分取立　（しぶん　とりたて）
(n) raising someone to the status of samurai

自分本位　（じぶん　ほんい）
(n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity

自暴自棄 （じぼう　じき）　##
(adj-na,n) desperation; despair; self-abandonment; disgust with life

四方八方 （しほう　はっぽう）　##
(n) in all directions; hither and thither; far and wide; on all sides

揣摩憶測 ・揣摩臆測　　（しま　おくそく）
(n,vs) conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without any ground

島国根性　（しまぐに　こんじょう）　
(n) insularism; insularity; island country mentality

使命意識　（しめい　いしき）
(n) sense of (one's) mission; awareness of one's duty [calling]

指名手配　（しめい　てはい）
(n,vs) search for a named suspect

七五三縄;注連縄;標縄　（しめなわ）
(n) rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil [Shinto]

四面楚歌　（しめん　そか） ##
(n) being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed [forsaken] by everybody

自問自答　（じもん　じとう）　##
(n,vs) answering one's own question; wondering to oneself
　　　　
視野狭窄　（しや　きょうさく）
(n) narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision

杓子果報　（しゃくし　かほう）
(adj-na,n) coming by ample servings of delicious food; being blessed with good fortune
　　　
杓子定規 （しゃくし　じょうぎ）　##
(adj-na,n) going by a hard-and-fast rule; being a stickler for rules; being rigid and narrow-minded

弱肉強食 （じゃくにく　きょうしょく）　##
(n) the survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; dog-eat-dog

寂滅為楽　（じゃくめつ　いらく）
(exp) Freedom from one's desires [Entry into Nirvana] is true bliss.

社交辞令　（しゃこう　じれい）　
(n) polite or diplomatic way of putting things; lip service; empty compliment
　　
社交上手　（しゃこう　じょうず）
(adj-na,n) social ease [facility, skills]; being a good mixer

洒々落々・洒洒落落　（しゃしゃ　らくらく）
(adj-na,n) free and easy; frank, easy, and openhearted; sophisticatedly refined　

邪正一如　（じゃしょう　いちにょ）
(exp,n) Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin.

蛇心仏口　（じゃしん　ぶっこう　・　だしん　ぶっこう）
(n) being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness

寂光浄土　（じゃっこう　じょうど）
(n) Buddhist paradise [heaven]

社内不倫　（しゃない　ふりん）
(n) adulterous love affair with someone at work

遮二無二　（しゃに　むに）
(adv) recklessly; like mad; frantically and single-mindedly without regard to consequences; forcibly

捨万求一　（しゃばん　きゅういつ）　
(n,vs) pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others [Literally, Fosake ten thousand and seek one.]

縦横自在　（じゅうおう　じざい）　
(adj-na,n) freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions

縦横無礙　（じゅうおう　むげ）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being as free as the air; active without any restraint

縦横無尽 （じゅうおう　むじん）　##
(adj-na,n) freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all directions

自由闊達・自由豁達　（じゆう　かったつ）
(adj-na,n) free and easy; open and natural; liberal and broad-minded; not fastidious

衆議一決　（しゅうぎ　いっけつ）
(n,vs) reaching a conclusion unanimously or by consensus

羞月閉花　（しゅうげつ　へいか）　
(n) the charms of a rarely beautiful woman; [Literally: (so beautiful that) the Moon is 重厚長大　（じゅう　こう　ちょう　だい）　
(adj-na,n) heavy, thick, long, and big (products); massive and heavy (products); heavy (manufacturing)

自由勝手　（じゆう　かって）　
(adj-na,n) free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes

臭気芬々・臭気芬芬　（しゅうき　ふんぷん）
(adj-t,adv-to) giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell

自由気儘　（じゆう　きまま）　　
(adj-na,n) free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes

自由裁量　（じゆう　さいりょう）
(n) latitude; (at one's) discretion; discretionary powers; a free hand

自由三昧　（じゆう　ざんまい）　
(adj-na,n) free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes

終始一貫 （しゅうし　いっかん）　##
(n-adv,n,vs) consistent; unchanging from beginning to end

自由自在　（じゆう　じざい）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) freely; in complete control of; with complete freedom; at will; as one pleases

十字砲火　（じゅうじ　ほうか）　
(n) cross fire; (drawing) a barrage of [flak, criticism] (from)

袖手傍観　（しゅうしゅ　ぼうかん）
(n,vs) stand idle by and watch; be a passive onlooker; remain an unconcerned spectator of another's distress
　　
周章狼狽 （しゅうしょう　ろうばい）
(n,vs) consternation; dismay; being flustered; being disconcerted

衆人環視 （しゅうじん　かんし）　##
(n) (in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes fixed upon (one); under the gaze of the public

秋霜烈日 （しゅうそう　れつじつ）
(n) harshness; severity (of punishment, authority, will, etc.)

周知徹底　（しゅうち　てってい）　##
(n,vs) (something) being known to all; making (a matter) known to everyone

集中砲火　（しゅうちゅう　ほうか）　
(n) concentrated fire; (drawing) intensive fire [flak, criticism] (from)

周到綿密　（しゅうとう　めんみつ）　
(adj-na,n) extremely complete [thorough, careful] and detailed

柔軟思考　（じゅうなん　しこう）　
(n) a flexible way of thinking
　　　　
柔軟路線　（じゅうなん　ろせん）
(n) (taking) a flexible approach (to)

十人十色 （じゅうにん　といろ）　##
(exp,n) So many people, so many minds; everyone has his own ideas and tastes; It takes all sorts to make a world.; To each his [her] own.
　
十年一日 （じゅうねん　いちじつ　・　じゅうねん　いちにち）　##
(n) without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end

十年一昔　（じゅうねん　ひとむかし）　##
(exp,n) Ten years is a long time.; [expression suggesting that] the pace of change makes ten years back seem like ancient history

秋風落莫　（しゅうふう　らくばく）　
(n) forlorn and helpless; lonely and desolate

十分条件　（じゅうぶん　じょうけん）
(n) a sufficient condition

自由放題　（じゆう　ほうだい）
(n) as freely as one pleases; at will; to one' heart's content

自由放任　（じゆう　ほうにん）
(n) noninterference; nonintervention; permissiveness; laissez-faire

自由奔放　（じゆう　ほんぽう）　##
(adj-na,n) free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling

襲名披露　（しゅうめい　ひろう）　
(n,vs) announcing the succession to another's stage name

衆目一致　（しゅうもく　いっち）
(exp,n) The consensus of opinion is that ...; It is widely agreed [admitted] that...

重役出勤　（じゅうやく　しゅっきん）
(n,vs) flexible working hours of the higher-ups; [humorously or sarcastically] go [come] to work late as if one were an executive

重要案件　（じゅうよう　あんけん）
(n) important matter (for discussion [deliberations])

主客転倒・主客顛倒 （しゅかく　てんとう　・　しゅきゃく　てんとう）　##
(n,vs) reversing the order of (relative) importance (of); putting the cart before the horse; the tables being turned; mistaking the insignificant for the essential

主義主張　（しゅぎ　しゅちょう）　
(n) one's principles and position

熟思黙想　（じゅくし　もくそう）
(n,vs) consider (a matter) carefully and silently; be lost in silent contemplation
　
熟読玩味　（じゅくどく　がんみ）
(n,vs) read carefully with appreciation; give (something) a careful perusal

熟年離婚　（じゅくねんりこん）　　　
(n,vs) divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by retirement of the husband)

熟慮断行　 （じゅくりょ　だんこう）
(n,vs) be deliberate in council and decisive in action; a careful consideration followed by a decisive action

取捨選択　（しゅしゃ　せんたく）　##
(n,vs) make a choice among many; select the good [desirable, necessary, relevant] and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject

取捨分別　（しゅしゃ　ふんべつ）
(n,vs) make a choice among many; select the good [desirable, necessary, relevant] and discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject

主従関係　（しゅじゅう　かんけい）
(n) the relation of master to servant

種々雑多・種種雑多　（しゅじゅ　ざった）
(adj-na,n) all sorts or kinds (of); motley

種々様々・種種様様　（しゅじゅ　さまざま）
(adj-na,n) a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious

衆生済度　（しゅじょう　さいど）
(n) enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment

朱唇皓歯　（しゅしん　こうし）
(n) (exp,n) red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)

首鼠両端　（しゅそ　りょうたん）　
(n) being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

酒池肉林 （しゅち　にくりん）
(n) sumptuous feast [banquet]

出処進退　（しゅっしょ　しんたい）
(n) one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it

出世街道　（しゅっせ　かいどう）
(n) highway to success

十把一絡・十把一絡げ (じっぱ　ひとからげ　・　じゅっぱ　ひとからげ）
(n) lumping together all sorts of things; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with various things under one head

出没自在　（しゅつぼつ　じざい）　
(adj-na,n) appearing and disappearing at will; elusive; phantom-like

首尾一貫　（しゅび　いっかん）　##　
(n,vs) (logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end

首尾貫徹　（しゅび　かんてつ）　
(n,vs) (logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end

守秘義務　（しゅひ　ぎむ）
(n) duty of confidentiality; confidentiality [secrecy] obligation

純愛路線　（じゅんあい　ろせん）
(n) (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making)

純一無雑　（じゅんいち　むざつ）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) pure and unadulterated; pure in heart; simplehearted

春花秋月　（しゅんか　しゅうげつ）
(n) spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season

春夏秋冬　（しゅん　か　しゅう　とう）
(n-adv,n) the four seasons; all the year round; at all seasons

春日遅々・春日遅遅　（しゅんじつ　ちち）　
(n) a spring day being long and balmy； serene spring day

春秋戦国　（しゅんじゅう　せんごく）　
(n) the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period [Chinese history]

春宵一刻　（しゅんしょう　いっこく）
(exp,n) A moment on a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold).　

純情可憐　（じゅんじょう　かれん）　
(adj-na,n) pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful
　　
純真一途　（じゅんしん　いちず）　
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent through and through

純真可憐　（じゅんしん　かれん）　
(adj-na,n) pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful

純真無垢　（じゅんしん　むく）
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent

純粋無垢　（じゅんすい　むく)
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent; immaculate

準備万端　（じゅんび　ばんたん）
(n) every preparation [arrangement]; all sorts of preparations
　
春風駘蕩 （しゅんぷう　たいとう）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) balmy spring breeze; warm and genial spring weather; genial and pleasant (personality)

醇風美俗・淳風美俗 （じゅんぷう　びぞく）
(n) good morals and manners; genial manners and laudable customs; pristine way of life

順風満帆 （じゅんぷう　まんぱん）　##
(n) smooth sailing with all sails set; (with) everything going smoothly [like a boat carried by favorable winds]

叙位叙勲　（じょい　じょくん）　
(n) conferment of Court ranks and decorations
　　　　
上意下達　（じょうい　かたつ）
(n,vs) conveying the will [pleasure] of the governing to the governed; getting across the will [pleasure] of a superior to all the subordinates

情意投合　（じょうい　とうごう）
(n,vs) sharing the same sentiment with somebody; finding oneself on the same wavelength as somebody; seeing eye to eye

硝煙弾雨　（しょうえん　だんう）
(n) the smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle

情況証拠・状況証拠　（じょうきょう　しょうこ）
(n) circumstantial evidence

上下関係　（じょうげ　かんけい）
(n) a relationship of higher and lower; (a relationship of) rank; hyponymy

上下左右　（じょうげ　さゆう）
(n) up and down [top and bottom], left and right

状況把握　（じょうきょう　はあく）
(n) one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand

状況判断　（じょうきょう　はんだん）
(n) one's assessment of the situation; judging according to the circumstances; circumstantial judgment

上古以来　（じょうこ　いらい）
(n-t) from [since] ancient times; from time immemorial

証拠隠滅　（しょうこ　いんめつ）
(n) destruction of evidence

小国寡民　（しょうこく　かみん）
(n) a small country with a small population [The Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu's ideal of a state]

正直一途　（しょうじき　いちず）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) steadfastly honest

正直一徹　（しょうじき　いってつ）　
(adj-na,n) stubbornly honest

正直一遍　（しょうじき　いっぺん）　
(adj-na,n) honest to a fault; one's only strength being his [her] honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest

常識判断　（じょうしき　はんだん）　
(n) commonsense judgment

笑止千万　（しょうし　せんばん）　##
(adj-na) 1 highly ridiculous; quite absurd; 2 most regrettable; highly pitiable

情実人事　（じょうじつ　じんじ）
(n) personnel changes through favoritism

盛者必衰　（じょうしゃ　ひっすい） ##
(exp,n) The prosperous must decay; All glories must fade.

生者必滅　（しょうじゃ　ひつめつ）
(exp,n) All living things must die.
　　　　
常住坐臥　（じょうじゅう　ざが）
(n-adv) at all times; day in, day out; constantly; always; in one's daily course of life

常住不断　（じょうじゅう　ふだん）
(adj-no,n) ceaseless; constant; uninterruted

常住不滅　（じょうじゅう　ふめつ）
(adj-no,n) everlasting; forever unchanging; undying 　　

上昇気流　（じょうしょう　きりゅう）
(n) (1) ascending air current; updraft; (2) upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.; being on a rise
　　　
情状酌量　（じょうじょう　しゃくりょう）
(n,vs) taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration; reducing the sentence where there are extenuating circumstances

生々世々・生生世世　（しょうじょう　ぜぜ）
(n-adv,n) eternity; forever; through all eternity

生々流転・生生流転　（しょうじょう　るてん　・　せいせい　るてん）　　　
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

情緒纏綿・情緒纒綿　（じょうしょ　てんめん　・　じょうちょ　てんめん）
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having a tender feeling (for a person)

生死流転　（しょうじ　るてん）　　　
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

小人閑居　（しょうじん　かんきょ）
(exp,n) A small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil).; Idleness is the root of all evil.

焦心苦慮 （しょうしん　くりょ）
(n,vs) worry [trouble] oneself (about); be anxious (about)

精進潔斎　（しょうじん　けっさい）
(n,vs) purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat or fish

小心姑息　（しょうしん　こそく）
(adj-na,n) timid and evasive [person]; timid and makeshift [approach, measure, etc.]

正真正銘　（しょうしん　しょうめい）　##
(n-adv,n) genuine; real; true; authentic; veritable

小身微禄　（しょうしん　びろく）　
(adj-no,n) (in) a humble position with a small stipend

小心翼々・小心翼翼　（しょうしん　よくよく）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) very timid; very nervous; faint-hearted

少数精鋭　（しょうすう　せいえい）　##
(n) the elect [select] few

上手下手　（じょうず　へた）
(n) differences in skill

少壮気鋭　 （しょうそう　きえい）
(adj-no,n) young and energetic; up-and-coming; being on a fast track

少壮血気　（しょうそう　けっき）
(adj-no,n) young and hot-blooded [impetuous]

少壮有為　（しょうそう　ゆうい）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) young, talented, and promising

消息不明　（しょうそく　ふめい）
(n) untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown

正体不明　（しょうたい　ふめい）
(adj-no,n) unidentifiable; unidentified　　　

冗談気味　（じょうだん　ぎみ）　
(n) being somewhat [half] joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein

冗談半分　（じょうだん　はんぶん）
(n) being somewhat [half] joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein

承知之助・承知の助　（しょうち　の　すけ）
(exp) O.K.; Sure.; Yessir!; Okeydokey!; Understood.

消長盛衰　（しょうちょう　せいすい）　
(n) prosperity and decay; rise and fall; ebb and flow; vicissitudes (of fortune) 　　　　

祥月命日　（しょうつき　めいにち）　　
(n) anniversary of a person's death

常套手段　（じょうとう　しゅだん）　##
(n) one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic

常套表現　（じょうとう　ひょうげん）
(n) conventional [stock] phrase; hackneyed expression; platitude; cliche

商人気質　（しょうにん　かたぎ　・　あきんど　かたぎ）　
(n) mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit

商人根性　（しょうにん　こんじょう）　　　
(n) mercenary spirit; commercial motives; a nose for profit; moneygrubbing disposition
　　　　　　
焦熱地獄　（しょうねつ　じごく）　
(n) burning hell; inferno

商売往来　（しょうばい　おうらい）
(n) business handbook (with glossary) of Edo period

商売気質　（しょうばい　かたぎ）　
(n) mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit

商売上手　（しょうばい　じょうず）　
(adj-na,n) good at business; having a good head for business; businesslike

商売繁盛　（しょうばい　はんじょう）
(n,vs) thriving [prosperous] business; rush of business

上方修正　（じょうほう　しゅうせい）
(n,vs) upward adjustment; upward revision
　　　　
枝葉末節 （しよう　まっせつ）　##
(n) unimportant details; unessentials; piddling matters; inconsequentia

従容自若　（しょうよう　じじゃく）
(adj-t,adv-to) having presence of mind; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed; with serenity

常用手段　（じょうよう　しゅだん）
(n) one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic

生老病死　（しょう　ろう　びょう　し）
(n) the four inevitables in human life -- birth, aging, sickness, and death

昭和元禄　（しょうわ　げんろく）
(n) the flourishing mid-Showa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease
　　
昭和一桁　（しょうわ　ひとけた）
(n) (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Showa period (from 1926 to 1934)

書画骨董　（しょが　こっとう）
(n) objects of art and curios

諸行無常 （しょぎょう　むじょう）　##
(exp,n) the impermanence of worldly things; All worldly things are transitory. All things must pass.　

贖罪意識　（しょくざい　いしき）
(n) a sense of atonement
　　　　
職住一体　（しょくじゅう　いったい）　
(n) having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location [independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.]

職住近接　（しょくじゅう　きんせつ）
(n) having one's workplace near one's home

食傷気味　（しょくしょう　ぎみ）
(adj-na,n) being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of)

職人気質　（しょくにん　かたぎ ・　しょくにん　きしつ）
(n) the spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work

職人根性　（しょくにん　こんじょう）　
(n) the spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work

植物人間　（しょくぶつ　にんげん）
(n) comatose person; person in a vegetative state
　　　　
職務質問　（しょくむ　しつもん）
(n,vs) ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police checkup

職務尋問　（しょくむ　じんもん）
(n,vs) ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police checkup

職務怠慢　（しょくむ　たいまん）
(n) neglect [dereliction] of duty; negligence

女系天皇　（じょけい　てんのう）
(n) matrilineal emperor (male or female) of Japan; emperor whose mother is [was] a member of the Imperial family but whose father is [was] not

女工哀史　（じょこう　あいし）
(n) sad [tragic, pathetic] story [history] of factory girls in pre-WWII Japan

徐行戦術　（じょこう　せんじゅつ）
(n) go-slow tactics (of Japanese railway workers)

諸国漫遊　（しょこく　まんゆう）　
(n,vs) tour round the country [Japan] (visiting from province to province)

処士横議　（しょし　おうぎ）
(n) wayward [irresponsible] criticisms of political matters by private citizens

初志貫徹　（しょし　かんてつ）　##
(n,vs) achieving one's original intention; achieving one's desired end(s)

諸事万端　（しょじ　ばんたん）　
(n) everything; all things; all affairs; all matters

諸子百家　（しょし　ひゃっか）　
(n) the general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period in Chinese history

所々方々・所所方方・処々方々・処処方方　（しょしょ　ほうぼう）
(n) everywhere; far and near

処世上手　（しょせい　じょうず）
(adj-na,n) knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life

処世達者　（しょせい　たっしゃ）
(adj-na,n) knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life

女性天皇　（じょせい　てんのう）
(n) female emperor of Japan

女性遍歴　（じょせい　へんれき）
(n) one's history of love affairs with women

諸説紛々・諸説紛紛　（しょせつ　ふんぷん）　##
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) divergent opinions abound; opinion is divided; there are many rumors afloat

所属不明　（しょぞく　ふめい）
(n) of unknown affiliation

女尊男卑　（じょそん　だんぴ）　　　
(n) placing women above men; respect for women at the expense of men

女中奉公　（じょちゅう　ぼうこう）
(n) domestic service; working as a housemaid

暑中見舞・暑中見舞い　（しょちゅう　みまい）
(n) summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season

職権乱用　（しょっけん　らんよう）　
(n) abuse of (one's) authority; abuse of (one's) public office

庶民感覚　（しょみん　かんかく）
(n) sensibilities [feelings, way of thinking] of the common people; popular sentiment

諸役御免　（しょやく　ごめん）　　
(n) being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist [shogunate] government

書類送検　（しょるい　そうけん）
(n,vs) sending papers pertaining to a (criminal) case to the Public Prosecutors Office

白河夜船・白川夜船・白川夜舟　（しらかわ　よふね　・　しらかわ　よぶね）　##
(exp) (1) being sound asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); (2) know-it-all manner

自力更正　（じりき　こうせい）
(n,vs) working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own efforts; recovery through own resources

自力本願　（じりき　ほんがん）
(n) salvation by one's own efforts; self-reliance

私利私欲　（しり　しよく）　##
(n) desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires; avarice; greed

事理明白　（じり　めいはく）
(adj-na,n) the facts being beyond dispute; the logic being indisputable

支離滅裂 （しり　めつれつ）　##
(adj-na,n) incoherent; inconsistent; disconnected pieces making no coherent sense; being split into many small factions; being thrown into utter confusion

思慮分別 （しりょ　ふんべつ）　##
(n) prudence and discretion; discrete and well-advised judgment; wise and mature judgment

白湯文字 （しろ　ゆもじ）
(n) ordinary woman secretly engaged in prostituion [Edo period]

素人細工　（しろうと　ざいく）　　
(n) amateurish work

素人判断　（しろうと　はんだん）
(n) layperson's judgment [opinion]

素人療法　（しろうと　りょうほう）
(n) home remedy; medical treatment by a layperson

四六時中 （しろくじ　ちゅう）　##
(adv,n) around the clock; at all hours; all day long; day and night; constantly

白田売買　（しろた　ばいばい）
(n) dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow

白物家電　（しろもの　かでん）
(n) white goods; large household appliances

神韻縹渺　（しんいん　ひょうびょう）　
(adj-t,adv-to) (a work of art being) sublime; transcendent

心猿意馬　（しんえん　いば）
(n) (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions

人海戦術　（じんかい　せんじゅつ）
(n) human-wave tactics; the strategy of throwing large numbers of troops into an attack; throwing (overwhelming) human resources at a problem

心外千万　（しんがい　せんばん）　
(adj-na) be totally upset (by); be completely nonplused (by); be mortified (at); feel aggrieved (at); find (it) highly regrettable

人外魔境　（じんがい　まきょう）
(n) ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area

陣笠議員　（じんがさ　ぎいん）　
(n) backbench member [of Parliament, Congress, the Diet]; backbencher

心願成就　（しんがん　じょうじゅ）　
(n,vs) earnest prayers being answered; realization of one's earnest wishes
　　　　
真贋論争　（しんがん　ろんそう）
(n) argument as to [about] the authenticity (of...)

心機一転 （しんき　いってん）　##
(n,vs) a sudden and complete change of one's mind; mental revolution; taking a new turn in one's thinking; looking at the world in a new way

心悸亢進　（しんき　こうしん）
(n) palpitation(s) (of the heart)

仁義忠孝　（じん　ぎ　ちゅう　こう）
(n) humanity, justice, loyalty, and filial piety

仁義道徳　（じんぎ　どうとく）　
(n) humanity and justice; benevolence and righteousness

真偽不明　（しんぎ　ふめい）
(n) dubious; doubtful; of unknown authenticity

神機妙算　（しんき　みょうさん）　
(n) inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme

新旧交代　（しんきゅう　こうたい）
(n,vs) replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new; transition between the old and the new

辛苦艱難　（しんく　かんなん）　
(n) trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles

神経過敏　（しんけい　かびん）
(adj-na,n) oversensitive; high-strung; jumpy; being all nerves

神経衰弱　（しんけい　すいじゃく）
(n) nervous [emotional] breakdown
　　　　
人権蹂躙　（じんけん　じゅうりん）
(n) human rights violation; blatant infringement upon a person's rights

真剣勝負　（しんけん　しょうぶ）　　##
(n) fighting with real swords; game played in deadly earnest

人権擁護　（じんけん　ようご）
(n) protection of human rights; safeguarding [defending] human rights

信仰箇条　（しんこう　かじょう）
(n) article of faith; article of belief

人材登用　（じんざい　とうよう）　
(n) selecting of fit [talented] persons for higher positions

辛酸甘苦　（しんさん　かんく）
(n) hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world

神算鬼謀　（しんさん　きぼう）　
(n) inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme

深山幽谷　（しんざん　ゆうこく）　##
(n) remote mountains and deep valleys; deep mountains and dark valleys　　　　

人事考課　（じんじ　こうか）
(n) merit [ability, efficiency] rating; employee performance evaluation

真実一路　（しんじつ　いちろ）
(n) the straight path of sincerity and truthfulness; living a life in all sincerity and truthfulness

人事不省　（じんじ　ふせい）
(n) unconsciousness; loss of consciousness

神社仏閣　（じんじゃ　ぶっかく）　
(n) (Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

進取果敢　（しんしゅ　かかん）
(adj-na) enterprising and daring; boldly forward-looking

伸縮自在　（しんしゅく　じざい）
(adj-na) elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable

神出鬼没 （しんしゅつ　きぼつ）　##
(n) appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; with phantom-like agility and elusiveness

尋常一様 （じんじょう　いちよう）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) ordinary; common; mediocre

尋常茶飯　（じんじょう　さはん）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary

身上調査　（しんじょう　ちょうさ）
(n,vs) examine [investigate into] a person's history

身上調書　（しんじょう　ちょうしょ）
(n) personal information form; dossier on an individual

心情吐露　（しんじょう　とろ）
(n) expression of one's feelings; pouring out one's heart

信賞必罰　（しんしょう　ひつばつ）
(n) sure punishment or reward; a clear-cut system of rewards and punishments

心象風景　（しんしょう　ふうけい）　
(n) imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye

針小棒大 （しんしょう　ぼうだい）　##
(n) exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill 　　

神色自若　（しんしょく　じじゃく）　
(adj-t,adv-to) perfect composure; calm and collected; with imperturbable calm; keeping one's presence of mind

人心安定　（じんしん　あんてい）
(n) stabilizing the feelings of the people; inspiring confidence among the people

心身一如　（しんしん　いちにょ）
(n) body and mind as one

身心一如　（しんしん　いちにょ）　
(n) body and mind as one

人心一新　（じんしん　いっしん）
(n) radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel

新進気鋭 （しんしん　きえい） ##
(adj-no,n) young and energetic; up-and-coming; high-spirited and rising

人心恟々・人心恟恟　（じんしん　きょうきょう）
(adj-t,adv-to) The people being panic-stricken [in alarm]

人身攻撃　（じんしん　こうげき）　
(n) personal attack [abuse]; character assassination

人心刷新　（じんしん　さっしん）
(n) radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel

人心収攬　（じんしん　しゅうらん）
(n) winning the hearts of the people; capturing public sentiment

心身創痍　（しんしん　そうい）
(n) being wounded in mind and body

心身爽快　（しんしん　そうかい）
(n) feeling refreshed in mind and body

心神喪失　（しんしん　そうしつ）　
(n) of unsound mind; temporary insanity

人生行路　（じんせい　こうろ）
(n) the journey [path] of life; one's passage through life

人生朝露　（じんせい　ちょうろ）　
(exp,n) Man's life vanishes like a dew.; A person's life is as fleeting as a morning dew.

人生模様　（じんせい　もよう）　　
(n) facets [aspects] of (human) life; the pattern of (one's) life

親戚眷属　（しんせき　けんぞく）　
(n) one's family and relatives; one's kith and kin

臣籍降下　（しんせき　こうか）　
(n) [of members of the Imperial family] becoming a commoner; to be reduced from royal status to that of a commoner

親戚故旧　（しんせき　こきゅう）　
(n) relatives and old friends

親戚知己 （しんせき　ちき）
(n) relatives and acquaintances
　　　　　
人跡未踏　（じんせき　みとう）
(n) untrodden; pathless; untraversed; where no human being has ever set foot

真相究明　（しんそう　きゅうめい）　
(n) probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter

深層心理　（しんそう　しんり）　
(n) the deep psyche

迅速果敢　（じんそく　かかん）　
(adj-na,n) quick and decisive; fast and daring; swift and resolute

迅速果断　（じんそく　かだん）　　　
(adj-na,n) quick and decisive; fast and daring; swift and resolute

進退去就　（しんたい　きょしゅう）　　
(n) one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it

身体髪膚　（しんたい　はっぷ）
(n) the entire human body; every inch of one's body

進退問題　（しんたい　もんだい）
(n) a question of whether or not someone should resign

進退両難　（しんたい　りょうなん）　
(n) be driven to the wall; find oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; a rock and a hard place

人畜無害　（じんちく　むがい）　
(adj-na) harmless to humans and animals; completely harmless; perfectly safe

尽忠報国　（じんちゅう　ほうこく）
(n) loyalty and patriotism

陣中見舞・陣中見舞い　（じんちゅう　みまい）
(n) visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to [gift for] persons hard at work as a sign of support

慎重居士　（しんちょう　こじ）　
(n) very cautious [prudent, discreet] person

慎重吟味　（しんちょう　ぎんみ）
(n) scrutiny; careful [close] examination [investigation]; careful inquiry; careful selection

新陳代謝　（しんちん　たいしゃ）
(n) the body's metabolism; replacement of the old with the new; regeneration

心的状態　（しんてき　じょうたい）
(n) one's mental state; state of mind; mentality

震天動地　（しんてん　どうち）
(n) earth-shaking; astounding; startling; phenomenal

陣頭指揮　（じんとう　しき）
(n,vs) taking command of a corps in a battle; actively leading an army [a group]

人道蹂躙　（じんどう　じゅうりん）
(n) outrage against humanity

心頭滅却 （しんとう　めっきゃく）
(n,vs) clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts

人馬一体　（じんば　いったい）
(n) unity of rider and horse

心配無用　（しんぱい　むよう）　##
(exp,n) Don't worry about it.; There is nothing to fear.; There is no need for anxiety.; Everything is under control.

人馬往来　（じんば　おうらい）
(n) the passage of people and horses; coming and going of people and horses

親藩大名　（しんぱん　だいみょう）
(n) the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch

人品骨柄　（じんぴん　こつがら）
(n) a person's appearance and physique; a person's bearing [presence]

人物月旦　（じんぶつ　げったん）
(n) character sketch; comments on personalities

神仏混淆　（しんぶつ　こんこう）
(n) mixture [synthesis] of Buddhism and Shintoism

神仏分離　（しんぶつ　ぶんり）
(n) separation of Buddhism and Shintoism

人物本位　（じんぶつ　ほんい）
(adj-no,n) chiefly on the basis of someone's personal character

新聞学問　（しんぶん　がくもん）
(n) knowledge gained [information acquired] from newspapers

新聞辞令　（しんぶん　じれい）
(n) Appointment conjecturally reported in a newspaper; announcement of an appointment which is [turns out to be] mere press speculation

深謀遠慮 （しんぼう　えんりょ） ##　
(n) far sight and deep design; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan

尽未来際　( じんみ　らいさい　・　じんみ　らいざい )
(n-adv,n) to the end of time; to the crack of doom; for ever and ever

神武以来　（じんむ　いらい　・　じんむ　このかた）　
(adv-no,n-adv,n-t) since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of Japan's history; unprecedented

神武景気　（じんむ　けいき）
(n) the economic boom of the mid-1950s

人面獣心　（じんめん　じゅうしん　・　にんめん　じゅうしん）
(n) beast with a human face; monster in human form; fair without, foul within

信頼関係　（しんらい　かんけい）
(n) relationship of mutual trust; trusting each other deeply

森羅万象 　（しんら　ばんしょう）　##
(n) all things in nature; the whole creation; everything under the sun; all natural phenomena

深慮遠謀　（しんりょ　えんぼう）
(n) deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan

人倫道徳　（じんりん　どうとく）
(n) ethics and morality

人倫退廃・人倫頽廃　（じんりん　たいはい）
(n) decline [decay, corruption] of ethical standards

親類縁者　（しんるい　えんじゃ）　
(n) one's family and relations; one's relatives by blood and marriage [in blood and law]

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酔眼朦朧　（すいがん　もうろう）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (with) one's eyes blurred from drinking; with drunken eyes; dazed by wine

随喜渇仰　（ずいき　かっこう）
(n,vs) worship with adoration; admire ardently

推進母体　（すいしん　ぼたい）
(n) a nucleus (of a project proposal/of a social movement, etc.)

酔生夢死 （すいせい　むし）
(n) idling one's life away; dreaming away one's life accomplishing nothing significant

垂涎三尺　（すいぜん　さんじゃく）　
(n) avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth

衰退一途　（すいたい　いっと）
(n) (falling into a) continuous decline; being on the wane

垂直思考　（すいちょく　しこう）
(n) rigid [stereotypical] thinking that adheres to preconceived notions

水天彷彿・水天髣髴　（すいてん　ほうふつ）
(n) view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished

随伴現象　（ずいはん　げんしょう）
(n) a concomitant [an accompanying] phenomenon

水平思考　（すいへい　しこう）
(n) liberated thinking that is not bound to fixed ideas

酔歩蹣跚　（すいほ　まんさん）
(n) tipsy lurch; reeling [staggering] gait

数的優勢　（すうてき　ゆうせい）
(n) superiority in number; numerical superiority

頭寒足熱　（ずかん　そくねつ）
(n) keeping the head cool and feet warm
　　
助平根性　（すけべい　こんじょう）　
(n) lewd disposition, lecherous nature; greedy motives
　　　
杜撰脱漏　（ずさん　だつろう）　
(n) careless [slipshod] and with many omissions

頭脳明晰　（ずのう　めいせき）　
(adj-na,n) being clearheaded; having a keen [sharp, brilliant] mind

頭脳流出　（ずのう　りゅうしゅつ）
(n) brain drain; loss of highly trained or qualified people to other countries
　　　　
寸借詐欺　（すんしゃく　さぎ）
(n) swindling someone [a stranger] by borrowing money with no intention of returning it

寸進尺退　（すんしん　しゃくたい）
(n,vs) one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose

寸善尺魔　（すんぜん　しゃくま）
(exp,n) little good and much evil; In evil, there is odds; Evil far outnumbers good in this world.; A good thing tends to be spoiled by many bad things.

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政界工作　（せいかい　こうさく）
(n) currying of political favor; buying political influence

政界再編　（せいかい　さいへん）
(n) political realignment; a realignment of political parties

政界余聞　（せいかい　よぶん）
(n) tidbits of political gossip

性格美人　（せいかく　びじん）
(n) woman with a wonderful personality

性格描写　（せいかく　びょうしゃ）
(n) character portrayal; characterization.

正確無比　（せいかく　むひ）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) unmatched [unparalleled] accuracy

臍下丹田　（せいか　たんでん）
(n) the center of the abdominal region; point below the navel [thought to be the focal point of human body's energy in Oriental medicine]

生活残業　（せいかつ　ざんぎょう）
(n,vs) (working) overtime to make ends meet [to support one's lifestyle]

生活信条　（せいかつ　しんじょう）
(n) one's philosophy of life

生活不安　（せいかつ　ふあん）
(n) worry [uncertainty, uneasiness, insecurity] about one's life [future]
　　　　
生気溌剌　（せいき　はつらつ）
(adj-t,adv-to) full of vigor [vitality]; energetic; vigorous; vivacious

政教一致　（せいきょう　いっち）
(n) unity of church and state

政教分離　（せいきょう　ぶんり）　
(n) separation of church and state

税金泥棒　（ぜいきん　どろぼう）
(n) person living off other people's taxes; tax parasite; [a derogatory term for] public servants

整形美人　（せいけい　びじん）
(n) a plastic-surgery beauty

政権構想　（せいけん　こうそう）
(n) planning a new government; plan for a new administration

政権交代　（せいけん　こうたい）
(n) change of government [administration]

政権亡者　（せいけん　もうじゃ）
(n) one who is obsessed with [getting into, holding on to] political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government

晴好雨奇　（せいこう　うき）　
(n) the scenery being beautiful in both sunny and rainy weather

晴耕雨読 （せいこう　うどく）　##
(n,vs) working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits

西高東低　（せいこう　とうてい）
(n) a weather pattern in which the high pressure area lies to the west and the low pressure area to the east

成功報酬　（せいこう　ほうしゅう）
(n) fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus

政策不況　（せいさく　ふきょう）
(n) policy-induced slump; stagnation resulting from poor economic policies

生殺与奪 （せいさつ　よだつ）
(n) wielding absolute power (over); the power to spare or to take the lives and property of the people

生死一如　（せいし　いちにょ）　　
(exp,n) Life and death are the two faces of the same coin.

政治家肌　（せいじか　はだ）
(n) be something of a politician; have something of the politician in one

政治感覚　（せいじ　かんかく）
(n) sense of politics; feeling for politics

政治決着　（せいじ　けっちゃく）
(n) a political settlement; settling (a dispute) politically (without resorting to force)

政治工作　（せいじ　こうさく）
(n) political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations

政治抗争　（せいじ　こうそう）
(n) political strife [antagonism, conflict]

政治姿勢　（せいじ　しせい）
(n) one's political career [life]

政治主導　（せいじ　しゅどう）
(n) initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) [rather than by bureaucrats]

政治生命　（せいじ　せいめい）
(n) political stance

政治風土　（せいじ　ふうど）
(n) political climate

政治不信　（せいじ　ふしん）
(n) (public) distrust of politics; loss of faith in politics [politicians]; estrangement from politics

正邪曲直　（せいじゃ　きょくちょく）　
(n) right and [or] wrong

正邪善悪　（せいじゃ　ぜんあく）　
(n) right and [or] wrong

青春群像　（せいしゅん　ぐんぞう）
(n) youthful crowd; crowd of young people coming into their own

青春時代　（せいしゅん　じだい）
(n) one's youth; one's youthful days [years]; the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life

清浄潔白　（せいじょう　けっぱく）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience

政情不安　（せいじょう　ふあん）
(n) the instability of a political situation; political instability

清浄無垢　（せいじょう　むく）
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent; immaculate

政治力学　（せいじ　りきがく）
(n) political dynamics; dynamics of political forces; the balance of political power

生死輪廻　（せいし　りんね）
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

精神一到　（せいしん　いっとう）
(n) concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task); determined mind　

聖人君子　（せいじん　くんし）
(n) person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint　

聖人賢者　（せいじん　けんじゃ）　
(n) person of lofty virtue and great wisdom

精神構造　（せいしん　こうぞう）
(n) one's mental makeup [structure]; emotional makeup; mentality

精神作用　（せいしん　さよう）
(n) operation [working] of the mind

成人指定　（せいじん　してい）
(n) rated for "adults only"

精神修養　（せいしん　しゅうよう）
(n,vs) moral [spiritual] improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind [soul]

誠心誠意 （せいしん　せいい）　##
(adv,n) in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion

精神統一　（せいしん　とういつ）
(n,vs) concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task); determined mind

精神風土　（せいしん　ふうど）
(n) the spiritual climate

盛衰興亡　（せいすい　こうぼう）　
(n) rise and fall; ups and downs; waxing and waning; prosperity and decline; vicissitudes

正々堂々・正正堂堂　（せいせい　どうどう）　##
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) fair and square; open and aboveboard

成績不振　（せいせき　ふしん）
(n) poor (academic) performance; poor (business) results [showing]

贅沢三昧　（ぜいたく　ざんまい）　##
(n) luxury and extravagance; indulging in every possible luxury; living in the lap of luxury
　　　　
清濁併呑　（せいだく　へいどん）
(n) being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades

成長過程　（せいちょう　かてい）
(n) growth process; (in the) process of growing

成長小説　（せいちょう　しょうせつ）　
(n) novel of character development; novel of formation [education]; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development and growth of a young person; Bildungsroman [German]

性的逸脱　（せいてき　いつだつ）
(n) sexual deviation; sexual anomaly

青天白日 （せいてん　はくじつ）　##
(n) be cleared of all the charges (brought against one); be found completely innocent; be completely aboveboard and with a clean conscience

正当防衛　（せいとう　ぼうえい）
(n) (legitimate) self-defense

青年客気　（せいねん　かっき）
(adj-no,n) youthful ardor; rash impulse of an inexperienced youth

清風明月　（せいふう　めいげつ）　
(n) refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon

精妙巧緻　（せいみょう　こうち）　
(adj-na,n) exquisite and elaborate

姓名判断　（せいめい　はんだん）
(n) fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name; onomancy

姓名不詳　（せいめい　ふしょう）
(adj-no,n) unidentified; name unknown

整理整頓　（せいり　せいとん）　##
(n,vs) keeping things tidy and in order

整理統合　（せいり　とうごう）
(n,vs) reorganization and unification; reorganize by consolidating [merging] units

整理淘汰　（せいり　とうた）
(n,vs) reorganize an enterprise and weed out redundant workers; reorganize an industry and weed out redundant enterprises

政略結婚　（せいりゃく　けっこん）
(n) (political) marriage of convenience; marriage forced by political expediency

勢力拡大　（せいりょく　かくだい）
(n) expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power [strength, influence]

勢力関係　（せいりょく　かんけい）
(n) power relations; balance of power (between)
　　
勢力拮抗　（せいりょく　きっこう）
(n,vs) struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched forces [parties]

勢力圏内　（せいりょくけん　ない）
(n) within the sphere of influence (of)

精力絶倫　（せいりょく　ぜつりん）
(adj-no,n) unbounded [immense] (sexual) energy

勢力伯仲　（せいりょく　はくちゅう）　##
(n) (the two sides) being evenly-matched in power [strength, influence]

勢力範囲　（せいりょく　はんい）
(n) sphere of influence; one's territory
　　　　　　　　
勢力分野　（せいりょく　ぶんや）
(n) the respective [relative] strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties　　

精励恪勤　（せいれい　かっきん）　　
(n,vs) assiduousness; diligence and industry; attending diligently to one's study or duties

清廉潔白　（せいれん　けっぱく）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) spotless integrity; upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience

世界思潮　（せかい　しちょう）
(n) main currents [the trend] of thinking in the world

赤手空拳　（せきしゅ　くうけん）　　　　
(n) barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) [when embarking on something]

責任回避　（せきにん　かいひ）
(n,vs) avoidance of responsibility; shirking (one's) responsibility

責任転嫁 　（せきにん　てんか）
(n,vs) shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); buck-passing

責任問題　（せきにん　もんだい）
(n) a question [an issue] of where responsibility [liability] lies; a question of who is responsible [to blame]

世間周知 （せけん　しゅうち）
(n) (a matter of) common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody

世事一切　（せじ　いっさい）
(n) all the worldly matters

世上万般　（せじょう　ばんぱん）
(n) all the worldly [mundane] matters; everything in this world

是正措置　（ぜせい　そち）
(n) corrective action [measure]; rectification

是々非々・是是非非　（ぜぜ　ひひ）　##
(n) free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade

世代交代　（せだい　こうたい）　
(n) change of generation; transition of power between generations

世態人情　（せたい　にんじょう）　
(n) (contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world

舌禍事件　（ぜっか　じけん）
(n) scandal [trouble] caused by a slip of the tongue

接客業務　（せっきゃく　ぎょうむ）
(n) customer relations; serving [helping, attending to, waiting on] customers

接客態度　（せっきゃく　たいど）
(n) the way one waits on customers; one's behavior toward [attitude to] customers [visitors]

説教調子　（せっきょう　ぢょうし）　　
(n) (in a) preaching tone

説教泥棒　（せっきょう　どろぼう）　　
(n) preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes
　　　　
説教坊主　（せっきょう　ぼうず）
(n) tub-thumping preacher; preacher [priest] who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer [usually with contemptuous implication]

積極果敢　（せっきょく　かかん）
(adj-na,n) aggressive; active and bold [daring]; resolute determination

積極財政　（せっきょく　ざいせい）
(n) expansionary fiscal policy

切磋琢磨 （せっさ　たくま） ##
(n,vs) cultivate one's mind [character] by studying hard; indefatigable assiduity; improve together through friendly rivalry

切歯扼腕 （せっし　やくわん）
(n,vs) grind one's teeth and clenching one's fists in anger [regret, disappointment]; feel [be] deeply chagrined (at)

殺生禁断　（せっしょう　きんだん）
(n) prohibition against hunting and fishing

絶対安静　（ぜったい　あんせい）
(n) complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet

絶体絶命 （ぜったい　ぜつめい）　##
(n) desperate situation; the last extremity; being driven into a corner; having one's back against the wall

絶対服従　（ぜったい　ふくじゅう）　
(n) absolute obedience; complete submission

雪隠大工　（せっちん　だいく）
(n) lousy carpenter

窃盗行為　（せっとう　こうい）
(n) theft; act of larceny

説得上手　（せっとく　じょうず）
(adj-na,n) persuasiveness; skilled in the art of persuasion

刹那主義　（せつな　しゅぎ）
(n) (the principle of) living only for the present [moment]; settling for momentary pleasures
　　　　
絶滅寸前　（ぜつめつ　すんぜん）
(n) the point [edge, verge, brink] of extinction

説話文学　（せつわ　ぶんがく）
(n) legendary literature; narrative literature

世道人心　（せどう　じんしん）　
(n) (public) morals and sentiments

是非曲直　 (ぜひ　きょくちょく)　　　
(n) rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety

是非判断　（ぜひ　はんだん）
(n) discrimination of right and wrong; distinguishing between right and wrong
　　
是非善悪　（ぜひ　ぜんあく）　
(n) rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety

世話女房　（せわ　にょうぼう）
(n) devoted and caring wife

善悪不二　（ぜんあく　ふに）
(exp,n) Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin.

善意銀行　（ぜんい　ぎんこう）
(n) center for collecting charitable contributions [money, goods, and/or services] and distributing them to people in need

戦意高揚　（せんい　こうよう）
(n) raising one's/the soldiers' fighting spirit

戦意喪失　（せんい　そうしつ）
(n,vs) lose one's fighting spirit; lose the will to fight; lose heart

善意通訳　（ぜんい　つうやく）　　
(n) goodwill guide; volunteer guide and interpreter for foreign residents and tourists

全員一致　（ぜんいん　いっち）
(n) unanimity

善因善果　（ぜんいん　ぜんか）
(exp,n) good action leading to good rewards; As you sow, so shall you reap.

全員無事　（ぜんいん　ぶじ）　
(exp,n) Everyone is safe [all right].

前衛芸術　（ぜんえい　げいじゅつ）
(n) avant-garde art

浅学寡聞　（せんがく　かぶん）　
(n) shallow learning and limited information; ignorant and badly informed

浅学非才・浅学菲才　（せんがく　ひさい）　##
(n) one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability

前官礼遇　（ぜんかん　れいぐう）
(n) (being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post

千客万来 　（せんきゃく　ばんらい）　##
(n) flood of customers; (doing) a roaring business; having a constant stream of visitors [customers]

専業主婦　（せんぎょう　しゅふ）
(n) full-time housewife

専業主夫　（せんぎょう　しゅふ）
(n) full-time house-husband; stay-at-home dad

千軍万馬 （せんぐん　ばんば）
(n) vast and powerful army; veteran of many battles; (a person who is) rich in life's experience, having overcome much adversity

先決問題　（せんけつ　もんだい）　
(n) question to be settled first; matter calling for prior settlement; the first consideration

鮮血淋漓　（せんけつ　りんり）
(adj-t,adv-to) dripping with fresh blood

前言往行　（ぜんげん　おうこう）
(n) words and deeds of the people of yore

千言万語　（せんげん　ばんご）　
(n) a great number of words; long and tedious (explanation, description, etc.)

線香花火　（せんこう　はなび）
(n) small sparklers which resemble incense sticks; something that flickers and fizzles out; flash in the pan

前後関係　（ぜんご　かんけい）
(n) the context (of a passage)

前虎後狼　（ぜんこ　こうろう）
(exp,n) One calamity followed close on the heels of another.; Out of the frying pan into the fire. [Literally: Keeping at bay a tiger at the front gate, while a wolf appears at the back.]
　　
先刻承知　（せんこく　しょうち）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being already [well] aware

戦国大名　（せんごく　だいみょう）
(n) daimyo in the Warring States period

戦国乱世　（せんごく　らんせい）　
(n) turbulent [troubled] times; turbulent war period

善後処置　（ぜんご　しょち）　
(n) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with [meet] the situation

善後措置　（ぜんご　そち）　
(n) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with [meet] the situation
　　　　
善後対策　（ぜんご　たいさく）　
(n) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with [meet] the situation
　　　
前後左右　（ぜんご　さゆう）
(n) forward(s) and backward(s) and left and right; in all directions

前後撞着　（ぜんご　どうちゃく）　
(n,vs) self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

千古万古　（せんこ　ばんこ）　
(n) remote antiquity; ancient times; the remote past

千古不易　（せんこ　ふえき）　　
(adj-no,n) everlasting; eternal; immortal; unchangeable; immortal

前後不覚 　（ぜんご　ふかく）　##
(n) unconsciousness; having no awareness of one's actions; having no recollection of one's actions

千古不磨　（せんこ　ふま）
(n) permanence; immortality; eternity

千古不滅　（せんこ　ふめつ）
(adj-no,n) everlasting; eternal; immortal; unchangeable

前後矛盾　（ぜんご　むじゅん）　
(n,vs) self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

潜在意識　（せんざい　いしき）
(n) the subconscious; subconscious awareness

千載一遇 （せんざい　いちぐう）　##
(n) (the chance) of a lifetime; (a golden opportunity that) may happen only once in a thousand years

善哉善哉　（ぜんざい　ぜんざい）
(exp) Well done!; Great!; Bravo!

潜在能力　（せんざい　のうりょく）
(n) potential; latent faculty; potential capacity

千載不磨　（せんざい　ふま）
(adj-no,n) still remaining after a thousand years; immortal

千差万別 （せんさ　ばんべつ　・　せんさ　まんべつ）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) an infinite variety; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging

千山万水　（せんざん　ばんすい ・　せんさん　ばんすい）
(n) many mountains and rivers; a great distance to travel　
　　　　
前時代的　（ぜんじだい　てき）
(adj-na) premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated

千思万考　（せんし　ばんこう）
(n,vs) deep meditation; careful deliberation; pondering over this and that

千紫万紅 (せんし　ばんこう）
(n) an exuberance [a dazzling variety] of beautiful flowers

千姿万態　（せんし　ばんたい）
(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness

選手生命　（せんしゅ　せいめい）
(n) player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete

先取特権　（せんしゅ　とっけん）　
(n) preferential [priority] right; prior claim; priority of claim; prior lien

千種万様　（せんしゅ　ばんよう）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) an infinite variety; multifarious; being extremely varied and wide-ranging

専守防衛　（せんしゅ　ぼうえい）
(n,vs) strictly defensive (national) defenses; defense policy that does not take into consideration offensive measures as an option

僭上越権　（せんじょう　えっけん）
(n) exceeding [overstepping] one's powers [competence, authority]; abuse of one's legal authority; acting ultra vires

扇情小説　（せんじょう　しょうせつ）
(n) sultry novel; suggestive story

千状万態　（せんじょう　ばんたい）
(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness

全勝優勝　（ぜんしょう　ゆうしょう）
(n,vs) winning a championship without losing a single match; undefeated championship

千緒万端　（せんしょ　ばんたん）
(n) all sorts of things; all manner of affairs

専心一意　（せんしん　いちい）　
(n-adv) single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul

漸進主義　（ぜんしん　しゅぎ）
(n) gradualism; incrementalism; the "slow and steady" approach [principle]

全身全霊　（ぜんしん　ぜんれい）　
(n) complete devotion; body and soul; one's level best

千辛万苦　（せんしん　ばんく）　
(n,vs) all kinds of hardships; indescribable hardships

前人未到・前人未踏 (ぜんじん　みとう）　##
(n) untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)

前人未発　（ぜんじん　みはつ）
(n) unprecedented; unheard-of; never propounded [discovered, invented] by anyone before

先制攻撃　（せんせい　こうげき）　
(n) preemptive attack [strike]

戦々恐々・戦戦恐恐・戦々兢々・戦戦兢兢　（せんせん　きょうきょう）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

善戦苦闘　（ぜんせん　くとう）
(n,vs) putting up a good fight against some odds

戦々慄々・戦戦慄慄　（せんせん　りつりつ）　
(adj-t,adv-to) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

先祖代々・先祖代代　（せんぞ　だいだい）　##　
(adj-no,n-adv) ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation

先祖伝承　（せんぞ　でんしょう）
(adj-no,n) what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend; folk tale

先祖伝来　（せんぞ　でんらい）
(adj-no,n) inherited from the ancestors; handed down from generation to generation

千態万状　（せんたい　ばんじょう）　
(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness

千態万様　（せんたい　ばんよう）　
(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness
　　
前代未聞 （ぜんだい　みもん）　##
(n,adj-no) unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history; record-breaking

専断横行　（せんだん　おうこう）　
(n) prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority)

先端技術　（せんたん　ぎじゅつ）
(n) cutting-edge technology; state-of-the-art technology

全知全能　（ぜんち　ぜんのう）　##
(n) omniscience and omnipotence

前兆現象　（ぜんちょう　げんしょう）
(n) precursor; premonitory phenomena; telltale signs; advance warnings

前提条件　（ぜんてい　じょうけん）
(n) precondition; prerequisite; premise

前程万里　（ぜんてい　ばんり）　
(n) a bright [rosy] future awaiting one; having the world before one

先手必勝　（せんて　ひっしょう）　##
(exp,n) Victory goes to one who makes the first move; Being quick to take action leads to victory.; The first strike decides the battle.

宣伝工作　（せんでん　こうさく）
(n) propaganda work; propaganda efforts [maneuvers]

宣伝攻勢　（せんでん　こうせい）
(n) propaganda campaign [offensive]; advertising [promotional] offensive

宣伝路線　（せんでん　ろせん）
(n) (adopting) a publicity [an advertising] policy; a propaganda line

前途多難　（ぜんと　たなん）　##
(adj-na,n) having many difficulties in store; having a long, hard fight ahead of one; outlook being rocky

前途多望　（ぜんと　たぼう）　
(adj-na,n) promising [rosy, bright] future; offering promising prospects

前途有為　（ぜんと　ゆうい）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) having a very promising future; offering promising prospects

前途有望　（ぜんと　ゆうぼう）　
(adj-na,n) promising [rosy, bright] future; offering promising prospects

前途洋々・前途洋洋　（ぜんと　ようよう）　##
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) promising [rosy, bright] future; offering promising prospects 　　　　　
　
前途遼遠 （ぜんと　りょうえん）　　
(adj-na,n) having a far way to go; being a long way off

善男善女　（ぜんなん　ぜんにょ）　
(n) pious men and women; men and women who are good Buddhists; men and women who offer prayers at temples and shrines

千人千色　（せんにん　せんしょく）　
(exp,n) So many people, so many minds; Everyone has his own ideas and tastes.; It takes all sorts to make a world.; To each his [her] own.

千年一日　（せんねん　いちじつ）　　
(n) without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end

煎餅布団　（せんべい　ぶとん）
(n) futon worn flat and hard by long use; futon as flat as a pancake

千編一律 ・千篇一律 （せんぺん　いちりつ） ##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) humdrum; lack of variety; monotony; stereotypical

千変万化 （せんぺん　ばんか）　##　
(n,vs) innumerable changes; infinite variety; kaleidoscopic variations

宣撫工作　（せんぶ　こうさく）
(n) pacification work [activity]

千万無量　（せんまん　むりょう）　
(adj-no,n) innumerable; unfathomable; myriad

選民意識　（せんみん　いしき）
(n) sense of being the chosen people

全面対決　（ぜんめん　たいけつ）
(n,vs) all-out [frontal, total] confrontation

全面撤退　（ぜんめん　てったい）
(n,vs) total [full-scale] withdrawal; complete pullout [pullback]　

全面否定　（ぜんめん　ひてい）
(n,vs) complete [total] denial; denying totally [flatly, outright]

専門馬鹿　（せんもん　ばか）
(n) person who is ignorant outside his field

先憂後楽　（せんゆう　こうらく）　　
(n) hardship now, pleasure later; seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties; seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured [a precept to be observed by a ruler]

漸落市況　（ぜんらく　しきょう）
(n) sagging market

千里同風　（せんり　どうふう）　
(n) a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful

千慮一失　（せんりょ　いっしつ　・　せんりょ　の　いっしつ）
(n) mere slip by someone who is usually very careful; simple mistake by a wise person; point overlooked by a cautious person

千慮一得　（せんりょ　いっとく　・　せんりょ　の　いっとく）
(exp,n) Even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea.

千両役者　（せんりょう　やくしゃ）　
(n) great actor; eminent star; prima donna; leading [popular] figure

戦力拮抗　（せんりょく　きっこう）　
(n,vs) struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched armies [teams]

全力投球　（ぜんりょく　とうきゅう）　
(n,vs) throw a ball as hard as one can; use all of one's strength (to); give (it) everything one has got; go full-out

善隣外交　（ぜんりん　がいこう）
(n) good-neighbor diplomacy; a good-neighbor policy

戦列復帰　（せんれつ　ふっき）
(n,vs) return to the battle line; come back to the game [on to the field]; a comeback

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粗衣粗食 （そい　そしょく）　##
(n) shabby clothes and humble meals; frugal [simple] life

創意工夫　（そうい　くふう）　##
(n) being imaginative and creative; creative originality; originality and ingenuity

滄海一滴　（そうかい　いってき）
(n) a drop in the ocean [bucket]

滄海桑田　（そうかい　そうでん）
(exp,n) The word is a scene of constant changes (as the blue sea changing into a mulberry field). [Chinese legend]

早期解決　（そうき　かいけつ）
(n) early [prompt] settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution

創業守成　（そうぎょう　しゅせい）　
(n) starting an enterprise and [or] carrying it to final success

造形教育　（ぞうけい　きょういく）
(n) education in art and design; education in drawing and manual arts

壮言大語　（そうげん　たいご）
(n,vs) heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade

造言飛語　（ぞうげん　ひご）　
(n) false rumors; wild rumors; groundless rumors

相互依存　（そうご　いぞん）
(n,vs) mutual dependence; interdependence

相互理解　（そうご　りかい）
(n,vs) mutual understanding

壮行試合　（そうこう　じあい）
(n) send-off game [match]

相互作用　（そうご　さよう）
(n) (mutual) interaction; reciprocal action; interplay

相互扶助　（そうご　ふじょ）
(n) mutual aid [assistance, help]

荘厳華麗　（そうごん　かれい）　
(adj-na,n) majestic and splendid

草根木皮 (そうこん　ぼくひ　・　そうこん　もくひ)　　
(n) roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine

創作意欲　（そうさく　いよく）
(n) will [urge] to create; creative urge; appetite for writing

創氏改名　（そうし　かいめい）
(n) the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones

葬式仏教　（そうしき　ぶっきょう）
(n) funeral Buddhism; (reliance on) Buddhism only for funerals

相思相愛　（そうし　そうあい）　##
(n) deeply in love with each other; strongly attached to each other; mutual infatuation

相乗効果　（そうじょう　こうか）
(n) synergy; combined effect

漱石枕流　（そうせき　ちんりゅう）
(n) a sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument

相即不離　 (そうそく　ふり）
(n) strongly attached to each other; inseparable　　　　　　

壮大華麗　（そうだい　かれい）　
(adj-na,n) grandiose and splendid

相談相手　（そうだん　あいて）
(n) adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns

増長天狗　（ぞうちょう　てんぐ）
(n) braggart; boaster; self-conceited person

桑田滄海　（そうでん　そうかい）
(exp,n) The word is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). [Chinese legend]

桑田碧海　（そうでん　へきかい）
(exp,n) The word is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). [Chinese legend]

掃討作戦　（そうとう　さくせん）
(n) mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation

相場動向　（そうば　どうこう）
(n) market trend; stock movements

相場操縦　（そうば　そうじゅう）
(n) market manipulation; market rigging

総花主義　（そうばな　しゅぎ）
(n) the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy

総花政策　（そうばな　せいさく）
(n) all-around policy; please-everyone policy

総帆展帆　（そうはん　てんぱん）
(n,vs) in full sail; decked out in full sail

造反有理　（ぞうはん　ゆうり）　
(exp,n) There are no rebels without reasons.; To rebel is justified. [Mao Zedong]

訴求効果　（そきゅう　こうか）
(n) customer appeal; the power to appeal to customers

俗気芬々・俗気芬芬　（ぞくけ　ふんぷん）
(adj-t,adv-to) of low [vulgar] taste; lacking class

息災延命　（そくさい　えんめい）
(n) health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster

俗臭芬々・俗臭芬芬　（ぞくしゅう　ふんぷん）
(adj-t,adv-to) of low [vulgar] taste; lacking class

即身成仏　（そくしん　じょうぶつ）　
(n,vs) attaining Buddhahood while still alive

速戦即決 （そくせん　そっけつ）
(n) quick battle for a quick victory; all-out surprise attack; a blitzkrieg

即断即決　（そくだん　そっけつ）　　　　
(n,vs) prompt decision and prompt execution; make swift decisions and take quick actions

俗談平話　（ぞくだん　へいわ）　
(n) conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life [business]

則天去私　（そくてん　きょし）
(n) following heaven and abandoning self; becoming one with heaven, liberated from the self; selfless devotion to justice

俗物根性　（ぞくぶつ　こんじょう）
(n) snobbery; snobbishness; philistinism; vulgar and ostentatious nature [disposition]

素行調査　（そこう　ちょうさ）
(n) probity check; background investigation; investigation into someone's conduct

組織人間　（そしき　にんげん）
(n) organization [corporate] man [woman]

粗酒粗肴　（そしゅ　そこう）
(n) cheap wines and unpalatable dishes [a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest]

粗製濫造・粗製乱造 （そせい　らんぞう）
(n) mass production of inferior goods

祖先伝来　（そせん　でんらい）　　
(adj-no,n) inherited from the ancestors; handed down from generation to generation

措置入院　（そち　にゅういん）
(n,vs) involuntary admission [commitment] (to a mental hospital)

側近政治　（そっきん　せいじ）
(n) administration by close advisers; kitchen cabinet

即金取引　（そっきん　とりひき）
(n,vs) cash [spot] transaction

即決即断　（そっけつ　そくだん）　　
(n,vs) prompt decision and prompt execution; make swift decisions and take quick actions

率先躬行 （そっせん　きゅうこう）
(n) take a lead in (doing); set an example of (doing); be the first in putting something in practice

率先垂範 （そっせん　すいはん）　##
(n,vs) set an example worth following; take the initiative and set a good example for others

算盤勘定　（そろばん　かんじょう）
(n) counting on the abacus; cost-benefit [profitability] calculation

存在意義　（そんざい　いぎ）
(n) meaning of life; meaning of one's existence

存在理由　（そんざい　りゆう）
(n) reason for being; justification for existence; a raison d'etre

樽俎折衝　（そんそ　せっしょう）　
(n) diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table; diplomatic bargaining

尊大不遜　（そんだい　ふそん）　
(adj-na,n) arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence

損得勘定　（そんとく　かんじょう）
(n) profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view

尊王攘夷・尊皇攘夷　　（そんのう　じょうい）　　
(n) loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
　　　　
存廃問題　（そんぱい　もんだい）
(n) question of maintenance or abolition (of an institution, organization, etc.)

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大安吉日　（たいあん　きちじつ　・　たいあん　きちにち）
(n) very auspicious day for all types of occasions [one of the six special days in the　Japanese lunisolar calendar]

第一印象　（だいいち　いんしょう）
(n) first impression; initial impression

第一義的　（だいいちぎ　てき）
(adj-na,n) basic; primary; fundamental

太陰崇拝　（たいいん　すうはい）
(n) moon worship

退嬰主義　（たいえい　しゅぎ）
(n) backward-looking philosophy [ideology]; conservatism

退嬰政策　（たいえい　せいさく）
(n) conservative [regressive] policy

大海一滴　（たいかい　いってき）
(n) a drop in the ocean [bucket]

対外関係　（たいがい　かんけい）
(n) foreign [international] relations; diplomacy; external affairs

体外離脱　（たいがい　りだつ）
(n) out-of-body experience

退学処分　（たいがく　しょぶん）
(n) expulsion [dismissal] from school

大廈高楼　（たいか　こうろう）
(n) large building and lofty tower; splendid [magnificent, palatial] structure

大喝一声　（だいかつ　いっせい）　##
(n,vs) shout in a thunderous voice; bluster out

大願成就 （たいがん　じょうじゅ）　##
(n,vs) realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered

大器晩成 （たいき　ばんせい）　##
(exp,n) Great talents mature late; being a late bloomer

大義名分 （たいぎ　めいぶん）　##
(n) higher principle; just cause; legitimate reason; clear justification (for an action)

大逆非道　（たいぎゃく　ひどう）
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman

大逆無道　（たいぎゃく　むどう）
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman

怠業戦術　（たいぎょう　せんじゅつ）
(n) slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute)

待遇改善　（たいぐう　かいぜん）
(n) improvement of labor [working] conditions; a salary increase

大慶至極　（たいけい　しごく）
(adj-na,n) great happiness; great joy [pleasure]

対決姿勢　（たいけつ　しせい）
(n) confrontational attitude [stance, posture]

大権干犯　（たいけん　かんぱん）
(n) infringing on the power of the sovereign

大言壮語 （たいげん　そうご）　##
(n,vs) heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade

対抗意識　（たいこう　いしき）
(n) (a sense of) rivalry; competitive spirit 大国主義　（たいこく　しゅぎ）
(n) policy favoring major powers; policy of the Great Powers that is favorable to themselves

大悟徹底　（たいご　てってい）
(n,vs) attain divine enlightenment; perceive absolute truth; experience spiritual awakening

大根役者　（だいこん　やくしゃ）
(n) bad [poor] actor; ham actor

泰山北斗　 (たいざん　ほくと)
(n) a great authority; a leading authority in a field; a luminary

大山鳴動　（たいざん　めいどう）
(n) a big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing

泰山鳴動 （たいざん　めいどう）
(n) a big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing

大死一番　（だいし　いちばん　・　たいし　いちばん）
(n-adv,n,vs) exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary

大慈大悲　（だいじ　だいひ）
(n) great mercy and compassion

体質改善　（たいしつ　かいぜん）
(n) improvement of one's physical constitution; internal reform; revamping

大衆団交　（たいしゅう　だんこう）
(n) mass [labor] negotiation; mass bargaining session; public negotiation

大衆文化　（たいしゅう　ぶんか）　
(n) mass culture; popular culture; pop culture　

大衆路線　（たいしゅう　ろせん）
(n) (adopting) a popular line; (taking) a populist line

帯出禁止　（たいしゅつ　きんし）
(exp,n) Not to be taken out.; Reference Only.

大詔渙発　（たいしょう　かんぱつ）
(n,vs) promulgation of an Imperial rescript

大所高所　（たいしょ　こうしょ）
(n) broad perspective; broad point of view; taking the whole situation [a larger picture] into account

対人感覚　（たいじん　かんかく）
(n) feelings toward other people; sensitivity to other people's feelings; feelings one gives to other people through interpersonal relationships

対人関係　（たいじん　かんけい）
(n) personal relations [relationships]; relation(ship)s with (other) people; interpersonal relation(ship)s; interhuman relations

大尽振舞　（だいじん　ぶるまい）
(n,vs) royal treatment; entertain someone extravagantly

大声疾呼　（たいせい　しっこ）
(n,vs) shout with a loud voice; fulminate; vociferate

大勢順応　（たいせい　じゅんのう）
(n) conformism; following the crowd; swimming with the tide; me-tooism

退勢挽回　（たいせい　ばんかい）
(n) restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend

大政奉還　（たいせい　ほうかん）
(n) the restoration of the imperial rule [in Meiji Japan]

対戦相手　（たいせん　あいて）
(n) opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; an [the] enemy

泰然自若 （たいぜん　じじゃく）　##
(adj-t,adv-to) presence of mind; imperturbability; calm and self-possessed; with serenity

大胆巧妙　（だいたん　こうみょう）
(adj-na,n) bold and clever; daring and ingenious; audacious and masterly

大胆至極　（だいたん　しごく）
(adj-na,n) the height of daring; very courageous [reckless], extremely audacious

大胆不敵　（だいたん　ふてき）　##
(adj-na,n) fearless; audacious; daring; resolute

大胆奔放　（だいたん　ほんぽう）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) bold and unrestrained; daring and unfettered

大道演説　（だいどう　えんぜつ）
(n) street [soapbox] oratory; stump oratory

帯刀御免　（たいとう　ごめん）
(n) a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword [during the Edo period]

大同小異 (だいどう　しょうい）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) substantial identify with insignificant differences; nearly alike

大同団結　（だいどう　だんけつ）　##
(n,vs) uniting for a common cause ignoring minor differences

態度物腰　（たいど　ものごし）
(n) attitude and demeanor

大兵肥満　（だいひょう　ひまん　・　たいひょう　ひまん）
(n) big portly man

台風一過　（たいふう　いっか）
(n) after the passage of a typhoon; (just) after a typhoon has blown over

台風銀座　（たいふう　ぎんざ）
(n) the typhoon Ginza; the area (of Japan) where typhoons frequently pass

太平無事・泰平無事　　（たいへい　ぶじ）
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

対等関係　（たいとう　かんけい）
(n) relationship of equality; (being) on an equal footing

耐乏生活　（たいぼう　せいかつ）
(n) life of austerity; living hand-to-mouth; belt tightening

耐乏予算　（たいぼう　よさん）
(n) austerity [belt-tightening] budget

大名旅行　（だいみょう　りょこう）
(n) traveling in grand style; traveling luxuriously; going on a junket

大陸浪人　（たいりく　ろうにん）
(n) prewar Japanese adventurer [political activist] in mainland China

対立意見　（たいりつ　いけん）
(n) conflicting [opposite, contrasting] opinion; antagonistic view

対立概念　（たいりつ　がいねん）
(n) the exact opposite concept [idea]; the antithesis

対立関係　（たいりつ　かんけい）
(n) confrontational relationship; (being) at loggerheads (with); antagonism

対立感情　（たいりつ　かんじょう）
(n) feeling of antipathy [rivalry]; antagonistic sentiment

大漁貧乏　（たいりょう　びんぼう）
(n) impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen' s income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch

体力勝負　（たいりょく　しょうぶ）
(n) trial of strength; test of one's strength [stamina]

対話路線　（たいわ　ろせん）
(n) policy of using dialogue instead of confrontation

台湾坊主　（たいわん　ぼうず）
(n) atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan; atmospheric depression in the East China Sea

高手小手　（たかて　こて）
(n) being tightly bound; having arms bound behind one's back

多岐多様　（たき　たよう）
(adj-na,n) wide-ranging and diverse; multifarious

多岐亡羊　（たき　ぼうよう）
(exp,n) too many options making selection difficult; Truth is hard to find as paths to it proliferate; Truth is as hard to find as a sheep lost in a vast plain.

択一問題　（たくいつ　もんだい）
(n) multiple-choice question

卓上演説　（たくじょう　えんぜつ）
(n) after-dinner speech; speech made at a dinner [luncheon]

多芸多才　（たげい　たさい）
(adj-na,n) versatile; multi-talented

竹槍戦術　（たけやり　せんじゅつ）
(n) tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination [naive spiritualism] in fighting an overwhelming foe

他言無用　（たごん　むよう）　##
(exp,n) Not a word to anyone.; Mum's the word.

多士済々・多士済済　（たし　せいせい　・　たし　さいさい）
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) galaxy of able persons; collection of talented persons

多事多端 （たじ　たたん）
(adj-na,n) eventful; very busy; pressure of business

多事多難　（たじ　たなん）
(adj-na,n) troubled; turbulent; having a lot going on in ones' life; suffering one hardship after another

多種多面　（たしゅ　ためん）
(adj-na,n) wide-ranging and diverse; multifarious

多種多様 （たしゅ　たよう）　##
(adj-na,n) a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; diverse; multifarious

多情多感　（たじょう　たかん）
(adj-na,n) sentimental; being full of emotions; having tender sensibilities; emotionally susceptible

多情多恨　（たじょう　たこん）
(adj-na,n) being full of tears and regrets; highly emotional and filled with regrets and resentments

多情仏心 （たじょう　ぶっしん）
(n) being sensitive and kind-hearted; tenderheartedness; loving-kindness

立会演説　（たちあい　えんぜつ）
(n) (public) debate (between candidates)

立居振舞・起居振舞　（たちい　ふるまい）　##
(n) behavior; bearing; deportment; manners; demeanor

達成可能　（たっせい　かのう）
(adj-na,n) achievable; attainable

脱線行為　（だっせん　こうい）
(n) aberration; aberrant behavior; eccentric [erratic] behavior; indulging in an escapade

建前主義　（たてまえ　しゅぎ）
(n) tokenism; appearance for appearance's sake

伊達眼鏡　（だて　めがね）
(n) glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake

縦割行政・縦割り行政　（たてわり　ぎょうせい）
(n) vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; a system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency

他人行儀　（たにん　ぎょうぎ）　##
(adj-na,n) reserved manner; standing on ceremony [formality]; keeping one's distance; behaving as if someone were a stranger

他人迷惑　（たにん　めいわく）
(n) nuisance [annoyance, inconvenience] to people around one; social nuisance

堕落腐敗　（だらく　ふはい）
(n) debasement; corruption; degradation

他力本願 （たりき　ほんがん）　##
(n) relying upon others for attaining one's own objective; salvation by faith in Amida Buddha

他流試合　（たりゅう 　じあい）
(n) contest between different schools (of swordsmanship, etc.); trying one's skill with a follower of another school (of fencing, etc.)

暖衣飽食　（だんい　ほうしょく）　##
(n) well-fed and warmly-clothed [comfortably-dressed]; being blessed materially

団塊世代　（だんかい　せだい）
(n) the babyboomers; the baby boom generation

貪官汚吏　（たんかん　おり　・　どんかん　おり）
(n) corrupt government official

弾丸飛雨　（だんがん　ひう）
(n) hail of bullets; heavy bombardment

短期決戦　（たんき　けっせん）
(n) decisive battle of brief duration; quick [short] operation [campaign] for a decisive win

団子状態　（だんご　じょうたい）
(n) being bunched up together; being crowded together

単純素朴　（たんじゅん　そぼく）
(adj-na,n) plain and simple; naive

単純明快　（たんじゅん　めいかい）
(adj-na,n) simple and clear-cut; plain and simple; open-and-shut; straightforward

男女平等　（だんじょ　びょうどう）
(n) equality of [between] the sexes

断章取義　（だんしょう　しゅぎ）
(n) interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context

単身赴任　（たんしん　ふにん）
(n,vs) relocating to a new post without taking one's family

男性本位　（だんせい　ほんい）
(n) male orientation; male-oriented

男尊女卑　（だんそん　じょひ）
(n) male domination of women; male chauvinism; placing men above women; belief in the superiority of men over women

胆大心小　（たんだい　しんしょう)
(n) both bold and careful; both audacious and meticulous

耽溺生活　（たんでき　せいかつ）
(n) a fast [dissolute] life; a life of follies; a life given to dissolute pleasures

暖冬異変　（だんとう　いへん）
(n) abnormally warm [mild] winter

単刀直入 （たんとう　ちょくにゅう）　##
(adj-na,n) going right to the point; point-blank; without beating about the bush

短慮軽率　（たんりょ　けいそつ)
(adj-na,n) impulsive and imprudent; rash and unthinking

短慮性急　（たんりょ　せいきゅう）
(adj-na,n) short-tempered and impatient

談論風発 （だんろん　ふうはつ）　##
(n,vs) spirited discussion; carrying on an animated conversation

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知育偏重　（ちいく　へんちょう）
(n) too much intellectual training; overemphasis on intellectual education　

知恵才覚・智恵才覚　（ちえ　さいかく）　
(n) having wisdom and resources; being clever and talented

知恵分別・智恵分別　（ちえ　ふんべつ）
（n) wisdom and good [common sense] judgment

治外法権　（ちがい　ほうけん）
(n) extraterritoriality; exterritoriality; extraterritorial rights

地下工作　（ちか　こうさく）
(n) underground activities; secret maneuvering

遅疑逡巡　（ちぎ　しゅんじゅん）　
(n,vs) shilly-shally; hesitation; indecision; vacillation 　　　　

知己朋友　（ちき　ほうゆう）
(n) one's close friends; one's intimate friends and acquaintances

知行一致　（ちこう　いっち）　
(n) unity [consistency] of knowledge and action

知行合一　（ちこう　ごういつ）　
(exp,n) the doctrine of the unity of knowledge and action; Knowledge must be accompanied by action, and action must be based on knowledge. [Chinese philosopher Wang Yang-ming (1472-1529)]

知者不惑・智者不惑　（ちしゃ　ふわく）
(exp,n) A wise person always follows the right course.; A wise man never wavers.

蟄居閉門　（ちっきょ　へいもん）　
(n) house arrest; being placed in confinement at home

秩序整然　（ちつじょ　せいぜん）　
(adj-t,adv-to) in good [perfect] order; in apple-pie order

知徳円満　（ちとく　えんまん）
(adj-na,n) having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue

知徳兼備　（ちとく　けんび）　
(n,vs) having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue

知徳合一　（ちとく　ごういつ）
(n) the unity of knowledge and virtue

魑魅魍魎　（ちみ　もうりょう）　
(n) evil spirits of mountains and rivers; monsters, goblins, and ghosts; all sorts of weird creatures

着眼大局　（ちゃくがん　たいきょく）　
(n) having an eye to the big picture; taking a broad view of things; concentrating on the main issue; seeing in perspective

茶番狂言　（ちゃばん　きょうげん）　
(n) a type of farce [burlesque, skit] popular in the Edo period

注意人物　（ちゅうい　じんぶつ）
(n) marked person; blacklisted person; dangerous [suspicious] character

忠義一途　（ちゅうぎ　いちず）
(adj-na,n) staunch [steadfast, singlehearted] in one's devotion to his master [lord]

忠義一徹　（ちゅうぎ　いってつ）
(adj-na,n) staunch [steadfast, singlehearted] in one's devotion to his master [lord]

忠君愛国　（ちゅうくん　あいこく）　
(n) loyalty to one's lord and patriotism for one's country; loyalty to the Emperor and patriotism for Japan

忠孝仁義　（ちゅう こう　じん ぎ）
(n) loyalty, filial piety, humanity, and justice　

忠言逆耳 （ちゅうげん　ぎゃくじ）
(exp,n) Good advice is harsh to the ear; Honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears.

知勇兼備・智勇兼備　（ちゆう　けんび）
(n,vs) having both wisdom and courage

躊躇逡巡　（ちゅうちょ　しゅんじゅん）　
(n,vs) shilly-shally; hesitation; indecision; vacillation

中道右派　（ちゅうどう　うは）
(n) right-of-center faction [group]

中道左派　（ちゅうどう　さは）
(n) left-of-center faction [group]

中道路線　（ちゅうどう　ろせん）
(n) moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line

中途半端 （ちゅうと　はんぱ） ##
(adj-na,n) halfway; half measures; half-hearted; half-baked; betwixt and between

中肉中背　（ちゅうにく　ちゅうぜい）　
(n) medium build; of average height and weight [build]

注文相撲　（ちゅうもん　ずもう）
(n) a sumo bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; a match that goes according to one's plan

昼夜逆転　（ちゅうや　ぎゃくてん）
(n,vs) one's days and nights being reversed 　

昼夜兼行 （ちゅうや　けんこう） ##
(n) around-the-clock; (working) day and night

忠勇無双　（ちゅうゆう　むそう）　
(adj-no,n) of peerless loyalty and bravery

寵愛一身　（ちょうあい　いっしん）　
(n) standing highest in one's master's favor; monopolizing the affection [favor] of the lord; being the lord's favorite lady

朝雲暮雨　（ちょううん　ぼう）　
(n) a sexual liaison

懲戒免職　（ちょうかい　めんしょく）
(n) bad conduct [dishonorable] discharge; disciplinary dismissal [discharge]

長講一席　（ちょうこう　いっせき）
(n) (make) a long talk [discourse, lecture]

朝三暮四 （ちょうさん　ぼし） ##
(n) being preoccupied with immediate [superficial] differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; swindle (someone) with trickery

張三李四　（ちょうさん　りし）
(n) the comman run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person)

長尺映画　（ちょうじゃく　えいが）
(n) long film [movie]

長者番付　（ちょうじゃ　ばんづけ）　
(n) list of the richest people; list of the very highest income earners; billionaire's list

重畳至極　（ちょうじょう　しごく）
(adj-na,n) very pleasant; extremely delightful; exquisite; superb

長身痩躯　（ちょうしん　そうく）　
(n) a tall and lean figure

彫心鏤骨　（ちょうしん　るこつ　・　ちょうしん　ろうこつ）
(n,vs) laborious work; lucubration(s); painstakingly polishing a piece of literary work 　　　

超世俗的　（ちょう　せぞくてき）　
(adj-na) unworldly; supermundane; free from worldly cares [concerns]

喋々喃々・喋喋喃喃　（ちょうちょう　なんなん）　
(adj-t,adv-to,n,vs) bill and coo; indulge in billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers

丁々発止・丁丁発止　（ちょうちょう　はっし）　##
(adv,n) (sound) of clashing swords in fierce combat; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing and blocking swords

朝々暮々・朝朝暮暮　（ちょうちょう　ぼぼ）　
(adv) every morning and evening

長汀曲浦　（ちょうてい　きょくほ）　
(n) long stretch of winding beach

町人気質　（ちょうにん　かたぎ）
(n) a townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit

町人根性　（ちょうにん　こんじょう）
(n) a townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit

町人風情　（ちょうにん　ふぜい）
(n) (the likes of) a mere tradesman

跳梁跋扈 （ちょうりょう　ばっこ）
(n,vs) evildoers being rampant and roaming at will

朝令暮改　　（ちょうれい　ぼかい） ##
(n) a frequent change of regulations; (orders or laws) being revised often with no guiding principles; unsettled course of action

直往邁進 （ちょくおう　まいしん)
(n,vs) push boldly forward; dash forward without flinching

直言直筆　（ちょくげん　ちょくひつ）
(n,vs) speak and write plainly [frankly]; speak and write without reserve

直情径行 （ちょくじょう　けいこう） 　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) spontaneous and straightforward; frank, guileless, and straightforward

直截簡明 （ちょくせつ　かんめい）　
(adj-na,n) plain and simple; frank, direct and unambivalent; straightforward

直立不動　（ちょくりつ　ふどう）　##
(n) standing at attention; standing stiffly to attention

猪突猛進　 （ちょとつ　もうしん） ##
(n,vs) make a headlong rush (at); rush forward recklessly

千代万代　（ちよ　よろずよ）
(n) for ever and ever; (through) eternity; countless ages; till the end of time

治乱興亡　（ちらん　こうぼう）
(n) a nation's times of peace and war; a nation in its rise and fall　　

痴話喧嘩　（ちわ　げんか）
(n) lovers' quarrel

沈魚落雁　（ちんぎょ　らくがん）　
(n) the charms of a rarely beautiful woman; [Literally: (so beautiful that), in shame, fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky]

沈思黙考 （ちんし　もっこう） ##
(n,vs) be lost in deep thought; be sunk deep in contemplation

陳情合戦　（ちんじょう　かっせん）
(n) competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against)

沈着冷静　（ちんちゃく　れいせい）
(adj-na,n) calm, cool, and collected; level and calm

珍味佳肴　（ちんみ　かこう）　
(n) rare delicacies; rare treat

沈黙寡言　（ちんもく　かげん）　
(adj-na,n) taciturn; reticent

枕流漱石　（ちんりゅう　そうせき）
(n) a sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument

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追従外交　（ついしょう　がいこう）
(n) sycophantic diplomacy; servile diplomacy

追跡調査　（ついせき　ちょうさ）
(n) follow-up study [survey]

追善供養　（ついぜん　くよう）　
(n) Buddhist memorial service; Buddhist requiem mass for the dead

追善興行　（ついぜん　こうぎょう）
(n) memorial performance; performance in memory of someone

痛快無比 （つうかい　むひ）　　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant; intensely satisfying

痛快淋漓　（つうかい　りんり）
(adj-t,adv-to) very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant; intensely satisfying

通過儀礼　（つうか　ぎれい）
(n) rite of passage

通勤地獄　（つうきん　じごく）
(n) the hellish stress of commuting; the daily hell of overcrowded commuter trains

九十九髪　（つくも　がみ）
(n) an old woman's gray hair 　　

都合次第　（つごう　しだい）　
(n) depending on the [one's] situation [circumstances]; at one's pleasure

津々浦々・津津浦浦　（つつ　うらうら　・　つづ　うらうら） ##
(n-adv,n) all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land 　　　　

九十九折　（つづら　おり）　　　　
(n) winding; meandering; zigzag; sinuous

強気相場　（つよき　そうば）
(n) strong [bull(ish)] market

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低徊趣味・低回趣味　（ていかい　しゅみ）　
(n) disposition toward rejecting mundane affairs and enjoying nature and art

呈示次第　（ていじ　しだい）
(n-adv) at [upon] presentation; when presented

亭主関白 　（ていしゅ　かんぱく）
(n) the hectoring of the husband; husband who rules the roost; domineering husband
　　　
貞操観念　（ていそう　かんねん）　
(n) sense [idea] of chastity; sexual morality

貞操堅固　（ていそう　けんご）　　　
(adj-na,n) [usually, to one's husband] chaste; faithful

低頭平身　（ていとう　へいしん）　
(n,vs) throwing oneself at a person's feet; going down to one's knees; kowtowing

程度問題　（ていど　もんだい）
(n) a matter [question] of degree

停頓状態　（ていとん　じょうたい）
(n) standstill; deadlock; stalemate; doldrums; stagnant conditions

丁寧懇切　（ていねい　こんせつ）
(adj-na,n) [an explanation, advice, etc. being] kind, careful, and thorough; thoughtful and scrupulous

手枷足枷　（てかせ　あしかせ）　
(n) manacles; shackles; fetters

出来具合　（でき　ぐあい）
(n) the [result] outcome; performance; workmanship; doneness
　　　　　　
適材適所 （てきざい　てきしょ）　##
(n) the right person in the right place; assigning the right person to the right position

出来次第　（でき　しだい）　
(n-adv,n-t) as soon as something is ready [done, available]; depending on the result [performance, workmanship] of something

適者生存 （てきしゃ　せいぞん）
(n) survival of the fittest

敵対関係　（てきたい　かんけい）
(n) antagonism; a hostile relationship

敵本主義　（てきほん　しゅぎ）
(n) diversionary tactics; a feint; concealing one's true motives until the last moment

鉄拳制裁　（てっけん　せいさい）
(n) punishment with a blow of the fist

鉄心石腸　（てっしん　せきちょう）
(n) will of iron

鉄石心腸　（てっせき　しんちょう）
(n) will of iron

丁稚奉公　（でっち　ぼうこう）
(n) apprenticeship; bound apprenticeship

徹底究明　（てってい　きゅうめい）
(n) thorough investigation; complete inquiry

徹底抗戦　　(てってい　こうせん）
(n) do-or-die [all-out] resistance; resistance to the bitter end

徹頭徹尾　（てっとう　てつび）　##
(adv) thoroughly; through and through; from beginning to finish; right down the line

手前勝手　（てまえ　がって）　
(adj-na,n) (very) selfish; self-centered; self-willed; self-seeking

出前講師　（でまえ　こうし）
(n) lecturer on demand; guest speaker on demand

手前定規　（てまえ　じょうぎ）
(n) self-serving logic

手前味噌　（てまえ　みそ）　##
(n) self-flattery; singing one's own praises; tooting one's own horn

手間仕事　（てま　しごと）　
(n) work that requires a lot of time and effort; tedious work; piecework; odd job

照々坊主・照照坊主・照る照る坊主　（てるてる　ぼうず）　
(n) paper doll to which children pray for fine weather

手練手管　（てれん　てくだ）　##
(n) arts and wiles; art and technique of coaxing; finesse of love

天衣無縫 （てんい　むほう） ##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) perfect beauty with no trace of artifice; guileless; artless; unaffected; [prose and poetry being] naturally composed with no labored expressions

天涯孤独 （てんがい　こどく）　##
(adj-na,n) being all alone in the world; having no family or relatives

天涯地角　（てんがい　ちかく）
(n) two places being very far apart; far-off (remote) land

天下一品 （てんか　いっぴん）　##
(adj-no,n) best article under heaven; peerless; a nonesuch

天涯万里　（てんがい　ばんり）　
(adj-no,n) very far away; the heavenly shores

天涯比隣　（てんがい　ひりん）
(n) a great distance does not detract from the feeling [relationship] of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood

天下国家　（てんか　こっか）　
(n) the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state

天下御免　(てんか　ごめん)
(adj-no,n) licensed; chartered; officially allowed

天下周知 （てんか　しゅうち）
(adj-no,n) common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody

天下第一　（てんか　だいいち）　
(adj-no,n) the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country

天下太平・天下泰平　（てんか　たいへい）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) peaceful and tranquil [uneventful]; peace reigns over the land; halcyon times of peace

天下多事　（てんか　たじ）　
(adj-no,n) eventful times for the nation [world]; the nation [world] being in turmoil; the storm clouds gathering in the land

天下統一　（てんか　とういつ）
(n,vs) unification of the whole country

天下万民　（てんか　ばんみん）　
(n) the whole nation; all the people in the land

天下無双　（てんか　むそう）　
(adj-no,n) peerless [unparalleled, matchless, unequaled] in the country

天下無敵　（てんか　むてき）　
(adj-no,n) peerless [unparalleled, matchless, unequaled] in the country

天下無比　（てんか　むひ）　　
(adj-no,n) peerless [unparalleled, matchless, unequaled] in the country

天下無類　（てんか　むるい）　
(adj-no,n) peerless [unparalleled, matchless, unequaled] in the country

天気具合　（てんき　ぐあい）
(n) the signs of the weather; weather conditions; the look of the sky

天気次第　（てんき　しだい）
(n) being dependent on what the weather is like

天気模様　（てんき　もよう）
(n) the signs of the weather; weather conditions; the look of the sky

天空海闊・天空海濶　（てんくう　かいかつ）　
(adj-no,n) the open sky and the serene sea; as open as the sky and serene as the sea; magnanimous

電撃作戦　（でんげき　さくせん）
(n) blitzkrieg tactics

点検商法　（てんけん　しょうほう）
(n) an unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacing items

電光一閃　（でんこう　いっせん）
(n) flash of lightning

電光石火 （でんこう　せっか）　##
(n) with lightning speed; like a flash of lightning; in a blink of an eye

電光朝露　（でんこう　ちょうろ）
(n) fleeting; evanescent

天候不順　（てんこう　ふじゅん）
(n) unseasonable weather; fickle weather; bad weather

天災地変　（てんさい　ちへん）　
(n) natural disaster [calamity, catastrophe]　

店主敬白　（てんしゅ　けいはく）
(exp) Store owner, at your service.; Yours truly, the Store Owner.

天井桟敷　（てんじょう　さじき）
(n) upper gallery (of a theater); being utterly ignored [as if being placed in the upper gallery]

天上天下　（てんじょう　てんげ）　
(n-adv, n) the whole world; throughout heaven and earth　　　　

天壌無窮　（てんじょう　むきゅう）　
(n) being as eternal as heaven and earth; being coeval with the universe

転生輪廻　（てんしょう　りんね）　
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

天神地祗　（てんじん　ちぎ）
(n)　the gods of heaven and earth

天真爛漫　(てんしん　らんまん）　##
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to,n) simple and innocent; naive and unsophisticated; artless; unaffected; spontaneous

天真流露　（てんしん　りゅうろ）　
(n) manifestation [revelation] of one's natural sincerity [naivete]

天孫降臨　（てんそん　こうりん）
(n) the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess

恬淡虚無　（てんたん　きょむ）
(adj-na,adj-t,n) rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless

天地有情　（てんち　うじょう）
(n) the sentient world; all sentiment beings

天地開闢　（てんち　かいびゃく）
(n) the creation of heaven and earth; the beginning of the world; the dawn of history

天地晦冥　（てんち　かいめい）　
(exp,n) The world is covered in darkness.; All is plunged into darkness.

天地玄黄　（てんち　げんこう）　
(exp,n) Heaven is black and earth is yellow.; heaven and earth

天地神明　(てんち　しんめい）　
(n) the gods of heaven and earth; all that is sacred

天地長久　（てんち　ちょうきゅう）
(exp,n) Heaven and earth are eternal.

天地万物　（てんち　ばんぶつ）　
(n) all things in heaven and earth; the whole of creation

天地無用　（てんち　むよう）　##
(exp,n) Do not turn over; This side up.

天地鳴動　（てんち　めいどう）
(n,vs) rumbling and shaking of the earth
　　　　
天長地久　（てんちょう　ちきゅう）　
(exp,n) Heaven and earth are eternal.

天敵関係　（てんてき　かんけい）
(n) relationship of being natural enemies

点滴穿石　（てんてき　せんせき）　
(exp,n) Constant dripping wears away the stone; Limited strength, when persistently applied, can accomplish great feats.

天手古舞　（てんてこ　まい）
(n,vs) whirl of busyness; flurry of activity

輾転反側　（てんてん　はんそく）　
(n,vs) toss and turn in one's sleep; lie from side to side in bed worried about something

天罰覿面 （てんばつ　てきめん）　##
(exp,n) the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance.

天賦人権　（てんぷ　じんけん）
(n) natural (innate) human rights

田夫野人　（でんぷ　やじん）　
(n) a rustic; a boor; a hick; a yokel; an uneducated and crude person

天変地異 （てんぺん　ちい）　##
(n) natural disaster; extraordinary natural phenomenon; convulsion of nature; a great upheaval

展望絶佳　（てんぼう　ぜっか）
(adj-na,n) scenic beauty; magnificent [spectacular] view

天網恢々・天網恢恢　（てんもう　かいかい）　
(exp,n) Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; Heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet nothing slips through.

天佑神助 （てんゆう　しんじょ）
(n) divine grace; God's help

天理人道　（てんり　じんどう）　
(n) the laws of nature and humanity

天理人情　（てんり　にんじょう）　
(n) the laws of nature and humanity

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東夷西戎　（とうい　せいじゅう）
(n) barbarians to the east and to the west [from the perspective of old China]

当意即妙　（とうい　そくみょう）
(adj-na, adj-no,n) readiness of wit; giving a quick and witty response; repartee

統一見解　（とういつ　けんかい）
(n) collective view (opinion)

同一人物　（どういつ　じんぶつ）
(n) the (very) same person; one and the same (person)

韜晦趣味　（とうかい　しゅみ）
(n) propensity to efface oneself; being prone to conceal one's talent

当該人物　（とうがい　じんぶつ）
(n) the said person

党議拘束　（とうぎ　こうそく）
(n) compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate

道具一式　（どうぐ　いっしき）
(n) set of tools [implements]; kit; outfit

道化芝居　（どうけ　しばい）
(n) farce; low comedy

道化役者　（どうけ　やくしゃ）
(n) clown; jester; actor who plays a comic role

同工異曲 （どうこう　いきょく）　##
(n) different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes

登校拒否　（とうこう　きょひ）
(n,vs) refusal to go to school; school rejection syndrome; schoolphobia

動向把握　（どうこう　はあく）
(n) grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing

桃紅柳緑　（とうこう　りゅうりょく）　　
(n) beautiful scenery of spring

東西古今　（とうざい　ここん）　
(n-adv,n) all times and places; everywhen and everywhere

東西南北　（とう　ざい　なん　ぼく）
(n) north, south, east and west [Literally: east, west, south and north]; the four cardinal points of the compass; all directions

闘志満々・闘志満満　（とうし　まんまん）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) brimming with fighting spirit; being strong in the will to fight; burning with combativeness

同床異夢　（どうしょう　いむ）　
(n) acting together but having different views or objectives; making strange bedfellows

道心堅固　（どうしん　けんご）　
(adj-na,n) being of firm [unshakable] faith and strict practice

当世気質　（とうせい　かたぎ）
(n) the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays

同姓同名　（どうせい　どうめい）
(n) (having) the same family and personal name (as somebody)

当選圏内　（とうせんけん　ない）
(n) (having a) good chance of being elected [winning] (in an election)

当代随一　（とうだい　ずいいち）　　　
(adj-no,n) the greatest of the day

当代第一　（とうだい　だいいち）　
(adj-no,n) the greatest of the day

当代無双　（とうだい　むそう）　
(adj-no,n) being unsurpassed [unparalleled] at present

当代無比　（どうだい　むひ）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being unsurpassed [unparalleled] at present

到着次第　（とうちゃく　しだい）
(n-adv) upon arrival of an item [items]; as soon as one arrives　　　　

撞着矛盾　（どうちゃく　むじゅん）　
(n,vs) self-contradiction

道中安泰　（どうちゅう　あんたい）
(n) safe journey

道中無事　（どうちゅう　ぶじ）
(n) safe journey

道聴塗説　（どうちょう　とせつ）
(n) shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information

道徳堅固　（どうとく　けんご）
(adj-na,n) of strict morals [moral principles]; highly moral

道徳退廃　（どうとく　たいはい）
(n) moral decadence [decline, corruption]

唐突千万　（とうとつ　せんばん）　
(adj-na) very sudden; very abrupt

胴長短足　（どうなが　たんそく）
(n) having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged

党派根性　（とうは　こんじょう）
(n) partisan spirit [prejudice]; partisanship; factionalism

同伴出勤　（どうはん　しゅっきん）
(n,vs) [a bar hostess] coming to work accompanied by a customer

同文同種　（どうぶん　どうしゅ）　
(n) the same script and the same race; [a mistaken view that the Chinese and the Japanese are of the same stock merely because they use the same script]

逃亡生活　（とうぼう　せいかつ）
(n) life on the run

当方負担　（とうほう　ふたん）
(n) (at) our expense; (on) our risk

東奔西走 （とうほん　せいそう）　##
(n,vs) rush around all over for some purpose; be constantly busy running all over; be frantically busy (doing something)

道楽仕事　（どうらく　しごと）
(n) work done for enjoyment [as a diversion]; dilettante work

道楽仲間　（どうらく　なかま）
(n) companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities

道楽息子　（どうらく　むすこ）　
(n) prodigal son; profligate son

道理至極　（どうり　しごく）　
(adj-na,n) very reasonable; being perfectly consistent with reason; standing to reason

党利党略　（とうり　とうりゃく）
(n) (political) party interests; playing party politics; partisan politics

当惑気味　（とうわく　ぎみ）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being somewhat puzzled; looking somewhat baffled

度胸千両　（どきょう　せんりょう）
(n) being bold/daring/plucky; having a lot of guts; being quite nerveless

時世時節　（ときよ　じせつ）　　
(n) times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel

得意淡然　（とくい　たんぜん）
(adj-t,adv-to) not letting oneself puffed up by one's success; maintaining a serene state of mind when one has achieved a great success

得意分野　（とくい　ぶんや）
(n) one's field of expertise

得意満面 （とくい　まんめん）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being puffed up with pride; as proud as a peacock; with a triumphant air
　　
読書三到　（どくしょ　さんとう）
(n) using mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully

読書三昧　（どくしょ　ざんまい）　
(n) obsession with reading; being buried in a book

読書三余　（どくしょ　さんよ）
(n) winter, night, and rainy weather; the ideal conditions for reading

読書百遍　（どくしょ　ひゃっぺん）　
(exp,n) Repeated reading (makes the meaning clear).; Reading something again and again (will lead one to realize its meaning).

独身貴族　（どくしん　きぞく）
(n) unmarried persons living affluently; well-off single young man [woman]; swinging bachelor

徳政一揆　（とくせい　いっき）
(n) uprising (during the Muromachi period) demanding debt cancellation orders

特種記者　（とくだね　きしゃ）
(n) scoop reporter; scoop artist

独断専行 （どくだん　せんこう）　##
(n,vs) acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; arbitrary decision and execution

特筆大書　（とくひつ　たいしょ）
(n,vs) write in large [golden] letters; headline something; single something out for special mention

独立自存　（どくりつ　じそん）　
(n) independence and self-reliance

独立自尊　（どくりつ　じそん）　　
(n) independence and self-respect; living independently, taking pride in oneself

独立独行　（どくりつ　どっこう）　　
(n) self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs

独立独歩 （どくりつ　どっぽ） 　##
(n) self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs

独立不羈　（どくりつ　ふき）
(n) acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others

床屋談義　（とこや　だんぎ）
(n) barbershop talk

土左衛門　（どざえもん）
(n) drowned person [body]

外様大名　（とざま　だいみょう）　
(n) non-Tokugawa daimyo; daimyo who was not a hereditary vassal of the Tokugawa family

年増美人　（としま　びじん）
(n) woman of mature beauty

徒手空拳 　（としゅ　くうけん）　##
(n) barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) [when embarking on something]

屠蘇機嫌　（とそ　きげん）
(adj-no,n) feeling a little drunk with the New Year's sake

屠蘇気分　（とそ　きぶん）
(n) festive New Year's mood

突貫工事　（とっかん　こうじ）
(n) rush work; crash job; construction at top speed

突貫作業　（とっかん　さぎょう）
(n) rush work; crash program; working on a crash basis; working at top speed

突如異変　（とつじょ　いへん）　
(n) sudden and dramatic event [incident]; sudden and strange phenomenon

突然変異　（とつぜん　へんい）　
(n) mutation

殿様仕事　（とのさま　しごと）　
(n) work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses
　　　　
殿様商売　（とのさま　しょうばい）　
(n) amateurish [dilettantish] business

殿様商法　（とのさま　しょうほう）
(n) amateurish [dilettantish] way of doing business

怒髪衝天　（どはつ　しょうてん）　　
(n) being in a towering rage; boiling [seething] with rage

飛石連休・飛び石連休　（とびいし　れんきゅう）
(n) a series of holidays with one or two workdays in between

土崩瓦解　（どほう　がかい）　
(n,vs) complete collapse; (something) going to pieces [breaking up beyond repair]

友達感覚　（ともだち　かんかく）
(n) relationship that is like that of friends

努力奮励　（どりょく　ふんれい）　
(n,vs) making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself

奴隷根性　（どれい　こんじょう）
(n) servile character [disposition]

泥棒稼業　（どろぼう　かぎょう）
(n) professional thievery

泥棒根性　（どろぼう　こんじょう）　　
(n) thievish nature [character]; thieving heart; cunning and greedy character

泥水稼業　（どろみず　かぎょう）
(n) working in the sex trade; making a living in the red-light district

遁世生活　（とんせい　せいかつ）
(n) (living) retired [in seclusion] (from the world)

緞帳芝居　（どんちょう　しばい）
(n) low-class (Kabuki) theater [play]

緞帳役者　（どんちょう　やくしゃ）
(n) low-class (Kabuki) actor; actor who plays in low-class [cheap] theater

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内縁関係　（ないえん　かんけい）
(n) common-law [de facto] marriage; living together as common-law husband and wife

内外多事　（ないがい　たじ）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) things being very eventful at home and abroad

内剛外柔　（ないごう　がいじゅう）　
(n) being gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove

内柔外剛 （ないじゅう　がいごう）　##
(n) being tough on the outside but soft at heart; a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave

内職商法　（ないしょく　しょうほう）
(n) homeworking scheme [scam]

内心忸怩　（ないしん　じくじ）
(adj-t,adv-to) ashamed deep in one's heart; blushing with shame when one remembers something

内心閉口　（ないしん　へいこう）
(n,vs) being fed up with (something) deep down in one's heart; being secretly nonplussed over (something)

内政干渉　（ないせい　かんしょう）　
(n) interference in the internal affairs of another country

内部工作　（ないぶ　こうさく）
(n) internal maneuvering; secret maneuvering (within an organization); reconciling the various views within an organization before airing something in public

内部対立　（ないぶ　たいりつ）
(n) internal strife; internal struggle

内部犯行　（ないぶ　はんこう）
(n) an inside job

内面世界　（ないめん　せかい）
(n) one's world within; one's inner world

内憂外患 （ないゆう　がいかん） ##
(n) troubles both at home and abroad; troubles at home, dangers from abroad; beset with both internal and external problems

長居無用　（ながい　むよう）　　
(exp,n) There's no point in staying (here) any longer.; There's no point in prolonging a [the] visit.; There's no point in extending one's stay.

仲間意識　（なかま　いしき）
(n) feeling of fellowship; sense of camaraderie; peer consciousness

仲間喧嘩　（なかま　げんか）
(n) quarrel among friends; quarrel among ourselves [themselves]

仲間同士　（なかま　どうし）
(n) comrades; friends; associates

名題役者　（なだい　やくしゃ）　
(n) chief [star] actor in a Kabuki play; leading actors of a troupe

菜種梅雨　（なたね　づゆ）
(n) brief rainy season at rape-plant blossoming time [in early spring]

夏山冬里　（なつやま　ふゆさと）
(n) pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter

七不思議　（なな　ふしぎ）
(n) the seven wonders

浪花節的　（なにわぶし　てき）
(adj-na) of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads

鍋底景気　（なべそこ　けいき）
(n) lingering recession; an economy that lingers in the doldrums after bottoming out

生臭坊主　（なまぐさ　ぼうず）　
(n) corrupt [depraved] priest [monk]; worldly-minded [worldly-wise] priest

南無三宝　（なむ　さんぼう）
(exp,int) I believe in the Three Treasures of Buddhism.; Oh my Great Buddha!; Good heavens!

南無八幡　（なむ　はちまん）
(exp,int>) O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy! [short for「南無八幡大菩薩」(なむはちまんだいぼさつ）]

成金趣味　（なりきん　しゅみ）
(n) the ostentation [bad taste] of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity

成田離婚　（なりた　りこん）
(n) Narita divorce; divorce case of a newlywed couple breaking up upon their return to Narita Airport from their honeymoon abroad

難関突破　（なんかん　とっぱ）
(n,vs) overcoming a difficulty; breaking through a barrier; clearing a hurdle

難行苦行　（なんぎょう　くぎょう）　##
(n,vs) ascetic practices; ordeal; trials and tribulations; living through extreme hardships

難攻不落 （なんこう　ふらく） ##
(adj-no,n) impregnable; invulnerable

軟弱外交　（なんじゃく　がいこう）
(n) weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy

軟弱路線　（なんじゃく　ろせん）
(n) weak-hearted approach; soft line; easier way [route]

南船北馬 （なんせん　ほくば） ##
(n) constant traveling; being constantly busy traveling all over

南蛮渡来　（なんばん　とらい）　
(n) (articles) imported to Japan by early European traders

難問山積　（なんもん　さんせき）
(n) mountain [pile] of difficult problems

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苦手意識　（にがて　いしき）
(n) awareness that somebody [something] is [will be] hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something
　　　　
肉食妻帯　（にくじき　さいたい）
(n,vs) meat-eating and marriage; Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married　　

肉体関係　（にくたい　かんけい）
(n) sexual [intimate] relations; sexual [physical] relationship; (having) intimate relations

二者選一　（にしゃ　せんいつ）
(n) choice of one or the other; choice between (only) two things; choice of two alternatives

二者択一　（にしゃ　たくいつ）　##
(n) choice of one or the other; choice between (only) two things; choice of two alternatives

二重三重　（にじゅう　さんじゅう）
(n) twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled　

二十四気　（にじゅうし　き）
(n) the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar

二進一退　（にしん　いったい）
(n,vs) two steps forward, one step back

二束三文・二足三文 （にそく　さんもん）　##
(n) dirt cheap; dime a dozen; give-away prices; el cheapo

日常茶飯 （にちじょう　さはん）　##
(n) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary

日曜大工　（にちよう　だいく）
(n) do-it-yourself carpenter; weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer

日進月歩 （にっしん　げっぽ）　##
(n) steady progress; ever-progressing; steady and rapid advance

日中勤務　（にっちゅう　きんむ）
(n) daytime work; day shift

二転三転　（にてん　さんてん）
(n,vs) change again and again; seesaw back and forth; be in a state of flux; backtrack repeatedly

二度三度　（にど　さんど）
(adv,n) again and again; over and over again; repeatedly

二度手間　（にど　でま）
(n) double effort; waste of time; botched job (that has to be done all over again)
　　　　
二人三脚 （ににん　さんきゃく）　##
(n) three-legged race; cooperation between the two with singleness of purpose

二百十日　（にひゃく　とおか）
(n) the 210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the "storm day"

二枚看板　（にまい　かんばん）　
(n) the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items [attractions]

二枚目半　（にまいめ　はん）
(n) comedian who plays a lover's part

如意自在　（にょい　じざい）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) freely; in complete control of; with complete freedom; at will; as one pleases

女房孝行　（にょうぼう　こうこう）
(adj-no,n) being devoted to one's wife; uxorious

女房天下　（にょうぼう　てんか）　
(n) husband being henpecked; a house where the wife is the boss; petticoat government

如実知見　（にょじつ　ちけん）
(n) perceiving reality as it is; true awareness of reality
　　　　　　
如是我聞　（にょぜ　がもん）　　
(exp,n) Thus I hear; These ears have heard [quote from the sutras]
　　　　
女人結界　（にょにん　けっかい）
(n) prohibition against women entering a sacred area
　　　　
女人禁制　（にょにん　きんぜい　・　にょにん　きんせい）
(n) No women admitted; not admitting women to hallowed ground

如法暗夜　（にょほう　あんや）
(n) total [utter] darkness

如露如電　（にょろ　にょでん）
(n,exp) existence (as we percieve it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning dew or a flash of lightning

二律背反 （にりつ　はいはん）　##
(n) antinomy; opposition between two laws [principles, rules]; self-contradiction; all or nothing; either-or

二六時中 （にろくじ　ちゅう）　##
(adv,n) around the clock; at all hours; all day long; day and night

任意同行　（にんい　どうこう）
(n) going along voluntarily to be questioned by law officers

人気稼業　（にんき　かぎょう）
(n) popular occupation; occupation largely dependent on public favor

人気失墜　（にんき　しっつい）
(n) decline in public favor; fall in popularity

人気商売　（にんき　しょうばい）　
(n) popular business; entertainment business; occupation [business] largely dependent on public favor
　　
人気絶頂　（にんき　ぜっちょう）
(n) at the height [peak] of one's popularity

人気抜群　（にんき　ばつぐん)
(adj-na,adj-no,n) outstandingly popular; overwhelming popularity

人気沸騰　（にんき　ふっとう）
(n,vs) (enjoy) tumultuous [tremendous, overwhelming] popularity

人間関係　（にんげん　かんけい）
(n) human [personal] relations [relationships]

人間疎外　（にんげん　そがい）
(n) dehumanization; alienation of man [human beings]
　　　　
人間不在　（にんげん　ふざい）
(n) being devoid of consideration for human beings

人間不信　（にんげん　ふしん）
(n) distrust of (other) human beings

人間模様　（にんげん　もよう）　
(n) fabric [pattern] of human relationships

認識不足　（にんしき　ぶそく）
(n) lack of (adequate) knowledge or understanding; being ignorant of; being ill-informed about

刃傷沙汰　（にんじょう　ざた）
(n) incident of bloodshed

人情風俗　（にんじょう　ふうぞく）　
(n) manners, customs and popular sentiments

人相風体　（にんそう　ふうてい　・　にんそう　ふうたい）　
(n) someone's looks and personal appearance

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盗人根性　（ぬすっと　こんじょう　・　ぬすびと　こんじょう）　　
(n) thievish nature [character]; thieving heart; cunning and greedy character

盗人上戸　（ぬすびと　じょうご ・　ぬすっと　じょうご）
(n) (1) person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; (2) person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy　

抜足差足・抜き足差し足　（ぬきあし　さしあし）
(n) stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe

「ね」

熱血教師　（ねっけつ　きょうし）
(n) enthusiastic schoolteacher

捏造記事 （ねつぞう　きじ）
(n) fabricated story; cooked up (news) report

念願成就 （ねんがん　じょうじゅ）
(n,vs) attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered

年季奉公　（ねんき　ぼうこう）
(n) apprenticeship; service under indentures

拈華微笑　（ねんげ　みしょう）
(n) heart-to-heart communication; thought transference [Literally, "holding a flower and subtly smiling."]

年功序列 （ねんこう　じょれつ）　##
(n) seniority system; seniority by length of service; promotion by age or seniority

年少客気　（ねんしょう　かっき）
(adj-no,n) youthful ardor; rash impulse of an inexperienced youth

年少気鋭　（ねんしょう　きえい）
(adj-no,n) being young and spirited; being young and full of go

年中無休　（ねんじゅう　むきゅう）
(n) open every day of the year; open all year long
　
年中行事　（ねんちゅう　ぎょうじ）　
(n) (regular) annual event [function]; chief events of the year; annual festival

年々歳々・年年歳歳　（ねんねん　さいさい）
(adv,n) annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year

年百年中 （ねんびゃく　ねんじゅう）　##
(adv) throughout the year; all (the) year round; always

念仏往生　（ねんぶつ　おうじょう）
(n) passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha

念仏三昧　（ねんぶつ　ざんまい）　　
(n) being deep in (Buddhist) prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha

年末年始　（ねんまつ　ねんし）
(n) the New Year's holiday; the period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the new year

年齢相応　（ねんれい　そうおう）
(adj-no,n) (appropriate for) one's age

「の」

農民一揆　（のうみん　いっき）
(n) peasants' uprising

喉元思案　（のどもと　じあん）
(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

野良仕事　（のら　しごと）
(n) farm work [labor]; work(ing) in the fields

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灰色高官　（はいいろ　こうかん）
(n) high official suspected of corruption
　　　　
拝金主義　（はいきん　しゅぎ）
(n) money worship; mammonism

廃合整理　（はいごう　せいり）
(n) reorganization; restructuring

背後関係　（はいご　かんけい）
(n) background (of an episode/to a case); circumstances leading up to (an incident)

買収工作　（ばいしゅう　こうさく）
(n) bribery scheme; acquisition maneuver

廃藩置県　（はいはん　ちけん）
(n) abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures [1871]

背反行為　（はいはん　こうい）
(n) act of disobedience [betrayal]; violation; breach; infraction; infringement

杯盤狼藉　（はいばん　ろうぜき）　
(adj-t,adv-to) glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble

廃仏毀釈　（はいぶつ　きしゃく）
(n) anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era; movement to reject Buddhism and destroy Buddhist temples, statues, sutra scrolls, etc. in conjunction with the Decree to Abolish Buddhism issued by the new Meiji government

売名行為　（ばいめい　こうい）
(n) act of self-advertisement; publicity stunt

破壊工作　（はかい　こうさく）
(n) subversive activities

場外市場　（ばがい　しじょう）
(n) over-the-counter market; OTC market

場外取引　（ばがい　とりひき）
(n) over-the-counter trading [transactions]; OTC trading

破壊分子　（はかい　ぶんし）
(n) subversive; subversive element

馬鹿慇懃　（ばか　いんぎん）
(adj-na,n) overdone politeness; polite to a fault; feigned politeness　
　　　　
馬鹿正直　（ばか　しょうじき）　##
(adj-na,n) honest to a fault; foolishly honest; simple and honest

馬鹿高値　（ばか　たかね）
(n) ridiculously high price

馬鹿丁寧　（ばか　ていねい）　
(adj-na,n) overly polite; polite to a fault　

馬鹿安値　（ばか　やすね）
(n) ridiculously low price

馬鹿野郎　（ばか　やろう）　
(int,n) (You) idiot! [stupid!]; idiot; fool; moron; stupid

馬鹿律儀　（ばか　りちぎ）　
(adj-na,n) honest and straightforward to a fault

破顔一笑 （はがん　いっしょう）　##
(n,vs) break into a broad smile; flash a grin

破顔大笑　（はがん　たいしょう）
(n,vs) break into a hearty laugh

波及効果 　（はきゅう　こうか）
(n) ripple effect; spillover effect; propagation effect

博引旁証 　（はくいん　ぼうしょう）　
(n,vs) cite copious references; refer to diverse sources of information; refer to various authorities

博学多才 　（はくがく　たさい）　##
(adj-na,n) wide knowledge and versatile talents; profound learning and varied attainments

博学多識　（はくがく　たしき）　
(n) erudition and extensive knowledge
　　　
白紙委任　（はくし　いにん）　
(n) carte blanche; blank check; unconditional authority

白紙還元　（はくし　かんげん）
(n,vs) be returned [sent back] to the drawing board

博識多才　（はくしき　たさい）　
(adj-na,n) wide knowledge and versatile talents; profound learning and varied attainments

薄志弱行 （はくし　じゃっこう）
(n) infirmity of purpose and lack of decision; being weak-willed and inept in getting things done

白紙撤回　（はくし　てっかい）　
(n,vs) complete revocation; total retraction

白砂青松　（はくしゃ　せいしょう　・　はくさ　せいしょう）　
(n) white sands and green pine grove; a beautiful stretch of sandy beach dotted with pine trees

拍手喝采　（はくしゅ　かっさい）
(n,vs) clapping and cheering; hearty round of applause

白刃一閃　（はくじん　いっせん）
(n-adv,n) (with) a flash of a drawn sword

爆弾宣言　（ばくだん　せんげん）
(n)bombshell announcement [declaration]

爆弾発言　（ばくだん　はつげん）
(n) bombshell announcement [statement]

爆弾発表　（ばくだん　はっぴょう）
(n) bombshell announcement [statement]

白昼公然　（はくちゅう　こうぜん）　
(adj-t,adv-to) openly and in broad daylight

白昼堂々・白昼堂堂　（はくちゅう　どうどう）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) openly [unashamedly] in broad daylight

白馬非馬　（はくば　ひば）　
(n) sophistry; sophism; false syllogism
　　　　
博聞強記　（はくぶん　きょうき） ##
(adj-no,n) erudition and remarkably retentive memory; widely-read with a remarkable memory

博覧強記 （はくらん　きょうき）
(adj-no,n) erudition and remarkably retentive memory; widely-read with a remarkable memory

博覧多識　（はくらん たしき）　
(adj-no,n) erudition and extensive knowledge; widely-read and well-informed

薄利多売 （はくり　たばい）
(n,vs) high-volume sales with small profits; small profits and quick returns; low margin and high turnover

迫力満点　（はくりょく　まんてん）
(n) full impact; packing a punch

暴露戦術　（ばくろ　せんじゅつ）
(n) exposure tactics; muckraking tactics

白話小説　（はくわ　しょうせつ）
(n) novel written in colloquial Chinese

箱物行政　（はこもの　ぎょうせい）
(n) government [public policy] focusing on the construction of public [community] buildings

馬耳東風 （ばじ　とうふう）　##
(n) turning a deaf ear (to); not paying attention to someone's opinions or criticism; in one ear and out the other; praying to deaf ears

八十八夜　（はちじゅうはち　や）
(n) eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring [about which time farmers become busy with their field work]

八大地獄　（はち　だい　じごく）　
(n) The Eight Greater (Buddhist) Hells

八面玲瓏　（はちめん　れいろう）　
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) serene; equable; affable; graceful in all aspects; looking clear and bright when viewed from any angle

八面六臂 （はちめん　ろっぴ）
(n) competent and active in many fields; versatile; one person doing the work of many
　
八紘一宇　（はっこう　いちう）　
(n) (the spirit of) universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof
　　　　　
跋扈跳梁　（ばっこ　ちょうりょう）　
(n,vs) evildoers being rampant and roaming at will
　
抜山蓋世　（ばつざん　がいせい）　
(n) great strength and energy [of a mighty hero]; Herculean strength and vitality

八百八町　（はっぴゃくや　ちょう）
(n) the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other

八百八寺　（はっぴゃくや　でら）
(n) the large number of temples in Kyoto

八百八橋　（はっぴゃくや　ばし）
(n) the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa [present-day Osaka]

八方円満　（はっぽう　えんまん）
(adj-na,n) to the satisfaction of all parties; all sides being happy and satisfied

八方美人 （はっぽう　びじん）　##
(n) woman who looks beautiful from all angles; one who tries to be all things to all people; one who tries to please everybody; everybody's friend

発菩提心　（はつ　ぼだいしん）　
(n) deciding to embrace Buddhism; deciding to seek enlightenment; seeking to have religious awakening

抜本塞源　（ばっぽん　そくげん）　
(n) eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil

波濤万里 (はとう　ばんり）
(n) afar over the sea; crossing the oceans; (voyage to) faraway lands

再従兄弟・再従姉妹　（はとこ　・　ふた　いとこ）
(n) second cousin

花形役者　（はながた　やくしゃ）
(n) leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer

鼻先思案　（はなさき　じあん　・　はなさき　しあん）
(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

鼻先分別　（はなさき　ふんべつ）
(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

鼻元思案　（はなもと　じあん 　・　はなもと　しあん）　
(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

花嫁学校　（はなよめ　がっこう）
(n) school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school

花嫁御寮　（はなよめ　ごりょう）
(n) a bride

花嫁修業　（はなよめ　しゅうぎょう）
(n) training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts

派閥均衡　（はばつ　きんこう）
(n) balance of power among factions (within a political party); factional balance

派閥抗争　（はばつ　こうそう）
(n) factional infighting [conflict]; antagonism between factions

派閥人事　（はばつ　じんじ）
(n) faction-based personnel appointment

派閥力学　（はばつ　りきがく）
(n) factional dynamics; power relationships among factions; factional power politics

刃物三昧　（はもの　ざんまい）
(n,vs) engaging in a knife fight; creating a ruckus using an edged tool

端役女優　（はやく　じょゆう）　
(n) bit-part actress; actress with a minor part

早口言葉　（はやくち　ことば）
(n) tongue twister; speaking rapidly

腹八分目　（はら　はちぶんめ）
(n) being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself

波瀾曲折・波乱曲折　（はらん　きょくせつ）
(n) very involved and troublesome situation; complicated twists and turns
　　
波瀾万丈・波乱万丈 （はらん　ばんじょう）　##
(n) stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs

罵詈讒謗　（ばり　ざんぼう）　
(n,vs) slander and abuse; speaking abusively of someone; reviling; vilification

罵詈雑言 (ばり　ぞうごん）　##
(n) verbal abuse; vilification; making strident verbal attacks on someone

破廉恥漢　（はれんち　かん）
(n) shameless man; knave

破廉恥罪　（はれんち　ざい）
(n) infamous crime; disgraceful offense

半永久的　（はん　えいきゅうてき）
(adj-na) semipermanent

半跏趺坐　（はんか　ふざ）
(n) (sitting in) the half lotus position [in Zen meditation]

反間苦肉　（はんかん　くにく）
(n) stratagem for causing a rift and confusion in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot [using a sacrificial tactic]
　
半官半民　（はんかん　はんみん）　
(n) semi-official; semi-public; semi-private; joint government-private

判官贔屓　　（はんがん　びいき　・　ほうがん　びいき）
(n) sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog
　　　　
万国共通　（ばんこく　きょうつう）
(adj-no,n) worldwide; common to the whole world; universal

反骨精神　（はんこつ　せいしん）
(n) rebellious [unyielding] spirit; spirit of defiance; antiestablishment mindset

万古不易　（ばんこ　ふえき）　
(n) eternally unchanging

盤根錯節　（ばんこん　さくせつ）　　
(n) complicated and hard-to-solve event or situation; tangled affair; hard nut to crack

万死一生　（ばんし　いっしょう　・　ばんし　いっせい）
(n) advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaws of death

万事解決　（ばんじ　かいけつ）　
(n,vs) everything turning out fine; the whole thing [mess] being settled

万事承知　（ばんじ　しょうち）　
(n,vs) being well aware of; knowing something full well; knowing exactly what one is doing; going into something with one's eyes open

半死半生 （はんし　はんしょう）　##
(n) all but dead; half dead; moribundity

万事万端　（ばんじ　ばんたん）
(n) everything; all things; all affairs; all matters

半鐘泥棒　（はんしょう　どろぼう）
(n) very tall person

伴食宰相　（ばんしょく　さいしょう）
(n) incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister

伴食大臣　（ばんしょく　だいじん）
(n) incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister

半信半疑　（はんしん　はんぎ）　##
(n,vs) half in doubt; dubious; incredulous; wavering between doubt and belief

半身不随　（はんしん　ふずい）　
(n) paralyzed on one side; partial paralysis; hemiplegia

半睡半醒　（はんすい　はんせい）　
(n) half asleep and half awake
　
万世一系　（ばんせい　いっけい）　
(n) unbroken imperial line; unbroken line of sovereigns

反省材料　（はんせい　ざいりょう）
(n) matters [issues] that need be reconsidered [reflected on]

半醒半睡　（はんせい　はんすい）　
(n) half awake and half asleep

万世不易　（ばんせい　ふえき）　
(n) eternally unchanging

版籍奉還　（はんせき　ほうかん）
(n,vs) return of the lands and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor [1869]

反俗精神　（はんぞく　せいしん）
(n) anticonventional spirit; spirit of resisting convention

反対給付　（はんたい　きゅうふ）
(n) benefit in return (for); a consideration; compensation (for); quid pro quo

反対勢力　（はんたい　せいりょく）
(n) forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce

万代不易　（ばんだい　ふえき）　
(n) eternally unchanging

半知半解　（はんち　はんかい）
(n) superficial knowledge; half knowledge; smattering
　　　　
半端仕事　（はんぱ　しごと）
(n) odd job
　
万物流転 （ばんぶつ　るてん）
(exp,n) All things are in a state of flux; Everything is constantly changing.

万夫不当　（ばんぷ　ふとう）
(n) being a match for thousands; being a mighty warrior [combatant]

繁文縟礼 （はんぶん　じょくれい） 　
(n) red tape; red-tapism; official rules and procedures being needlessly complex and cumbersome

反面教師 （はんめん　きょうし）　##
(n) person who serves as an example of how not to behave; bad example from which one can learn

反目嫉視　（はんもく　しっし）
(n,vs) jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other)

煩悶懊悩　（はんもん　おうのう）　
(n,vs) anguish; agony

万緑一紅　（ばんりょく　いっこう）
(n) one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men

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贔屓贔屓　（ひいき　びいき）　
(n) each person supporting (patronizing) his [her] own favorite

被害妄想　（ひがい　もうそう）
(n) paranoia; persecution complex; victim complex

悲歌慷慨 （ひか　こうがい）
(n,vs) sing a dirge pouring out lamentation over something

飛花落葉　（ひか　らくよう）　
(exp,n) Blossoms fall and leaves scatter.; the evanescence [impermanence] of worldly things

媚眼秋波　（びがん　しゅうは）　
(n) casting a coquettish [an amorous] glance (at a man)

悲喜交々・悲喜交交　（ひき　こもごも）　##　
(n) having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart; bitter-sweet

卑怯千万　（ひきょう　せんばん）　
(adj-na) very mean [sneaky]; extremely unsportsmanlike

日毎夜毎　（ひごと　よごと）
(n-adv,n-t) every day and every night; day after day; daily

飛耳長目　（ひじ　ちょうもく）
(n) sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information with sharp eyes and ears; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge

美酒佳肴　（びしゅ　かこう）　
(n) fine wines and prized delicacies

美辞麗句 （びじ　れいく）　##
(n) flowery words; rhetorical flourishes

美人薄命　（びじん　はくめい）　
(exp,n) Beauty and fortune seldom go together; A beautiful woman is destined　to die young.

飛雪紛々　（ひせつ　ふんぷん）
(adj-t,adv-to) snowflakes dancing in the air

皮相浅薄　（ひそう　せんぱく）　
(adj-na,n) shallow and unwise; superficial and thoughtless

筆禍事件　（ひっか　じけん）
(n) troubles brought on by what one has written; incident occasioned by a serious slip of the pen

吃驚仰天　（びっくり　ぎょうてん　・　きっきょう　ぎょうてん）　
(n,vs) be astonished; be stunned; be startled out of one's wits; be thunderstruck

引込思案・引っ込み思案　（ひっこみ　じあん）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) reserved; withdrawn; introvert; reticent

必勝不敗　（ひっしょう　ふはい）
(n) certain victory; sure victory; invincibility

必須条件　（ひっす　じょうけん）
(n) necessary [essential] condition; sine qua non; indispensable requirement

匹夫匹婦　（ひっぷ　ひっぷ）　
(n) men and women of humble position; common people

必要次第　（ひつよう　しだい）
(adv,n) as necessary [needed]; if necessary [needed]

必要条件　（ひつよう　じょうけん）
(n) necessary condition; sine qua non; necessary requirement

一齣一齣　（ひとこま　ひとこま）
(n-adv,n) frame by frame; every frame

一坪運動　（ひとつぼ　うんどう）
(n) campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land

人手不足　（ひとで　ぶそく）
(n) labor shortage

一幕見席　(ひとまくみ　せき）
(n) special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a Kabuki play

人身御供 （ひとみ　ごくう）
(n) human sacrifice; sacrificial victim

一人稽古・独り稽古　（ひとり　げいこ）
(n) practicing by oneself; self-instruction

一人芝居・独り芝居　（ひとり　しばい）
(n) performing solo; one-man [-woman] performance [show]; monodrama

一人相撲・独り相撲　（ひとり　ずもう）
(n) fighting [tilting at] windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't anything to fight at

一人天下・独り天下 （ひとり　てんか　・　ひとり　でんか）
(n) being the sole master of the situation; reigning supreme; standing unchallenged
　　　
一人天狗・独り天狗　（ひとり　てんぐ）
(n) self-conceited person; ego tripper; swelled head

一人二役　（ひとり　ふたやく）
(n) double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats

一人一人　（ひとり　ひとり　・　ひとり　びとり）
(n-adv,n-t) one by one; one at a time; one after another; from person to person; depending
on the individual; each and every person

一人舞台・独り舞台　（ひとり　ぶたい）
(n) performing solo [by oneself]; having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing [outshining] the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled

非難合戦　（ひなん　かっせん）
(n,vs) (engage in a round of) mutual criticism; repeatedly attack each other

非難囂々・非難囂囂　（ひなん　ごうごう）　##　
(adj-t,adv-to) enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others

批判材料　（ひはん　ざいりょう）
(n) elements deserving criticism; material used to criticize someone [something]

悲憤慷慨 （ひふん　こうがい）　##
(n,vs) indignant lamentation over something; indignantly deplore something

誹謗中傷　（ひぼう　ちゅうしょう）　
(n,vs) slander; calumny

美味佳肴　（びみ　かこう）　
(n) delicacies; epicurean dishes

秘密結社　（ひみつ　けっしゃ）
(n) secret society; underground organization

眉目秀麗 （びもく　しゅうれい）　##
(adj-na,n) (a man) having a handsome face; having fine-featured face

百姓一揆　（ひゃくしょう　いっき）　
(n) peasants' uprising

百尺竿頭 （ひゃくせき　かんとう　・　ひゃくしゃく　かんとう）
(n) the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain

百折不撓　（ひゃくせつ　ふとう）　
(n) indefatigability; indomitableness

百戦百勝　（ひゃくせん　ひゃくしょう）　##
(n) being ever-victorious; winning battle after battle; invincibility

百戦練磨・百戦錬磨 （ひゃくせん　れんま）　##
(n) being schooled by adversity in many battles; being rich in life's experience gained through much adversity; veteran

百点満点　（ひゃくてん　まんてん）
(n) (getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired

百日天下　（ひゃくにち　てんか）　
(n) The Hundred Days (of Napoleon I); very short-lived regime

百人一首　（ひゃくにん　いっしゅ）
(n) One Hundred Tanka Poems by One Hundred Celebrated Poets; (playing) cards of one hundred famous poems

百人百様　（ひゃくにん　ひゃくよう）　
(exp,n) So many men, so many ways; to each one's own; It takes all sorts to make a world.

百年河清　（ひゃくねん　かせい）
(exp) waiting for one hundred years for the waters of the Yellow River to clear; waiting in vain for an unlikely event; waiting for pigs to fly; When the sky falls, we shall catch larks.

百慮一得　（ひゃくりょ　いっとく）
(exp,n) Even a fool may sometimes give good counsel.

百花斉放　（ひゃっか　せいほう）
(exp,n) flowering of the sciences and the arts; Let a hundred flowers blossom; "Hundred Flowers" campaign

百家争鳴　（ひゃっか　そうめい）
(exp,n) lively and uninhibited discussion (by scholars and controversialists); Let a hundred schools of thought contend.

百花繚乱・百花撩乱 （ひゃっか　りょうらん） ##　　
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n,vs) many flowers blooming in profusion; simultaneous emergence of many talents and achievements; gathering of many beautiful women [talented people]

百鬼夜行 （ひゃっき　やこう　・　ひゃっき　やぎょう）　##
(n) veritable pandemonium; a large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

百発百中 （ひゃっぱつ　ひゃくちゅう） ##
(n) always hitting the bull's-eye; never missing one's aim; (predictions or plans) always turning out as expected; be on target every time

費用一切　（ひよう　いっさい）
(n) all expenses

剽悍無比　（ひょうかん　むひ）　
(adj-na,adj-no,n) as fierce and nimble as any; daring and agile without equal

病気見舞・病気見舞い　（びようき　みまい）
(n) get-well card [gift, letter]; visit to [inquiry after] a sick person

表敬訪問　（ひょうけい　ほうもん）　
(n,vs) courtesy call [visit]

表裏一体 （ひょうり　いったい）　##
(n) (being inseparable like) the two sides of the same coin; two things that appear different being in fact inextricably linked; being one and indivisible

比翼連理　（ひよく　れんり）　　
(n) perfect conjugal harmony between husband and wife; a man and a woman being affectionately intimate

悲恋物語　（ひれん　ものがたり）
(n) tragic love story; tale of tragic love
　
疲労困憊 （ひろう　こんぱい）　##
(n,vs) total exhaustion; being completely worn out

貧血気味　（ひんけつ　ぎみ）
(n) tending to anemia; being somewhat anemic

品行方正 （ひんこう　ほうせい）　##
(adj-na,n) of strict morality; irreproachable

便乗商法　（びんじょう　しょうほう）
(n) piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon [like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.]

品性下劣　（ひんせい　げれつ）　
(adj-na,n) of low [mean, inferior] character

品性高潔　（ひんせい　こうけつ）　
(adj-na,n) of lofty [noble, virtuous] character
　　　　
貧富貴賤　（ひんぷ　きせん）　
(n) rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks

貧乏所帯　（びんぼう　じょたい）
(n) needy household; small housekeeping; establishment experiencing rough going financially

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不安材料　（ふあん　ざいりょう）
(n) cause [grounds] for concern [anxiety]; reasons for uneasiness

富貴栄華　（ふうき　えいが）　
(n) wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor

風紀退廃・風紀頽廃　（ふうき　たいはい）
(n) decay [decline, corruption] of public morals; moral decadence

風紀紊乱 （ふうき　びんらん）
(n) corruption of public morals

富貴浮雲　（ふうき　ふうん）　
(exp,n) Riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds.; Fortune and fame are here today, gone tomorrow.

風光絶佳　（ふうこう　ぜっか）
(adj-na,n) scenic beauty; scenery being beautiful beyond description

風光明媚 （ふうこう　めいび）　##
(adj-na,n) beautiful natural scenery; scenic or natural beauty

風声鶴唳　（ふうせい　かくれい）　
(n) getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow

風俗営業　（ふうぞく　えいぎょう）
(n) (1) business offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club and restaurant business; (2) sex-related business

風俗壊乱　（ふうぞく　かいらん）　　
(n) corruption of public morals; offense against public morality

風俗画風　（ふうぞくが　ふう）
(n) (of the) genre painting style; (of the) style of painting that depicts people's customs and manners; (of the) type of painting that denotes the life of ordinary people

風俗習慣　（ふうぞく　しゅうかん）
(n) manners and customs; customs and habits

風俗小説　（ふうぞく　しょうせつ）
(n) light novel depicting social customs and manners of the day

風俗犯罪　（ふうぞく　はんざい）
(n) offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime

風土気候　（ふうど　きこう）　
(n) climate and natural features (of a region)

夫婦円満　（ふうふ　えんまん）　
(n) good marital relations; harmonious marriage

夫婦養子　（ふうふ　ようし）
(n) adopting a married couple; a married couple adopted into the family

風味絶佳　（ふうみ　ぜっか）　　　
(adj-na,n) delicious flavor; superb taste

風流韻事　（ふうりゅう　いんじ）　
(n) elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy

風流三昧　（ふうりゅう　ざんまい）　　
(n) taking delight in elegant artistic pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy

風林火山 （ふう　りん　か　ざん）
(exp,n) "Swift as wind, quiet as forest, fierce as fire, and immovable as a mountain." [the motto of the feudal lord Takeda Shingen, quoted from Sun-tzu]

武運長久　（ぶうん　ちょうきゅう）　　
(n) continued luck in the fortunes of war

不易流行　（ふえき　りゅうこう）　
(exp,n) the principle of fluidity and immutability in haiku; Haiku is both "fluid and transitory" and "eternal and immutable."; An interchange between the transient and the immutable is central to the soul of haiku. [Basho]

不穏分子　（ふおん　ぶんし）
(n) disruptive element; troublemaker; dissident

不可抗力　（ふかこう　りょく）　##
(n) act of God; inevitable accident; irresistible force; force majeure

不可思議　（ふか　しぎ）　
(adj-na,n) mystery; wonder; miracle; riddle; strange; enigmatic; incomprehensible

不可能事　（ふかのう　じ）
(n) an impossibility

不羈独立　（ふき　どくりつ）　
(n) free and independent

不羈奔放 （ふき　ほんぽう）
(adj-na,n) unfettered; unrestrained; free-spirited and uninhibited

不義密通　（ふぎ　みっつう）
(n) adultery; infidelity　

不器用者　（ぶきよう　もの）
(n) clumsy person; bungler; botcher; person with no particular talents

不朽不滅　（ふきゅう　ふめつ）
(adj-no,n) everlasting; eternal; immortal; imperishable; undying 　　

俯仰天地　（ふぎょう　てんち）　
(n) looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of); swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
　　　　
不許複製　（ふきょ　ふくせい）
(exp) All rights reserved.; Duplication [Copying] prohibited.

不遇時代　（ふぐう　じだい）
(n) one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity

複雑怪奇　（ふくざつ　かいき）　##
(adj-na,n) complex and mysterious [bizarre]; complicated and inscrutable

複雑奇怪　（ふくざつ　きかい）　　
(adj-na,n) complex and mysterious [bizarre]; complicated and inscrutable
　　　　
複雑多岐　（ふくざつ　たき）　　
(adj-na,n) complex and wide-ranging; labyrinthine

複雑多様　（ふくざつ　たよう）　
(adj-na,n) complex and multifarious

複雑微妙　（ふくざつ　びみょう）　
(adj-na,n) complex and subtle [delicate]

福祉商法　（ふくし　しょうほう）
(n) (unscrupulous) business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience; (unscrupulous) sales methods used by someone falsely claiming to represent a charitable [social welfare] organization

不倶戴天 （ふぐ　たいてん）
(n) cherishing an implacable hostility (toward); sworn enemies being unable to breathe the same air

不屈不撓　（ふくつ　ふとう）　
(n) indefatigability; indomitableness; with unremitting tenacity

福徳円満　（ふくとく　えんまん）　
(n) being perfectly happy and prosperous; wealth and happiness

伏竜鳳雛　（ふくりょう　ほうすう）　
(n) gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel

武芸百般　（ぶげい　ひゃっぱん）　
(n) every martial art; all the martial arts

武家伝奏　（ぶけ　でんそう）　
(n) Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court [during the Muromachi and Edo periods]

武家奉公　（ぶけ　ぼうこう）
(n) service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet/chambermaid)

不言実行 （ふげん　じっこう）　##
(n) action before words; no talk and all deeds; Action speaks louder than words.

不言不語　（ふげん　ふご）　
(n) without putting [needing to put] anything into words

富国強兵　（ふこく　きょうへい）
(n) wealth and military power of a nation; (a plan for) building "a rich country with a strong army"

不心得者　（ふこころえ　もの）
(n) imprudent fellow; misguided person; wrongheaded people

無骨一徹・武骨一徹　（ぶこつ　いってつ）　
(adj-na,n) rustic; boorish; uncouth; adamantly sticking to being boorish

巫山雲雨　（ふざん　うんう）　
(n) sexual liaison

武士気質　（ぶし　かたぎ）　
(n) samurai spirit; the common ethos of the samurai; the straitlaced temperament of a samurai

無事終了　（ぶじ　しゅうりょう）　
(n,vs) ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing something without a hitch

父子相伝　（ふし　そうでん）　
(n) transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son

無事息災 （ぶじ　そくさい）
(n) safe and healthy; (living a) peaceful and healthy life

無事太平　（ぶじ　たいへい）　
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

無事平穏　（ぶじへいおん）　
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

節目節目　（ふしめ　ふしめ）　
(n) critical juncture; turnning point; new phase (of one's life)

不惜身命 （ふしゃく　しんみょう）　
(n) not sparing one's life for the sake of Buddhism; not sparing oneself for a worthy cause

不純分子　（ふじゅん　ぶんし）
(n) dissident [discontented] element

不正直者　（ふしょうじき　もの）
(n) dishonest person

不祥事件　（ふしょう　じけん）
(n) disgraceful incident; scandalous affair; untoward [deplorable] event

不承不承 （ふしょう　ぶしょう）
(adv,n) reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly

夫唱婦随 （ふしょう　ふずい）
(n) way of life in which the wife follows the husband's lead

武人気質　（ぶじん　かたぎ）
(n) martial [military] spirit; the spirit of true warriors

不審人物　（ふしん　じんぶつ）
(n) a suspicious character [person, figure]

不審尋問・不審訊問　（ふしん　じんもん）
(n,vs) police questioning (of a suspicious person)

不正流用　（ふせい　りゅうよう）
(n,vs) misappropriation [of funds, etc.]

不即不離 （ふそく　ふり） ##
(n) relationship neither too close to nor too remote from; two things being neither too closely attached nor totally detached; relationship that is neither too familiar nor too distant; remaining neutral

父祖伝来　（ふそ　でんらい）　
(adj-no,n) hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation

譜代相伝　（ふだい　そうでん）
(n) hereditary succession

譜代大名　（ふだい　だいみょう）　
(n) daimyo in hereditary vassalage to the Tokugawas; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

舞台度胸　（ぶたい　どきょう）　
(n) on-stage composure; confidence on stage

二従兄弟・二従姉妹　（ふた　いとこ）
(n) second cousin

二言三言　（ふたこと　みこと）
(n) a few words

二股膏薬　（ふたまた　ごうやく　・　 ふたまた　こうやく）　　##
(n) double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict

不調法者　（ぶちょうほう　もの）
(n) clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker

物議騒然　（ぶつぎ　そうぜん）
(adj-t,adv-to) tumultuous public discussion; noisy public criticism
　　　　
物情騒然　（ぶつじょう　そうぜん） ##
(adj-t,adv-to) public feeling and attitudes being in turmoil; seething with social unrest

物心一如　（ぶっしん　いちにょ）　
(exp,n) Matter and mind are one.; body and mind as one

物心両面　（ぶっしん　りょうめん）　
(n) both material and moral; both physically and psychologically [spiritually]

不定愁訴　（ふてい　しゅうそ）
(n) general malaise

不適任者　（ふてきにん　しゃ）
(n) unqualified [incompetent] person; square peg in a round hole

不撓不屈 （ふとう　ふくつ）　##
(n) indefatigability; indomitableness; with unremitting tenacity

不得要領 　（ふとく　ようりょう）　##
(adj-na,n) vague; ambiguous; noncommittal; missing the essential point; (things that are) beside the point

不届千万・不届き千万　（ふとどき　せんばん）
(adj-na) very rude [insolent]; extremely reprehensible; outrageous

腐敗堕落　（ふはい　だらく）　
(n) debasement; corruption; degradation

不平不満　（ふへい　ふまん）　##
(n) discontent and grumbling; complaints; gripes; dissatisfaction

不平分子　（ふへい　ぶんし）
(n) discontented element; discontented [grumbling] member

普遍妥当　（ふへん　だとう）　
(n) universal validity; fitting into any situation

不偏不党 （ふへん　ふとう）
(n) impartial and unbiased; neutral and impartial; nonpartisan

不法侵入　（ふほう　しんにゅう）
(n,vs) intrusion; forcible entry; trespassing

不真面目　（ふ　まじめ）
(adj-na,n) lack of sincerity [seriousness]; insincere; flippant

不眠不休 （ふみん　ふきゅう）　##
(n) without sleep or rest; day and night

武勇絶倫　（ぶゆう　ぜつりん）
(adj-no,n) peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms)

不要不急　（ふよう　ふきゅう）
(adj-na,n) nonessential and nonurgent

不埒千万　（ふらち　せんばん）　
(adj-na) very insolent; extremely audacious; reprehensible

振替休日・振り替え休日　（ふりかえ　きゅうじつ）
(n) compensatory holiday; substitute (transferred) national holiday　

不立文字　（ふりゅう　もんじ　・　ふりつ　もんじ）　
(exp,n) Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters.; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind [Zen Buddhism]

武陵桃源　（ぶりょう　とうげん）　　
(n) Arcadia; Elysium; lotus land; Shangri-la; Utopia; Xanadu

不良交友　（ふりょう　こうゆう）
(n) getting mixed up with the wrong people; getting into bad company

不良債権　（ふりょう　さいけん）
(n) nonperforming loan; bad loan

不良仲間　（ふりょう　なかま）
(n) gang of hoodlums [hooligans]; bad company; companion in gang activities

不良老年　（ふりょう　ろうねん）
(n) old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos

不倫相手　（ふりん　あいて）
(n) person with whom one is having an illicit love affair

無礼千万　（ぶれい　せんばん）　
(adj-na) extremely rude [impertinent, impolite]

不老長寿　（ふろう　ちょうじゅ）##　
(n) perpetual youth and longevity

不老不死 （ふろう　ふし）
(n) eternal youth and immortality

付和随行・附和随行　（ふわ　ずいこう）
(n,vs) participating in something by merely following the leaders

不和反目　（ふわ　はんもく）
(n) discord and hostility; feud

付和雷同 （ふわ　らいどう）　##
(n,vs) assentation; following blindly; following suit without reflection; go along with someone having no definite views or convictions of one's own

奮起一番　（ふんき　いちばん）　
(n) bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto

粉骨砕身 （ふんこつ　さいしん）　##
(n,vs) exert oneself to the utmost; work oneself to the bone

分散恋愛　（ぶんさん　れんあい）
(n,vs) [generally of a woman] loving two or more partners without favor or reliance on a particular one

文章作法　（ぶんしょう　さほう）
(n) methods of writing; rules of good writing; writing style guide

粉飾決算　（ふんしょく　けっさん）
(n) window-dressing account settlements; fudging financial statements by window dressing

焚書坑儒　（ふんしょ　こうじゅ）
(n) burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive

文人墨客　（ぶんじん　ぼっかく　・　ぶんじん　ぼっきゃく）　　　　　
(n) writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy

奮闘努力　（ふんとう　どりょく）　
(n,vs) try one's best; all-out effort; strenuous efforts

文武兼備　（ぶんぶ　けんび）　
(n) well up in both literary and military [martial] arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen

文武百官　（ぶんぶ　ひゃっかん）
(n) all the officials, both military and civil

文武両道　（ぶんぶ　りょうどう）　　
(n) well up in both literary and military [martial] arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen

分不相応　（ぶん　ふそうおう）
(adj-na,n) inappropriate to one's lot in life; beyond one's means or position; above one's station [circumstances]

文房四宝　（ぶんぼう　しほう）
(n) the four important writing materials used in calligraphy (brush, ink stick, inkstone, and paper)

文明開化　（ぶんめい　かいか）
(n) civilization and enlightenment; (slogan of) Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era

奮励努力　（ふんれい　どりょく）　　
(n,vs) strenuous exertions; making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself

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平安無事　（へいあん　ぶじ）　
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

弊衣破帽　（へいい　はぼう）　　
(n) shapeless cap and shabby clothes; having a neglected appearance with shabby clothes

弊衣蓬髪　（へいい　ほうはつ）　
(n) unkempt hair and shabby clothes

平易明快　（へいい　めいかい）
(adj-na,n) simple and clear; plain and lucid

平穏無事 （へいおん　ぶじ）　##　
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful

閉月羞花　（へいげつ　しゅうか）　
(n) the charms of a rarely beautiful woman; [Literally: (so beautiful that) the Moon is abashed and flowers wilt]

閉口頓首　（へいこう　とんしゅ）
(adj-no,n,vs) being at a complete loss as to what to do; being at one's wit's end; being at a loss for an answer

平沙万里　（へいさ　ばんり）　
(n) vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain

平身低頭　（へいしん　ていとう）　##
(n,vs) throw oneself at a person's feet; go down on one's knees; prostrate oneself

兵隊勘定　（へいたい　かんじょう）
(n) Dutch treat; going Dutch

平々凡々・平平凡凡　（へいへい　ぼんぼん）　　
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite commonplace

兵法指南　（へいほう　しなん）
(n) instruction in martial arts

平凡陳腐　（へいぼん　ちんぷ）　
(adj-na,n) commonplace and stale; humdrum and hackneyed

平明達意　（へいめい　たつい）
(n) plain and lucid; articulate

閉門蟄居　（へいもん　ちっきょ）　
(n) house arrest; being placed in confinement at home

碧眼紅毛　（へきがん　こうもう）　
(n) blue eyes and red hair; a Westerner

劈頭第一　（へきとう　だいいち）
(n) at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin [start] with; first and foremost

別居結婚　（べっきょ　けっこん）
(n) commuter marriage

屁理屈屋　（へりくつ　や）
(n) quibbler; sophist 　

便宜主義　（べんぎ　しゅぎ）
(n) opportunism; expediency; timeserving

変幻自在　（へんげん　じざい）　##
(adj-na,n) protean; pantomorphic; capable of assuming ever-changing appearance; appearing and disappearing like a phantom

変幻出没　（へんげん　しゅつぼつ）　
(n,vs) being protean and elusive; appear and disappear like a phantom

片言隻語　（へんげん　せきご）
(n) a few words; a single phrase

片言隻句  （へんげん　せっく　・　へんげん　せきく）
(n) a few words; a single phrase

変身願望　（へんしん　がんぼう）
(n) obsession with changing one's appearance; desire to change

変通自在　（へんつう　じざい）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) freely adaptable, very flexible, nimble in adaptation

弁当持参　（べんとう　じさん）
(n) bringing one's own lunch

返答次第　（へんとう　しだい）
(n) depending on the answer; hinging on the reply　

偏旁冠脚　（へん　ぼう　かん　きゃく）　
(n) the four major types of radicals of Chinese characters [left-side, right-side, top, and bottom]

弁明口調　（べんめい　くちょう）
(n) apologetic [defensive] tone of voice

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暴悪無類　（ぼうあく　むるい）
(adj-no,n) incomparably ruthless; diabolical

防遏手段　（ぼうあつ　しゅだん）
(n) preventive measure

暴飲暴食　（ぼういん　ぼうしょく）　##
(n,vs) eating and drinking to excess; intemperance in eating and drinking
　
砲煙弾雨　（ほうえん　だんう）
(n) the smoke of cannon and a hail of bullets; (in) the thick of battle

忘恩行為　（ぼうおん　こうい）　
(n) act of ingratitude

崩壊寸前　（ほうかい　すんぜん）
(n) on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse

妨害工作　（ぼうがい　こうさく）
(n) obstructive tactics; harassing operation; sabotage

妨害戦術　（ぼうがい　せんじゅつ）
(n) obstructive tactics; harassing tactics

法界悋気　（ほうかい　りんき）　
(n) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
　　
放歌高吟　（ほうか　こうぎん）　
(n,vs) singing at the top of one's voice; singing boisterously

判官贔屓 （ほうがん　びいき　・　はんがん　びいき）
(n) sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog
　　　　
暴虐非道　（ぼうぎゃく　ひどう）　　
(adj-na,n) violent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious

冒険野郎　（ぼうけん　やろう）
(n) adventure lover

方向転換　（ほうこう　てんかん）　
(n,vs) change of course; change of direction; turnabout; about-face

暴虎馮河　（ぼうこ　ひょうが）　
(n) foolhardy courage; perilous adventure; daredevil attempt　

豊作飢饉　（ほうさく　ききん）　
(n) impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests

豊作貧乏　（ほうさく　びんぼう）　
(n) impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests

傍若無人　（ぼうじゃく　ぶじん）　##
(adj-na,n)  insolent; outrageous; audacious; arrogant; impudent; overbearing; following one's way in defiance of others

飽食時代　（ほうしょく　じだい）
(n) age of plentiful food; current era of excessive eating

飽食暖衣　（ほうしょく　だんい）　
(n) being well fed and warmly clothed

放心状態　（ほうしん　じょうたい）　
(n) being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing

茫然自失　（ぼうぜん　じしつ）
(n,vs) becoming stupefied [stunned, petrified]; being dumbfounded; trance; stupor; standing aghast

呆然自失　（ぼうぜん　じしつ）
(n,vs) becoming stupefied [stunned, petrified]; being dumbfounded; trance; stupor; standing aghast

忙中有閑　（ぼうちゅう　ゆうかん）　
(n) having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; finding an interval of leisure in the midst of a busy life

鵬程万里　（ほうてい　ばんり）　
(n) (over) a great distance; (a long journey [flight, voyage]) to [from] a faraway place

傍点訳者　（ぼうてん　やくしゃ）
(exp) Reading(s) added by translator.

蓬頭垢面　（ほうとう　こうめん）　
(n) (with) unkempt hair and dirty face; being indifferent to one's personal appearance

放蕩三昧　（ほうとう　ざんまい）　　
(n) being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation; living a thoroughly dissipated life; abandon oneself to wild ways

放蕩生活　（ほうとう　せいかつ）
(n) fast living; a dissipated life; a riotous life

放蕩無頼 （ほうとう　ぶらい）
(adj-no,n) being dissolute and unruly; ruining oneself by leading a fast life

放蕩息子　（ほうとう　むすこ）　
(n) profligate [dissolute] son
　　　
豊年満作　（ほうねん　まんさく）
(n) bumper crops of rice (and other grains); year of a full rice harvest

奉納相撲　（ほうのう　ずもう）
(n) sumo exhibition match held in the precincts of a Shinto shrine

抱腹絶倒 （ほうふく　ぜっとう） ##
(n,vs) sidesplitting [gut-wrenching] laughter; laugh oneself to convulsions; roll about with laughter

棒腹絶倒 （ほうふく　ぜっとう）
(n,vs) sidesplitting [gut-wrenching] laughter; laugh oneself to convulsions; roll about with laughter

泡沫景気　（ほうまつ　けいき）
(n) bubble boom; ephemeral boom

泡沫候補　（ほうまつ　こうほ）
(n) no-hope candidate; frivolous candidate; candidate unworthy of serious consideration

泡沫夢幻　（ほうまつ　むげん）　
(n) transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent

放浪生活　（ほうろう　せいかつ）
(n) (leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence

暴力沙汰　（ぼうりょく　ざた）
(n) (committing/resorting to) an act of violence
　　
暴力手段　（ぼうりょく　しゅだん）
(n) violent means

保革伯仲　（ほかく　はくちゅう）　　
(n,vs) conservatives and reformists being neck and neck; balanced conservative and progressive strengths

撲滅運動　（ぼくめつ　うんどう）
(n) exterminatory measure; eradication campaign

暮色蒼然　（ぼしょく　そうぜん）　
(adj-t,adv-to) somber light of a gathering dusk; dusky gray of evening twilight; deepening gloom of the evening

墨痕淋漓　（ぼっこん　りんり）　　
(adj-t,adv-to) dripping ink marks; (a work of calligraphy being) written in bold and vivid strokes

没風流漢　（ぼつふうりゅう　かん）　　
(n) prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine

翻雲覆雨　（ほんうん　ふくう）　
(n) fickle friendship

本懐成就　（ほんかい　じょうじゅ）
(n,vs) realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered

本家本元　（ほんけ　ほんもと）
(n) original home; birthplace; originator; the original maker

翻然悔悟　（ほんぜん　かいご）
(n,vs) feeling sudden remorse

翻然大悟　（ほんぜん　たいご）
(n,vs) suddenly seeing the light; it suddenly dawning upon one

本人次第　（ほんにん　しだい）
(n) being up to the person himself

本人負担　（ほんにん　ふたん）
(n) paying for the purchase/expense out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc.

煩悩具足　（ぼんのう　ぐそく）　
(n) possessing worldly desires and passions

奔放自在　（ほんぽう　じざい）　
(adj-na,n) free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling; totally uninhibited
　　　　
奔放不羈　（ほんぽう　ふき）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) free-spirited and uninhibited; unfettered; freewheeling

本末転倒 ・本末顛倒 （ほんまつ　てんとう）　##
(n,vs) mistaking the insignificant for the essential; getting one's priorities backwards; putting the cart before the horse; mistaking the cause for the end

凡庸愚昧　（ぼんよう　ぐまい）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) ordinary and ignorant; mediocre and stupid

本領安堵　（ほんりょう　あんど）
(n) recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it [in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods]　

本領発揮　（ほんりょう　はっき）
(n,vs) show [display] one's real ability; illustrate the distinctive character of (something)

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真一文字　（ま　いちもんじ）
(adj-no,n) straight; strait line; in [forming] a straight line; as the crow flies

麻姑掻痒　（まこ　そうよう）　
(n) things happening exactly as one pleases [wishes]; someone being very attentive to one's wishes

又従兄弟・又従姉妹　（また　いとこ）
(n) second cousin

股座膏薬　（またぐら　ごうやく　 ・　 またぐら　こうやく）
(n) a double-dealer; a timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict

待合政治　（まちあい　せいじ）
(n) teahouse politics; back-room political dealings

末期養子　（まつご　ようし）
(n) deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed

満悦至極　（まんえつ　しごく）
(adj-na,n) highly delighted; very pleased; deeply satisfied; brimming over with satisfaction

満員御礼　（まんいん　おんれい）
(exp,n) All Seats [Tickets] Sold, Thank you.

満願成就　（まんがん　じょうじゅ）　
(n,vs) fulfillment of a vow; one's earnest prayer being answered

満空情報　（まんくう　じょうほう）
(n) information on space availability in a parking lot

漫言放語　（まんげん　ほうご）
(n,vs) saying whatever one feels; speaking at random; making careless remarks; rambling talk

万劫末代　（まんごう　まつだい）
(n-t) eternity; through all eternity; for evermore; for many generations to come
　　　　　
満場一致　（まんじょう　いっち）　##
(n) unanimity; with one voice; nemine contradicente

満場騒然　（まんじょう　そうぜん）　
(adj-t,adv-to) the whole house [assembly, audience] being in uproar

満身創痍 （まんしん　そうい）　##
(n) having wounds all over one's body; being covered with cuts and bruises; being badly roughed up

瞞着手段　（まんちゃく　しゅだん）
(n) ruse; trick; deception tactics

万年青年　（まんねん　せいねん）　
(n) man of perennial youth; man who never loses his youthful vigor

満面笑顔　（まんめん　えがお）
(n) with one's face beaming with joy; smiling from ear to ear

満目荒涼　（まんもく　こうりょう）　
(adj-t,adv-to) all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see

満目蕭条　（まんもく　しょうじょう）
(adj-t,adv-to) all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see

万葉仮名　（まんよう　がな）
(n) early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically

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未開野蛮　（みかい　やばん）
(adj-na,n) primitive and barbarous; uncivilized and barbaric

味覚音痴　(みかく おんち)　
(n) having no sense of taste; person who has no sense of taste

三日月眉　（みかづき　まゆ）
(n) arched eyebrows

身柄送検　（みがら　そうけん）
(n,vs) turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to trial

身柄拘束　（みがら　こうそく）
(n,vs) taking someone into custody; detaining someone; physical restraint
　　　
三日天下 （みっか　てんか　・　みっか　でんか）
(n) short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship

三日坊主 （みっか　ぼうず）　##
(n) one who can stick to nothing; one who has no perseverance; an unsteady worker

身分意識　（みぶん　いしき）
(n) status consciousness; perception of one's social status

身分詐称　（みぶん　さしょう）
(n) false personation; misrepresentation of one's social position

身分相応　（みぶん　そうおう）
(adj-na,n) appropriate to one's lot in life; within one's means; fitting to one's position; suitable to one's social status

身元不明　（みもと　ふめい）
(adj-no,n) [a person or body being] unidentifiable [unidentified]

名字帯刀　（みょうじ　たいとう）　　　　
(n) right to bear a surname and to wear a sword [during the Edo period]

苗字帯刀　（みょうじ　たいとう）
(n) the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword [during the Edo period]

明々後日・明明後日　（みょう　みょうご　にち　・　し　あさって）
(n-adv,n-t) two days after tomorrow; three days from now [hence]

未来永劫　（みらい　えいごう）　##
(n-t) eternity; through all eternity; for evermore

未練未酌　（みれん　みしゃく）　
(n) regret and sympathy; having lingering attachment and sympathy toward someone

民間伝承　（みんかん　でんしょう）　
(n) folklore; folk tale; legend

民族自決　（みんぞく　じけつ）
(n) self-determination of peoples; national self-determination

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無為自然　（むい　しぜん）　　
(n) doing nothing and taking things as they come; abandoning artifice and just being oneself [Lao-tzu]

無為徒食 （むい　としょく）
(n,vs) idling one's time away; eating the bread of idleness; spending a useless life

無為無聊　（むい　ぶりょう　・　むい　むりょう）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) boredom; ennui; tedium; wearisomeness

無位無官　（むい　むかん）　
(n) (a plain citizen) having no special rank or title; being a common citizen

無位無冠　（むい　むかん）　
(n) (a plain citizen) having no special rank or title; being a common citizen

無為無策 （むい　むさく）　##
(n) donothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation

無為無能　（むい　むのう）　
(adj-na,n) idle and incompetent; accomplishing nothing significant nor being capable of doing so; lacking the talent to do anything but idle away one's time

無益有害　（むえき　ゆうがい）　
(adj-na,n) useless and harmful

無縁墓地　（むえん　ぼち）　　
(n) cemetery for those who died leaving no relatives to tend the graves; potter's field

無学無識　（むがく　むしき）　
(n) illiterate and ignorant; uneducated and lacking in wisdom and discernment

無学無知　（むがく　むち）　
(adj-na,n) illiterate and ignorant

無学文盲　（むがく　もんもう）　##
(adj-na,n) ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate

無我夢中 （むが　むちゅう）　##
(n) being completely absorbed in; losing oneself in; being delirious with; self-absorption

無期延期　（むき　えんき）　
(n,vs) indefinite postponement; adjournment sine die

無垢清浄　（むく　せいじょう）　
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent; immaculate

無芸大食　（むげい　たいしょく）　
(n) lacking the talent to do anything but eat a lot; having no other merit than a sound appetite

無芸無能　（むげい　むのう）　
(adj-na,n) talentless and incompetent; incompetent and unaccomplished

無間地獄　（むげん　じごく　・　むけん　じごく）　
(n) the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism

無間奈落　（むげん　ならく　・　むけん　ならく）
(n) the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism

夢幻泡沫　（むげん　ほうまつ）　
(n) transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent

無罪放免　（むざい　ほうめん）　
(n) acquittal; being found innocent and acquitted

無策無為　（むさく　むい）　
(n) donothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation

無始無終　（むし　むしゅう）　
(n) everlastingness; eternity

武者修行　（むしゃ　しゅぎょう）　
(n) knight-errantry; traveling about to train oneself (in the martial arts)

矛盾撞着　（むじゅん　どうちゃく）　
(n,vs) self-contradiction　

無常迅速　（むじょう　じんそく）
(exp,n) promptitude of the changes of the times; Time and tide wait for no man.; Death strikes suddenly and mercilessly.
　
無色透明　（むしょく　とうめい）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) colorless and transparent

無銭飲食　（むせん　いんしょく）
(n,vs) leave a restaurant without paying one's bill; skip out on a restaurant bill

無銭旅行　（むせん　りょこう）
(n) traveling without money; going on a penniless journey

無双仕立・無双仕立て　（むそう　じたて）
(n) making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric

無想無念　（むそう　むねん）
(adj-no,n) being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts
　
無断外泊　（むだん　がいはく）
(n,vs) staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home without permission [leave]

無知愚昧　（むち　ぐまい）　
(adj-na,n) unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B

無知蒙昧 （むち　もうまい） 　##
(adj-na,n) unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B

無知文盲　（むち　もんもう）
(adj-na,n) ignorant and illiterate

無茶苦茶　（むちゃ　くちゃ）　##
(adj-na,n) (1) absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent; (2) extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton; (3) disorder; confusion; mess; wreck

無手勝流　（むてかつ　りゅう）　　
(n) aiming at winning without fighting

無党派層　（むとうは　そう）
(n) independent voters; voters with no party affiliation

胸先三寸　（むなさき　さんずん）
(n) one's mind; one's inner feelings; (a decision hinging on) how someone feels about it

無二無三　（むに　むさん　・　むに　むざん）　
(adj-no,n) (1) in earnest; single-mindedly; with intense concentration; rushing headlong into; (2) one and only; unique

無念千万　（むねん　せんばん）　
(adj-na) being really disappointed; feeling utterly mortified; being deeply vexed

無念無想 （むねん　むそう）　##　　
(adj-no,n) being free from all distracting thoughts; keeping one's mind clear of all worldly thoughts; being free from all ideas and thoughts

無能無策　（むのう　むさく）　
(n) ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation

無病息災 （むびょう　そくさい）　##
(n) sound health; perfect state of health being untouched by accidents

無味乾燥 （むみ　かんそう）　##
(adj-na,n) dull and uninteresting; dry-as-dust; flat and insipid; humdrum

無明長夜　（むみょう　じょうや）
(n) the long night of spiritual darkness

無欲恬淡 （むよく　てんたん）
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) being indifferent to worldly gain; being unattached and free from desires

無欲無私　（むよく　むし）　
(n) unselfish and impartial [disinterested]

無理往生・無理圧状　（むり　おうじょう）　
(n) forcing compliance; forcing someone to agree to something

無理算段 （むり　さんだん）　##
(n,vs) scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's credit
　　　　
無理心中　（むり　しんじゅう）
(n,vs) forced double suicide; murder-suicide

無理難題 （むり　なんだい）　##
(n) unreasonable [impossible] demand; asking the impossible; tall order

無理非道　（むり　ひどう）　
(adj-na,n) unreasonable and unjust; unconscionable

無理無体　（むり　むたい）　
(adj-na,n) by force; forcibly; using strong-arm methods

無理矢理　（むり　やり）
(adv,n) forcibly; against one's will; under compulsion

無量無辺　（むりょう　むへん）　
(adj-no,n) immense and limitless

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明暗両面　（めいあん　りょうめん）
(n) (both) the bright and dark sides

明鏡止水　（めいきょう　しすい）　　
(n) clear and serene; clear and serene mental state; mind uncluttered by evil thoughts

名所旧跡　（めいしょ 　きゅうせき）　
(n) scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest

名所古跡　（めいしょ 　こせき）　
(n) scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest

名人気質　（めいじん　かたぎ　・　めいじん　きしつ）　
(n) character [spirit, temperament] typical of a master artist

名声赫々・名声赫赫　（めいせい　かっかく　・　めいせい　かくかく）　　
(adj-t,adv-to) of great renown; highly illustrious; at the zenith of one's fame

名声嘖々・名声嘖嘖　（めいせい　さくさく）　　
(adj-t,adv-to) highly renowned; on everybody's lips; enjoying a high reputation

明窓浄机　（めいそう　じょうき）
(n) dustless desk by a well-lit window; well-lit and clean study conducive to learning

瞑想生活　（めいそう　せいかつ）
(n) contemplative life; life of meditation

名僧知識　（めいそう　ちしき）
(n) great [learned] priest; celebrated priest who has attained spiritual enlightenment

酩酊歩行　（めいてい　ほこう）
(n) drunken [staggering, tottering] gait; wide-based gait
　
明哲保身　（めいてつ　ほしん）　
(n) wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection

明眸皓歯 （めいぼう　こうし）
(n) starry eyes and beautiful white teeth [said of beautiful women]; a beautiful woman with bright eyes and pearly teeth

明々白々・明明白白 （めいめい　はくはく）
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to,n) clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt

瞑目合掌　（めいもく　がっしょう）　
(n,vs) closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer

名目主義　（めいもく　しゅぎ）
(n) tokenism

名誉回復　（めいよ　かいふく）
(n) restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself

名誉毀損　（めいよ　きそん）　
(n) defamation of character; libel; slander; character assassination

名誉挽回　（めいよ　ばんかい）
(n,vs) restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself

命令一下　（めいれい　いっか）
(adv) once the order is given; as soon as the order is given

命令口調　（めいれい　くちょう）
(n) tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone

明朗会計　（めいろう　かいけい）
(n) clear accounting; honest accounting [billing]; transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)

明朗快活　（めいろう　かいかつ）　
(adj-na,n) cheerful and openhearted

明朗闊達　（めいろう　かったつ）　　　
(adj-na,n) upbeat and freehearted; cheerful and broadminded

名論卓説　（めいろん　たくせつ）
(n) sound and well-argued thesis; excellent opinions and theories; original opinion worth listening to

迷惑至極　（めいわく　しごく）　##
(adj-na,n) great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing

迷惑千万　（めいわく　せんばん）
(adj-na) great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing

目先相場　（めさき　そうば）
(n) the market trend in the near future

目玉商品　（めだま　しょうひん）
(n) loss leader; price leader; eye-catcher; come-on

滅茶苦茶・目茶苦茶　（めちゃ　くちゃ）
(adj-na,n) (1) absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent; (2) extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton; (3) disorder; confusion; mess; wreck

滅茶滅茶　（めちゃ　めちゃ）
(adj-na,n) (1) absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent; (2) extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton; (3) disorder; confusion; mess; wreck

滅私奉公　（めっし　ほうこう）
(n) selfless devotion to one's country; sacrificing one's personal interest to public good

滅多矢鱈　（めった　やたら）
(adj-na,adv) reckless; indiscriminate; haphazard; frantic; excessive; undue; absurd; needless

目許千両　（めもと　せんりょう）
(n) beautiful eyes; bright-eyed; there being a sublime charm about one's eyes

免許皆伝 （めんきょ　かいでん）
(n) initiation into the secrets (of an art); full proficiency (in an art)

面向不背　（めんこう　ふはい）
(n) beautiful from any angle; attractive when seen from either front or back; flawless

面従後言　（めんじゅう　こうげん）
(n) pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back

面従腹背 （めんじゅう　ふくはい）　##
(n) pretense of loyalty; feigned obedience; pretending to obey but secretly betraying (someone)

免責特権　（めんせき　とっけん）
(n) privilege of immunity from prosecution; privilege of exemption from liability; diplomatic immunity

面目次第　（めんぼく　しだい）
(n) face; honor; reputation

綿密周到　（めんみつ　しゅうとう）　##
(adj-na,n) detailed and careful; scrupulous; meticulous; elaborate

面目一新　（めんもく　いっしん ・　めんぼく　いっしん）
(n,vs) undergoing a complete change in appearance; changing something out of all recognition; a rise in one's reputation
　　
面目躍如 （めんもく　やくじょ）　##
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) true to someone's reputation [talent]; characteristic of someone as; with evident joy of having lived up to one's reputation; having an effect of bolstering one's reputation

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妄言多謝　（もうげん　たしゃ　・　ぼうげん　たしゃ）
(exp) Kindly excuse my reckless remarks.; Please excuse my thoughtless words. [used deferentially, in a letter, etc.]

孟母三遷 （もうぼ　さんせん）　　　
(exp,n) the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning [From the legend that Mencius' mother moved house three times before finding the ideal environment for him]

猛烈社員　（もうれつ　しゃいん）
(n) gung-ho organization [corporate] man [woman]; go-getter worker; hard-driving worker

百舌勘定　（もず　かんじょう）
(n) splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill

喪中欠礼　（もちゅう　けつれい）
(exp,n) refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning

物見遊山 （ものみ　ゆさん）　##
(n) going on a pleasure jaunt; going sightseeing; sightseeing excursion

模様次第　（もよう　しだい）
(n) according to circumstances; dependent on the state of things

門外不出 （もんがい　ふしゅつ）　##
(n) never allowing something to be taken off the premises; (a treasure or secret) never seeing the light of day

門戸開放　（もんこ　かいほう）　##
(n) open door policy

門前雀羅　（もんぜん　じゃくら）　
(n) (a house) looking deserted with few visitors

門前成市　（もんぜん　せいし）
(n) having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers

問題商法　（もんだい　しょうほう）　
(n) unscrupulous [crooked, fraudulent] business practices; pernicious sales methods

問題発言　（もんだい　はつげん）
(n) problematical statement; controversial statement

問答無益　（もんどう　むえき）
(n) there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals

問答無用 （もんどう　むよう） ##
(n) there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals

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八重八重　（やえやえ）
(adj-no,n) multilayered

役者稼業　（やくしゃ　かぎょう）
(n) stage career; acting career

役者気質　（やくしゃ　かたぎ）
(n) characteristic temperament [spirit] of an actor

役者子供　（やくしゃ　こども）
(n) skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world

役者生命　（やくしゃ　せいめい）
(n) acting career; career as an actress

役者馬鹿　（やくしゃ　ばか）
(n) good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns and knows but little of the ways of the world; person who excels in one occupation [profession] but lacks simple common sense

役者風情　（やくしゃ　ふぜい）
(n) (the likes of) a mere actor

役者冥利　（やくしゃ　みょうり）　
(n) the happiness [good fortune] of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor

役所仕事　（やくしょ　しごと）　
(n) red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling

薬石無効　（やくせき　むこう）
(n) neither medicines nor medical care having little effect on a patient

役人根性　（やくにん　こんじょう）
(n) bureaucratism; officialism; typical mentality of a (petty) bureaucrat

役割演技　（やくわり　えんぎ）
(n) role-playing

役割分担　（やくわり　ぶんたん）
(n,vs) division [distribution] of roles; role-sharing

自棄気味　（やけ　ぎみ）
(n) partially out of despair; partly in desperation; somewhat out of frustration

野合政権　（やごう　せいけん）
(n) administration established through an unprincipled political coalition; a government of convenience; cabinet created through an unholy alliance

弥次喜多　（やじ　きた）
(n) comical pair; pair of buffoons

野心満々・野心満満　（やしん　まんまん）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) burning with ambition; highly ambitious

大和島根　（やまと　しまね）
(n) the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles; (the land of) Yamato

大和撫子　（やまと　なでしこ）
(n) Japanese woman (with all the traditional graces); ideal Japanese woman

山猫戦術　（やまねこ　せんじゅつ）
(n) wildcat tactics

揶揄嘲笑　（やゆ　ちょうしょう）
(n,vs) ridicule and sneer; (cast) ridicule and scorn (upon)

夜郎自大 （やろう　じだい）
(adj-na,n) throwing one's weight around in a small group without knowing one's real worth in a larger world outside; acting arrogantly with no realization of one's own limitations

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有益無害　（ゆうえき　むがい）
(adj-na,n) beneficial and harmless

唯一不二　（ゆいいつ　ふじ）　
(adj-no,n) one and only; unique

唯一無比　（ゆいいつ　むひ）
(adj-no,n) one and only; unique

唯一無二 （ゆいいつ　むに）　##　　
(adj-no,n) one and only; unique

唯我独尊　(ゆいが　どくそん)
(exp,n) (1) "I am my own Lord (throughout heaven and earth)." [Buddha]; (2) self-righteousness; self-conceit; holier-than-thou attitude

勇往邁進 （ゆうおう　まいしん）
(n,vs) dash forward without flinching; push forward in full fling

有害無益 （ゆうがい　むえき）　##
(adj-na,n) doing more harm than good; being harmful and useless

勇敢無比　（ゆうかん　むひ）
(n) being unmatched [unparalleled] for bravery

雄気堂々・雄気堂堂　（ゆうき　どうどう）　
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) with heroic drive and boundless energy

勇気百倍　（ゆうき　ひゃくばい）
(n,vs) inspire someone with fresh courage; with redoubled courage

勇気凛々・勇気凛凛　（ゆうき　りんりん）　
(adj-t,adv-to) full of spirit; brimming with courage; high-spirited; mettlesome

有形無形　（ゆうけい　むけい）
(n) tangible and intangible; material and spiritual; moral and material

有言実行　（ゆうげん　じっこう）　
(n,vs) carry out one's words; be as good as one's word; make good on one's promise

憂国慨世　（ゆうこく　がいせい）　
(n) worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism

雄材大略　（ゆうざい　たいりゃく ・　ゆうさい　たいりゃく）
(n) superior talent and strategic wisdom; outstanding abilities and abundant strategic resourcefulness; outstanding abilities and a talent for developing and implementing grand strategies

有志一同　（ゆうし　いちどう）
(exp,n) all those interested (in the matter); all those willing; (from) all of us; (from) everyone concerned

有史以来　（ゆうし　いらい）　
(n-t) since the dawn of history; within recorded history

優柔不断 （ゆうじゅう　ふだん）　##
(adj-na,n) shilly-shally; indecisiveness; wishy-washy; being weak and vacillating

勇将弱卒　（ゆうしょう　じゃくそつ）
(exp,n) there are no cowardly soldiers under a brave general

優勝劣敗　（ゆうしょう　れっぱい）
(exp,n) The strong will win and the weak will lose; survival of the fittest

融通無碍 （ゆうずう　むげ）
(adj-na,n) free from restraints, unfettered and flexible; versatile; adaptable

融通無礙 （ゆうずう　むげ）
(adj-na,n) free from restraints, unfettered and flexible; versatile; adaptable

遊説旅行　（ゆうぜい　りょこう）
(n) stumping [electioneering] tour

有職故実　（ゆうそく　こじつ）
(n) time-honored usages and practices of the court or in exalted military families;
studies in ancient court and military protocol

雄大無比　（ゆうだい　むひ）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) unparalleled grandeur; the grandest; the most spectacular

幽体離脱　（ゆうたい　りだつ）
(n) out-of-body experience

誘致合戦　（ゆうち　かっせん）
(n) rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure [attract, invite] (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality

遊蕩三昧　（ゆうとう　ざんまい)
(n) being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation

勇猛精進　（ゆうみょう　しょうじん）　
(n,vs) engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit

有名無実 （ゆうめい　むじつ）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) in name but not in reality; only in name and not in substance; titular; nominal

有名無名　（ゆうめい　むめい）
(adj-no,n) well-known and unknown; somebodies and nobodies; both famous and humble

勇猛果敢　（ゆうもう　かかん）　　
(adj-na,n) daring and resolute; having dauntless courage 　　

勇猛無比　（ゆうもう　むひ）
(adj-na,adj-no,n) most brave; as brave as any; unmatched for valor

悠々閑々・悠悠閑閑　 （ゆうゆう　かんかん）　　
(adj-t,adv-to) composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence

悠々緩々・悠悠緩緩 （ゆうゆう　かんかん）　　
(adj-t,adv-to) composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence

優々閑々・優優閑閑　（ゆうゆう　かんかん）　
(adj-t,adv-to) composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence

悠々自適・悠悠自適　（ゆうゆう　じてき）　##
(n,vs) living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly cares; otium cum dignitate

有力候補　（ゆうりょく　こうほ）
(n) major contender; strong [leading] candidate; front runner

幽霊会社　（ゆうれい　がいしゃ）
(n) bogus [dummy] company [corporation, firm]

幽霊社員　（ゆうれい　しゃいん）
(n) bogus [phantom] employee

幽霊人口　（ゆうれい　じんこう）
(n) ghost [bogus] population; fraudulently registered population

融和路線　（ゆうわ　ろせん）
(n) policy of reconciliation

行方不明　（ゆくえ　ふめい）　##
(adj-no,n) missing; lost; unaccounted for; one's whereabouts being unknown

油断大敵 （ゆだん　たいてき）　##
(exp,n) Unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy; He that is too secure is not safe; Overconfidence can be dangerous.

癒着体質　（ゆちゃく　たいしつ）
(n) tendency to form collusive ties; predisposition to generate cozy [collusive] relationships

弓矢八万　（ゆみや　はちまん）
(n) the God of War; the God of Arms; the Japanese Mars

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余韻嫋々・余韻嫋嫋　（よいん　じょうじょう）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes [of a bell, etc.]

用意周到 （ようい　しゅうとう）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,n) meticulous in everything; painstaking preparedness; exhaustively careful in one's preparation

用意万端 (ようい　ばんたん）　##
(n) every preparation possible; all aspects of the preparation; everything being fully prepared

要害堅固　（ようがい　けんご）　
(n) (a fortress being) impregnable; unassailable; (taking to an) impregnable fastness

妖怪変化　（ようかい　へんげ）　
(n) apparition (in animal form); goblins and monsters

容顔美麗　（ようがん　びれい）　
(adj-na,n) beautiful face; attractive features
　
養子縁組　（ようし　えんぐみ）
(n) adoption

容姿端麗　（ようし　たんれい）　##　
(adj-na,n) attractive face and figure; having a graceful figure; lovely to look-at; beautiful in appearance; fare of face and figure

羊質虎皮　（ようしつ　こひ）
(n) a sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance

用心堅固　（ようじん　けんご）　
(adj-na,n) very cautious [watchful, vigilant]; taking every possible precaution

容赦会釈　（ようしゃ　えしゃく）　
(n) pardon; forgiveness; mercy; making allowances

要所要所　（ようしょ　ようしょ）
(n) every important point; points of strategic importance; all the right places

様子次第　（ようす　しだい）
(n) according to circumstances; depending on the state of things; according to how the situation develops

要点把握　（ようてん　はあく）
(n) grasping the (main) point; seizing the essence (of a matter)

羊頭狗肉 （ようとう　くにく）
(n) using a better name to sell inferior goods; crying wine and selling vinegar

陽動作戦　（ようどう　さくせん）
(n) feint operation; diversionary tactic [operation, activities]

容貌魁偉　（ようぼう　かいい）
(adj-na,n) (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique; (a man of) formidable appearance

容貌端正　（ようぼう　たんせい）　
(adj-na,n) having handsome and clean-cut features

沃野千里　（よくや　せんり）
(n) vast expansion of fertile land; vast stretch of rich plain

欲求不満　（よっきゅう　ふまん）　
(n) frustration; unsatisfied desires

嫁入道中・嫁入り道中　（よめいり　どうちゅう）
(n) nuptial procession

夜目遠目　（よめ　とおめ）
(n) seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark of night or at a distance

四方山話　（よもやま　ばなし）　
(n) talk about various topics; chatting about all sorts of things

余裕綽々・余裕綽綽　（よゆう　しゃくしゃく）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) calm and composed; having enough and to spare

寄合所帯・寄り合い所帯　（よりあい　じょたい）
(n) congeries of many households; scratch [combined] team; hodgepodge of parties

世論操作　（よろん　そうさ）
(n) manipulation of public opinion

弱気相場　（よわき　そうば）
(n) weak [bear(ish)] market

弱腰外交　（よわごし　がいこう）
(n) weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy

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来世信仰　（らいせ　しんこう）
(n) belief in the next world; belief in the hereafter

磊々落々・磊磊落落　（らいらい　らくらく）　
(adj-na,n) openhearted; unaffected; free and easy

洛中洛下　（らくちゅう　らくがい）
(n) in and around the city of Kyoto

楽天主義　（らくてん　しゅぎ）
(n) optimism

落涙滂沱　（らくるい　ぼうだ）
(adj-t,adv-to) tears streaming down one's cheeks; shedding copious tears

拉致監禁　（らち　かんきん）
(n,vs) abduction and (unlawful) confinement

落花紛々・落花紛紛　（らっか　ふんぷん）
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (the sight of) blossoms falling in confusion

落花流水　（らっか　りゅうすい）　　　
(n) (1) mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned; (2) falling on hard times; coming down in the world; being ruined
　
落花狼藉 （らっか　ろうぜき）
(n) running amuck; utter disorder; things being in a shambles; committing violence on (a woman)

乱離骨灰　（らり　こっぱい）　
(n) being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed

藍衣社員　（らんい　しゃいん）
(n) blue-collar; blue-collar worker [employee]

乱臣賊子　（らんしん　ぞくし）
(n) rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious [treacherous] subject; traitor

乱診乱療　（らんしん　らんりょう）
(n) unnecessary medical tests and treatments; overprescription of drugs (to profit from the insurance reimbursement)

乱売合戦　（らんばい　かっせん）
(n) price war; cutthroat competition

乱筆乱文　（らんぴつ　らんぶん）
(n) (my) poor writing; scribbling; hasty writing

乱暴狼藉　（らんぼう　ろうぜき）　　
(n) riotous [rampageous] behavior; violence and lawlessness; committing an outrage

乱脈経営　（らんみゃく　けいえい）
(n) chaotic [irresponsible] management of a company

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利害関係　（りがい　かんけい）
(n) an interest (in); a vested interest; a stake (in); concern

利害得失　（りがい　とくしつ）　##
(n) advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses; pros and cons

李下瓜田　（りか　かでん）
(exp,n) Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal.

力戦奮闘　（りきせん　ふんとう）
(n,vs) fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts

六韜三略　（りくとう　さんりゃく）　
(n) two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets [essence] of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living

戮力協心　（りくりょく　きょうしん）　
(n,vs) combined [concerted] efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)

利権団体　（りけん　だんたい）
(n) special-interest group

離合集散 （りごう　しゅうさん）　##
(n,vs) meeting and parting; gathering and scattering; alignment and realignment; alternating alliance and rupture; alternating cooperation and defection

離散集合　（りさん　しゅうごう）
(n,vs) meeting and parting; gathering and scattering; alignment and realignment; alternating alliance and rupture; alternating cooperation and defection

離村傾向　（りそん　けいこう）
(n) trend to move away from rural areas; rural depopulation

立身栄達　（りっしん　えいたつ）　
(n,vs) success in life; advancement in life; rising in the world

立身出世　（りっしん　しゅっせ）　##　　
(n,vs) success in life; advancement in life; rising in the world

理非曲直 （りひ　きょくちょく）
(n) sense of right and wrong; rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)

裏面工作　（りめん　こうさく）
(n) behind-the-scenes maneuvering; backstairs deal; clandestine work; string-pulling

柳暗花明　（りゅうあん　かめい）　
(n) (1) beautiful scenery of spring; (2) red-light district

留意事項　（りゅうい　じこう）
(n) points to note; points of concern; matters to keep in mind; matters that require attention

流汗淋漓　（りゅうかん　りんり）　
(adj-t,adv-to) profuse perspiration; heavy sweating; dripping with sweat

流血沙汰　（りゅうけつ　ざた）
(n) bloodshed; bloody event

流血淋漓　（りゅうけつ　りんり）　
(adj-t,adv-to) dripping with fresh blood

流言飛語・流言蜚語 （りゅうげん ひご）
(n) false [wild, groundless] rumor; canard

柳巷花街　（りゅうこう　かがい）　
(n) red-light district; pleasure quarter
　
竜頭蛇尾 （りゅうとう　だび）　##
(n) a strong beginning and a weak ending; starting out with a bang but fizzling toward the end; an anticlimax

粒々辛苦・粒粒辛苦　（りゅうりゅう　しんく）　
(n,vs) toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor

柳緑花紅　（りゅうりょく　かこう）　
(n) red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature

流連荒亡　（りゅうれん　こうぼう）　
(n) spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures

良妻賢母　（りょうさい　けんぼ）
(n) (being) a good wife and wise mother

了解事項　（りょうかい　じこう）
(n) something that is understood between the parties; an understood item

猟奇小説　（りょうき　しょうせつ）
(n) bizarre story [novel]

猟奇文学　（りょうき　ぶんがく）
(n) bizarre literature; the literature of the bizarre

良知良能　（りょうち　りょうのう）　
(n) one's innate intelligence and ability

良風美俗　（りょうふう　びぞく）
(n) fine customs and manners; good morals and manners; good and beautiful custom

両面価値　（りょうめん　かち）
(n) ambivalence

両面作戦　（りょうめん　さくせん）
(n) operations [a strategy] on two fronts; two-pronged strategy

理路整然 （りろ　せいぜん）　##
(adj-t,adv-to) well-reasoned; logical (manner); articulate; coherent

理論武装　（りろん　ぶそう）
(n,vs) be prepared for a theoretical [ideological] argument; be armed with theoretical backing

臨機応変 （りんき　おうへん）　##
(adj-na,n) adaptation to circumstances; adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; as the occasion may demand

稟議制度　（りんぎ　せいど）
(n) the system in government offices and business corporations in which draft proposals are prepared by someone in charge of the matter and circulated for collective deliberation and final approval by particular [designated] officials or executives

臨戦態勢　（りんせん　たいせい）　
(n) state of war readiness [preparedness]; preparation for action

輪廻転生　（りんね　てんしょう）　　
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

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類縁関係　（るいえん　かんけい）
(n) (having) a close relationship (with)

類推推理　（るいすい　すいり）
(n,vs) reasoning by analogy; analogical inference; analogism

留守家族　（るす　かぞく）
(n) family members left at home

流転生死　（るてん　しょうじ）
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration
　　　　
流転輪廻　（るてん　りんね）　　
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration

縷々綿々・縷縷綿綿 （るる　めんめん）
(adj-t,adv-to) going on and on in tedious detail

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冷汗三斗　（れいかん　さんと）　　
(n) breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared; feeling extremely abashed

霊感商法　（れいかん　しょうほう）
(n) fraudulent sale of goods or services claimed to bring good luck to the purchaser

礼儀感覚　（れいぎ　かんかく）
(n) sense of decorum; attention to the common civilities of life

礼儀作法　（れいぎ　さほう）
(n) good manners; civility and rules of etiquette; decorum; arts of gracious etiquette

冷却期間　（れいきゃく　きかん）　
(n) cooling-off period

冷酷無惨・冷酷無残・冷酷無慚・冷酷無慙　（れいこく　むざん）　
(adj-na,n) cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable; cold-blooded

冷酷無情 （れいこく　むじょう）　　
(adj-na,n) cold-hearted; callous; merciless; implacable; ruthless

霊魂不滅　（れいこん　ふめつ）
(n) immortality of the soul

霊視商法　（れいし　しょうほう）
(n) fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits)

励声一番　（れいせい　いちばん）　
(n) giving cries of encouragement at a critical moment

励声叱咤　（れいせい　しった）
(n,vs) cries of encouragement; shouting encouragement

冷静沈着　（れいせい　ちんちゃく）　
(adj-na,n) calm, cool, and collected; level and calm

冷淡無情　（れいたん　むじょう）　
(adj-na,n) cold-hearted; callous; pitiless; unsympathetic

霊的交感　（れいてき　こうかん）
(n) spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion

霊的交流　（れいてき　こうりゅう）
(n) spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion

霊肉一致　（れいにく　いっち）
(n) unity [oneness] of body and soul; harmony of body and soul

怜悧狡猾　（れいり　こうかつ）　
(adj-na,n) cunning; crafty; shrewd; guileful

劣弱意識　（れつじゃく　いしき）
(n) inferiority complex; a sense of inferiority

恋愛指南　（れんあい　しなん）
(n) instruction in the ways of love

恋愛遍歴　（れんあい　へんれき）
(n) history of one's love affairs

恋愛遊戯　（れんあい　ゆうぎ）
(n) playing at love relationships; trifling with a person's affections

連日連夜　（れんじつ　れんや）　##
(n-t) every day and every night; day(s) and night(s)

連戦連勝　（れんせん　れんしょう）　##
(n,vs) succession [series] of victories; winning battle after battle; winning every game

連戦連敗　（れんせん　れんぱい）　
(n,vs) succession [series] of defeats; losing battle after battle; losing every game

連帯責任　（れんたい　せきにん）　
(n) collective responsibility; joint liability

連綿不断　（れんめん　ふだん）
(adj-no,n) long and uninterrupted [unbroken]

連立政権　（れんりつ　せいけん）
(n) coalition government [cabinet]

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露悪趣味　（ろあく　しゅみ）
(n) being apt to make a show of one' faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is

労使交渉　（ろうし　こうしょう）
(n) labor-management negotiation

労使双方　（ろうし　そうほう）
(n) both labor and management; both the workers and the employers

労使紛争　（ろうし　ふんそう)
(n) labor-management dispute; industrial strife

籠城作戦　（ろうじょう　さくせん）
(n) strategy of holing oneself up in a castle [house, building]

老少不定　（ろうしょう　ふじょう）
(exp,n) Death comes to old and young alike.; uncertainty of life　　

老若男女 （ろうにゃく　なんにょ）　##
(n) men and women of all ages; young and old, men and women alike

狼狽気味　（ろうばい　ぎみ）
(adj-na,n) being rather confused; looking somewhat dismayed [perturbed]

老婆親切・老婆心切　（ろうば　しんせつ）　
(n) grandmotherly solicitude for another's welfare; excessive solicitude

籠絡手段　（ろうらく　しゅだん）
(n) means of cajolement [trickery]

六号記事　（ろくごう　きじ）
(n) (space) filler; fill-in [in magazines, newspapers, etc.]

六公四民　（ろくこう　よんみん）
(n) a land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 50 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 50 percent

六親眷属　（ろくしん　けんぞく）
(n) all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin

六道輪廻　（ろくどう　りんね）　
(n) endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds

六波羅蜜　（ろく　はらみつ　・　ろっ　ぱらみつ）
(n) the six virtues [perfections] a Buddha elect practices to attain supreme enlightenment

露地栽培　（ろじ　さいばい）
(n,vs) raising flowers and vegetables outdoors without using a greenhouse or a cold frame; garden farming; open-field culture

路上強盗　（ろじょう　ごうとう）
(n) mugging; mugger

路上生活　（ろじょう　せいかつ）
(n,vs) living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness

路線転換　（ろせん　てんかん）
(n,vs) policy change [reversal]

路線変更　（ろせん　へんこう）
(n,vs) (1) change in a bus route; (2) change in policy; policy change [reversal]

六根清浄　（ろっこん　しょうじょう）　　　
(n) purification of the six roots of perception; purification of one's mind and body through emancipation from all worldly desires and worries

六百六号　（ろっぴゃくろく　ごう）
(n) Salvarsan 606

露天風呂　（ろてん　ぶろ）
(n) open-air bath; hot spring bath set in the open

炉辺談話　（ろへん　だんわ）
(n) fireside chat　　

論功行賞　（ろんこう　こうしょう）　
(n) granting rewards according to achievements; conferring honors according to merit

論旨不明　（ろんし　ふめい）
(adj-na,n) the point of an argument being unclear; the tenor of an argument being poorly reasoned

論旨明快　（ろんし　めいかい）　
(adj-na,n) the point of an argument being clearly stated; the tenor of an argument being well-reasoned

論難攻撃　（ろんなん　こうげき）
(n,vs) attacking by argument; denunciation; condemnation; heated controversy

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和気藹々・和気藹藹・和気靄々・和気靄靄　 （わき　あいあい）　##
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) harmonious; peaceful; congenial

脇見運転　（わきみ　うんてん）
(n,vs) looking aside while driving; taking one's eyes off the road ahead while driving

枠外採用　（わくがい　さいよう）
(n) hiring someone beyond the limits of the employment quota

和敬清寂　（わけい　せいじゃく）　
(n) harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony

和光同塵 （わこう　どうじん）
(n) (wise men) softening the light of their wisdom and virtue and mingling with the mundane world [Lao-tzu]; mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself

和魂漢才 （わこん　かんさい）
(n) the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning

和魂洋才 （わこん　ようさい）　##
(n) the Japanese spirit imbued with Western learning

和食回帰　（わしょく　かいき）
(n) revival of Japanese food

話題沸騰　（わだい　ふっとう）
(n) being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town

和衷協同　（わちゅう　きょうどう）
(n,vs) harmonious cooperation; in close cooperation

和平工作　（わへい　こうさく）
(n) peace [overtures, initiative, moves]; maneuvering for peace; putting out peace feelers

和洋折衷 （わよう　せっちゅう）　##
(n) a blending of Japanese and Western styles

割前勘定・割り前勘定　（わりまえ　かんじょう）　
(n) each paying for his own account; sharing the expenses; Dutch treat

吾唯足知　（われ　ただ　たる　を　しる）　
(exp) I am content with what I am [have].; Rich is the person who is content with what he is.

腕白小僧　（わんぱく　こぞう）　　
(n) naughty [mischievous] boy, little rascal [devil]; brat

腕白仲間　（わんぱく　なかま）　　
(n) group [gang] of naughty [mischievous] boys

腕白坊主　（わんぱく　ぼうず）
(n) naughty [mischievous] boy, little rascal [devil]; brat

腕力沙汰　（わんりょく　ざた）　　　　
(n) resorting [coming] to fisticuffs; coming to blows

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乎己止点・乎古止点・遠古登点　（をこと　てん　・　おこと　てん）
(n) diacritical marks to aid in reading Chinese classics

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