Four-Character Idiomatic Compounds

Yojijukugo 2005-2012 v.4.0

(2005-2012)

These pages contain approximately 3,300 Japanese Four-Character Idiomatic Compounds (

yojijukugo) along with their English meanings. The words are arranged in the
order of the kana syllabary ( ). Romanized spelling of each
compound (in waapuro style) has been added in v.4.0 (2012).
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For the English meanings of these four-character idioms, I have consulted some of the references
listed below. From among the meanings given in these sources, I have selected ones which I
believe are the most appropriate, and provided my own defintions wherever deemed necessary or
helpful.
Major References:
Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, 5th ed. (CD-ROM)
Yahoo! Japan Dictionaries (Yahoo! http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/
2004
1997
Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Japanese-EnglishDictionary (Monash University)

Codes

adj
adjective (keiyoushi)
adv
adverb (fukushi)
adj-na "na" adjective, or adjectival noun (keiyoudoushi) [
Uses "-na" to form an adjective.
adj-no "no" adjective, or nouns which may take "-no" to form an adjective.

adj-t "taru" adjective. / Uses "-taru" to form an

adjective.

adv-to adverb taking the "to" particle. /

form an adverb.
exp
expressions (clauses, sayings, exclamations, etc.)

int
interjection
n
common noun (futsuumeishi)
n-adv adverbial noun (fukushiteki meishi)
n-t
temporal noun (jisoumeishi)

Uses "-to" to

[aienkien]
(n) uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate; a couple strangely but happily united
[aigoseimoku]
(exp,n) In every game or play, differences in skill between individuals can be substantial.

(n,vs) plea; entreaty; supplication

[aisotangan]

[aiteshidai]
(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
[aitoutsuuseki]
(n) condolence; mourning; sorrow; lamentation
[aibetsuriku]
(n) the agony of separation from loved ones
[aimaaima]
(n) (in) one's spare time; (at) intervals; (in) pauses (of conversation, etc.); (in between)
periods of doing something
[aimaimoko]
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to) obscure; vague; ambiguous; hazy
[aoikitoiki]
(n) deep distress; sigh uttered when one is in great distress
[akindokatagi/shouninkatagi]
(n) mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit

 [akuin'akka]
(exp,n) sowing and reaping evil; An evil cause produces an evil effect.
[aotabaibai]
(n) dealing in unharvested rice crop
[akugyakuhidou]
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
[akugyouzanmai]
(n) committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil

[akugyakumudou/akugyakubudou]
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
[akujisenri]
(exp,n) Bad news travel fast.; Ill news spread like wildfire.
[akutokushouhou]
(n) unscrupulous [crooked, fraudulent] business practices; pernicious sales methods
[akusenkutou]
(n,vs) hard [desperate] struggle; fighting against heavy odds
[akuninshouki]
(exp,n) The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation.; The evil persons
have the unique opportunity to go to heaven.
[akuhatsutoho]
(n) (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons
[persons of great wisdom]
[akkubokutousen]
(exp,n) A virtuous person does [should] not commit an act that offends his moral
principles no matter how hard pressed he may be.
[akumachoubuku]
(n) exorcism; praying down evil spirits
[ashigarutaishou]
(n) samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers
[atarashinmyou]
(n) valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear


[achikochi/achirakochira/acchikocchi/kanatakonata]
(adv,n) here and there; everywhere; all over (the place); throughout; sporadically
( [akkirasetsu]
(n) man-eating fiend
[akkouzougon]
(n) stream of verbal abuse; cursing and swearing (words)
[atomesouzoku]
(n) taking over as (the) head of a family; succession to the position of family head;
successorship
[abikyoukan]
(n) agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of the eight burning hells in Buddhism
[abijigoku]
(n) the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism
[afugeigou]
(n,vs) ingratiation; sycophancy
[amagasabangumi]
(n) substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out
[amakararyoutou]
(n) person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
[amakararyoutou]
(adj-no,n) taste for both wines and sweets; having a liking for both alcoholic beverages
and sweet things
[ameisensou]
(n) annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy
[ayugeigou]
(n,vs) ingratiation; sycophancy
[ayutsuishou]
(n,vs) excessive flattery; adulation
[ayubennei]
(adj-no,n) flattery; adulation; sycophancy

 [arigatameiwaku]
(adj-na,n) misplaced kindness; mixed blessing; an unwelcome favor
[an'unteimei]
(n) dark clouds hanging low; dark clouds gathering ominously (over)

[anshinritsumei/anjinryuumyou]
(n,vs) spiritual peace and enlightenment; keeping an unperturbed mind through faith
[ansoushuuha]
(n) giving an amorous sidelong look; casting an amorous glance (at); playing up to
someone behind the scenes
[anchuuhiyaku]
(n,vs) behind-the-scenes maneuvering; secret maneuvers
[anchuumosaku]
(n,vs) groping in the dark; exploring new avenues without having any clues
() [anneichitsujo]
(n) peace and order; law and order
[annonbuji]
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
[anpifumei]
(n) fate [safety] of a person [persons] being unknown
[anminbougai]
(n) disturbance of sleep; a nuisance in the middle of the night
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[iidakudaku]
(adj-t,adv-to) (obeying/following) tamely; readily; submissively; with acquiescence
[ikansenban]
(adj-na) highly regrettable; utterly deplorable; deeply chagrined
[ikansokutai]
(n) full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion

 [ikikenkou]
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to) in high spirits; in an ebullient mood; elated
[ikishouchin]
(n,vs) in low spirits; despondent; disheartened; down in the dumps
[ikishouten]
(n) in high spirits; in top form
[ikisosou]
(n,vs) in low spirits; despondent; disheartened; down in the dumps
[ikitougou]
(n,vs) hit it off with (a person); find a kindred spirit in (a person)
[ikiyouyou]
(adj-t,adv-to) triumphant; exultant; in high and proud spirits
[ikyokudoukou]
(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
) [ikudouon]
(n) in concert; with one voice; unanimously
[ikengushin]
(n,vs) offering one's opinion (to someone on something)
[ikousonchou]
(n) respecting the intention/wishes of someone
[ikoudashin]
(n) sounding out the intension/wishes of someone
[ikoumushi]
(n) ignoring/overriding the intention/wishes of someone
[ikokushumi]
(n) taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism
[ikokujoucho]
(n) exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
[ikokujouchou]
(n) exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism

 [ikonshiai]
(n) grudge match
[ikonjuunen]
(adv,n) grudge of ten years' standing; harboring a grudge for many years
[isaishouchi]
(exp,n,vs) details [particulars, the total situation] being fully understood; Understood.;
Agreed.
[isaimendan]
(exp) Details when I see you.; Details [particulars] to be discussed [arranged] personally
[by interview].
[ishikikajou]
(adj-na,n) hyperconsciousness; too great a sense (of); something being only one's
imagination; letting imagination run away with one
[ishikitenkan]
(n,vs) change in mentality; changing one's way of thinking; adjusting psychologically to
shifting circumstances
[ishikifumei]
(n) unconscious; senseless; in a coma
[ishikihenkaku]
(n,vs) radical change in mentality; radically changing one's way of thinking; radical
change in consciousness
[ishikimourou]
(adj-t,adv-to) being in a hazy state; being only half conscious; feeling dopey
[ishikengo]
(adj-na,n) strong determination; strong-willed; having strong will power; firmness of
purpose
[ishisotsuu]
(n) mutual understanding; reciprocal communication
[ijidoukun]
(n) a (Chinese) character with the same reading [pronunciation] as another but a
different written form; characters read the same but written differently

 [ishihakujaku]
(adj-na,n) weak-willed; lacking will power to be patient, purposeful, or resolute;
infirmness of purpose
[ishihyouji]
(n,vs) declaration of intention; manifestation of intent; expressing one's will
[ishibekinkichi]
(n) man of incorruptible character; strait-laced and inflexible man; man who is
impervious to women's charms
[ishuikon]
(n) grudge; spite; malice; rancor
[ishousantan]
(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
[ishoudouraku]
(n) love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing
[ishokudougen]
(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.
[ishindenshin]
(n-adv,n) without any need for words; tacit understanding; communion of mind with
mind; through sympathy; telepathy
[itaidoushin]
(n) being two in body, but one in mind; harmony of mind between two persons; two
persons acting in one accord
[itazurakozou]
(n) mischievous boy
[itazurabouzu]
(n) mischievous boy
[itanjasetsu]
(n) heretical doctrine [thought, faith]
[ichiisenshin]
(n-adv) single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul

 [ichiitaisui]
(n) (being separated by) a narrow strip of water; a narrow strait [channel, river]
[ichigyouchishiki]
(n) one-line fact; one-line information; information [explanation] provided in a few scanty
words
[ichigeiichinou]
(n) (excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area
[ichigeinyuushi]
(n) entrance exam for a university giving preference to persons who excel in one special
field [skill]; one-talent oriented entrance examination
[ichigenikkou]
(n) just a word or an act; every word and act; a casual [inadvertent] word or act
[ichigenkoji/ichigonkoji]
(n) person who is ready to comment on every subject; ready critic; person who always
has to put in his two cents (worth)
[ichigoichie]
(n) once-in-a-lifetime experience [opportunity, encounter]; experience that will never
come again
[ichigoichigo]
(n-adv) word for word; verbatim
[ichigoichijuu]
(n) full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
[ichigoikku]
(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word
[ichigomatsudai]
(n) this world [life] and the next; eternity
[ichigon'ikku]
(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word
[ichigonsekku/ichigonsekiku]
(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word
[ichigonhanku]
(n) a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable

 [ichijiichiji]
(n) letter by letter; character by character
() [ichijiikku]
(n) word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
[ichijisenkin]
(n) precious [greatly prized] (word/writing)

[ichijitsusanshuu/ichinichisanshuu]
(n) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an
eternity
)
[ichijitsusenshuu/ichinichisenshuu]
(n) (waiting) impatiently; (spending) many a weary day; each moment seeming like an
eternity
[ichijihanku]
(n) a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
[ichijuuissai]
(n) meal consisting of rice, one soup and one other dish; a simple meal

(n,vs) up and down

[ichijouichige]

[ichishinkigen]
(n) marking (the beginning of) a new era [epoch]
() [ichizokuroutou]
(n) one's family and followers; one's whole clan
[ichidaiichido]
(adj-no,n) once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's
reign
[ichidaikesshin]
(n,vs) momentous [crucial] decision
[ichidaisenpuu]
(n) great sensation; taking something by storm; making a splash

 [ichidaitettsui]
(n) dealing a hard [heavy, crushing] blow (to)
[ichidaitenki]
(n) significant turning point
[ichidaibungen/ichidaibugen]
(n) new money; nouveau riche; person who has amassed substantial wealth in his
lifetime
[ichidakusenkin]
(n) one's word is worth a thousand pieces of gold; a promise that is worth its weight in
gold
[ichidokusantan]
(n,vs) a reading leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
[ichidokubouzen]
(n,vs) a (single) reading [a perusal] leaves one dumbfounded
[ichinichiichizen]
(n) doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day
[ichinichifutsuka]
(adv,n) a day or two
[ichinintousen/ichinintouzen]
(n) being a match for a thousand
[ichinenhokki]
(n,vs) (firmly) resolved to (do something)
[ichinenyuuhan]
(n) one year and a half
() [ichibakujikkan]
(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]
[ichibatsuhyakkai]
(n) punishing a crime to make an example for others; punishing one while giving a
warning to hundreds

 [ichibanshoubu]
(n) contest decided by a single round [bout]; contest decided by a single roll of dice;
one-shot game [contest]; make-or-break game
[ichibanburo]
(n) freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else
[ichibyousokusai]
(exp,n) One who nurses a (small) chronic ailment lives longer than someone who takes
his good health for granted.
[ichibuichirin]
(n) (not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of; (not) the slightest
[ichibushijuu]
(n) full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
[ichibetsuirai]
(n-adv, n-t) since our last meeting; since we parted
[ichibousenri]
(n) sweeping view of the eye; boundless expanse
[ichibokuissou]
(n) a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
[ichimaiuwate]
(adj-na,n) being a cut above somebody
[ichimaikanban]
(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
[ichimidoushin]
(n) (people) working together with one mind
[ichimitotou]
(n) the whole party to a plot; the whole gang; fellow conspirators
[ichimoudajin]
(n) big haul; wholesale arrest; catching (the whole lot) with one cast of the net
[ichimokujuugyou]
(n) outstanding reading ability [Literally: one glance, ten lines]

 [ichimokuryouzen]
(adj-na,n) patently obvious; plain to anyone; as clear as day
[ichimon'ittou]
(n,vs) series of questions and answers; question-and-answer session
[ichimonhansen]
(n) meager sum of money
[ichimonfuchi]
(adj-no,n) total illiteracy
[ichimonfutsuu]
(adj-no,n) total illiteracy
[ichiyakojiki]
(n) person who has become penniless overnight
[ichiyadaijin]
(n) overnight millionaire
[ichiyouraifuku]
(n) the return of spring (after the cold of winter); brighter prospects after a period of
gloom
[ichiriichigai]
(n) (something) having its advantages but also not without its disadvantages; advantage
and its (accompanying) disadvantage
[ichiryuumanbai]
(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.
[ichiryoujitsuchuu]
(n) in a day or two; within the next couple of days
[ichirentakushou]
(n) casting one's lot with another; sharing the same fate with others; being in the same
boat; sinking or swimming with the company
[ichirokuginkou]
(n) pawnshop

 [ichirokushoubu]
(n) dice gambling game; staking all on one throw; all-or-nothing gamble; risky attempt
[ichirojunpuu]
(n) sailing before the wind; everything is going well
( [ichiroheian]
(n) (wishing someone) bon voyage; safe [uneventful, smooth] voyage
[ikkaishoubu]
(n) contest decided by a single round [bout]; contest decided by a single roll of dice;
one-shot game [contest]; make-or-break game
[ikkakusenkin]
(n) making a fortune at a stroke; getting rich quick without much effort
( [ikkakenzoku]
(n) one's family, relatives, and followers
[ikkadanran]
(n,vs) happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in
a family
[ikkarisan]
(n,vs) the breakup [dispersal] of a family
[ikkiichiyuu]
(n,vs) now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; alternate hope and fear
[ikkikasei]
(n) (finishing/writing) work at a stroke [stretch]; dashing off; knocking off
[ikkitousen]
(n) being a match for a thousand; being a mighty warrior [combatant, player]
[ikkyoichijitsu]
(n) constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable
[ikkyoichidou]
(n) one's every action; every single move
[ikkyokushuuchuu]
(n,vs) unipolar concentration; extreme centralization; overconcentration

 [ikkyoryouzen]
(n) killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
[ikkyoryoutoku]
(n) killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
[ikkenrakuchaku]
(n,vs) the case is closed; the matter is all settled
[ikkouittei]
(n,vs) a rise and a fall; now rising, now falling; frequent fluctuations
[ikkokuikkoku]
(adv,n) hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to
the next; with each passing moment
[ikkokuichijou]
(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]
[ikkokusenkin]
(exp,n) very valuable time; Every moment is precious.; Time is money.
[issaikaikuu]
(exp,n) Matter is void; All is vanity.
[issaigassai]
(n-adv,n) any and every thing; altogether; lock, stock, and barrel; the whole kit and
caboodle; without reserve
[issaishujou]
(n) all living creatures
[issakusakugetsu]
(n-adv,n-t) three months ago
[issakusakuya]
(n-adv,n-t) two nights before last; three nights back [ago]
[isshisouden]
(n) transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one
child

 [isshidoujin]
(n) loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal
benevolence; equality without discrimination
[isshihoukoku]
(n) dying for one's country
[isshasenri]
(n) one swift effort; rushing through one's work; (with) rushing speed; lucid and fluent
way of talking [writing]; without faltering
[isshukuippan]
(n) a night's lodging and a meal; (being beholden to someone for the favor of) a night's
lodging and a meal
[isshunzekku]
(n,vs) breaking off short (in one's speech); rendered speechless for a moment
[isshouichido]
(adj-no,n) once in one's life; once in a lifetime
[isshoukenmei]
(adj-na,n-adv,n) very hard; with utmost effort; for dear life; frantically
[isshousantan]
(n,vs) one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration
[isshousenkin]
(exp,n) A smile of a beautiful woman is worth a thousand pieces of gold.; enchanting
smile of a glamorous woman
[isshoufubon]
(n) (strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy
[isshokusokuhatsu]
(n) critical [touch and go] situation; explosive [hair-trigger] situation; flash point
[isshokenmei]
(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
[isshofujuu]
(n) vagrancy; transient lifestyle; itinerant life; being without a fixed abode

 [isshin'ittai]
(n,vs) now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; wax and wane; taking
alternately favorable and unfavorable turns
[isshsindoutai]
(n) being one in body and soul; of one flesh; two hearts beating as one
[isshinfuran]
(adj-na,n) intently; with heart and soul; with undivided attention; with intense
concentration
[isseiichigen]
(n) the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor
[isseishageki]
(n,vs) fusillade (of fire, insults, etc.); volley (of bullets, protests, etc.); barrage of
(criticism, heckling, questions, etc.)
[isseichidai/isseiichidai]
(n) once in a lifetime; the first and last occurrence [event, experience] of one's lifetime
[isseifuubi]
(n) ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people
[isseki'nichou]
(n) killing two birds with one stone
[issetsutashou/issatsutashou]
(n) It is justifiable to kill one (harmful) person to save the lives of many
[ittaizentai]
(adv) what [how, where, why, who] on earth?; what [how, where, why, who] in the
world?
[ittankankyuu]
(exp,n) (when) danger threatens; should an emergency occur
[icchikyouryoku]
(n,vs) combined [concerted] efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
[icchikessoku]
(n,vs) closing ranks; uniting and working together; coming together for fighting
[icchidanketsu]
(n,vs) solidarity; acting together as one for a common cause

 [icchihankai]
(n) superficial knowledge; half knowledge
[icchouisshi]
(n,vs) tension and relaxation; treating [handling] a matter judiciously [tactfully], being
strict at times and lenient at other times
[icchouisseki]
(n) in a day; in a brief space of time
[icchouittan]
(n) (something having its) merits and demerits; advantages and disadvantages; strong
and weak points
[icchouyuuji]
(exp,n) (when) the time of need arises; should an emergency occur
[itteifuhen]
(n) invariable; constant; fixed (and unchangeable); permanent; immutable; unwavering
[ittekisenkin]
(n) being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat
[ittetsutanryo]
(adj-na,n) stubborn and short-tempered
[itten'ikkaku]
(n) the i's and the t's; (not neglecting) the slightest detail
[ittenshikai]
(n) the whole world; the universe
[ittenchiroku]
(exp,n) a die; gambling with dice; playing hazard; You can never tell what'll pop up.
[ittenbanjou]
(n) (the throne or realm of) a sovereign [an emperor]
[ittouryoudan]
(n) cutting in two with a single stroke; taking a decisive [drastic] measure; cutting the
(Gordian) knot
[ittokuisshitsu]
(n) gaining some and losing some; (something having its) advantages and
disadvantages; merits and demerits

 [ippaiippai]
(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
[ippaikigen]
(adj-no,n) be a little drunk; be tipsy
[ippatsukaitou]
(n) first and final offer in labor-management negotiations
[ippatsugyakuten]
(n,vs) turning things around with a home run; turning the tables with a single successful
attack [move]
[ippatsushoubu]
(n) contest decided by a single round [bout]; contest decided by a single roll of dice;
one-shot game [contest]; make-or-break game
[ippatsuhicchuu]
(n) success on the first try [attempt]

(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]
[ippin'isshou]
(n) a smile or frown; one's mood [caprice]
() [ippuissai]
(n) monogamy
[ippuippu]
(n) monogamy
[ippukukyuukei]
(n,vs) tea [coffee, cigarette] break
[ipputasai]
(n) polygyny
[ippoippo]
(n-adv,n) step by step; every step
[ipponjoushi/ipponchoushi]
(adj-na,n) monotone; dullness; repetition

 [itsurakuseikatsu]
(n) a life given up to pleasure; pleasure-seeking lifestyle
[idokuseidoku]
(n) using poisonous medication to control poison; fighting evil with evil; fighting fire with
fire
[inakakatagi]
(n) rusticity; provincialism
[inakadaijin]
(n) provincial [country] millionaire
[ibashin'en]
(n) the clamorous demands of (uncontrollable) passions; (being unable to control) one's
worldly desires and passions
[inanjuuteki]
(n) the barbarians beyond the borders of old China
[ifuudoudou]
(adj-t,adv-to) awe-inspiring; majestic; commanding; stately; with an imposing air; in a
stately [dignified] manner
[ifuurinrin]
(adj-t,adv-to) awe-inspiring; majestic; commanding; stately; with an imposing air; in a
stately [dignified] manner
[ifuken'en]
(n,vs) feelings of dread and aversion
[ibunkitan]
(n) strange stories and curious tales
[ihensanzetsu]
(n,vs) repeated reading; close [careful] reading; careful perusal
[imishinchou]
(adj-na,n) with profound [often hidden] meaning; being suggestive; pregnant with
significance
[iyokumanman]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) full of zeal; highly motivated; very eager

 [iruiigyou]
(n) strange-looking creatures; spirits and goblins
[irokoizata]
(n) romantic entanglement; love affair
[iwatokeiki]
(n) the economic boom of 1958-1961
[in'inmetsumetsu]
(adj-t,adv-to) dark and gloomy; depressing; mournful
[ingainnen]
(n) cause and effect; karma; retribution; an evil cause producing an evil effect
[ingaouhou]
(n) retributive justice; poetic justice; reward and punishment for one's past behavior
[ingakankei]
(n) cause-and-effect relationship; causality
[ingatekimen]
(n) the swiftness of retributive justice
[inkyoshigoto]
(n) postretirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a
primary concern
[inginteichou]
(adj-na,n) polite and courteous
[inginburei]
(adj-na,n) feigned politeness; disguised insult; rude under a veneer of politeness

(n) evil heresies

[inshijakyou]

[inshuudoutoku]
(n) conventional morality [morals]
[injunkosoku]
(adj-na,n) conservative and temporizing

 [insekijinin]
(n,vs) take responsibility by resigning; resign to take the blame; resign after accepting
responsibility
[intonseikatsu]
(n) a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life
( ) [inninjichou]
(n,vs) (behaving with) patience and prudence
[inpeikousaku]
(n,vs) (create) a cover-up
[in'yougogyou/on'yougogyou]
(n) the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire
and earth) in Chinese cosmology
[in'youwagou]
(n) the harmony of yin and yang energies
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[uitenpen]
(n) mutability (of worldly affairs); perpetual shifts and changes (of human life)
[uousaou]
(n,vs) moving about in confusion; going every which way; going right and left
) [ukatsusenban]
(adj-na) very careless; quite thoughtless
[ukatousen]
(n) a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air)
[ukigusakagyou]
(n) precarious trade; unstable occupation; itinerant trade
[ukiseikou]
(n) scenery being beautiful in both rainy and sunny weather
[ukosaben]
(n,vs) hesitation; wavering; looking right and left and all around, unable to make up
one's mind; shilly-shally

 [ujoumujou]
(n) sentient and nonsentient beings
[uzoumuzou]
(n) pack of riffraff; the small fry; motley crowd of ordinary or undistinguished persons;
mere anybodies; the common ruck
)
[uchimatagouyaku/uchimatakouyaku]
(n) double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict
[uchuukaibyaku]
(n) (since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
[uchoutengai]
(n) beside oneself with joy; in raptures; in an ecstasy of delight
[uchiwagenka]
(n) family quarrel; internal squabble; fight among ourselves [themselves]
[utenjun'en]
(n) rescheduled in case of rain; to be postponed to the first subsequent fine day in case
of rain
[utosousou]
(exp,n) days and nights passing by quickly; months and years flying by; Time flies.
[uhatsuzokutai]
(n) (a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious
garb
[umisen'yamasen]
(n) sly old dog of much worldly wisdom; crafty person who's seen it all
[uyamuya]
(adj-na,n) vague; hazy; noncommittal; indefinite; ambiguous; evasive; inconclusive
[uyokyokusetsu]
(n,vs) twists and turns; ups and downs; taking a tortuous course; complications
[uraguchinyuugaku]
(n,vs) getting into a school by the back door; buy one's way into (a university, etc.);
backdoor admission

 [urabon'e]
(n) Bon Festival; Feast of Lanterns (around the 15th of July or August depending on
local customs)

(n) sexual liaison

[un'ufuzan]

[un'enkagan]
(n) not being obsessed with something for very long (just as clouds and haze pass
swiftly before one's eyes)
[un'enbanri]
(n) limitless expanse of clouds and smoke
[un'enhidou]
(n) (1) flying clouds and drifting haze; (2) magnificent calligraphy; vivid penmanship
[unkikouten]
(n,vs) turn [stroke] of good fortune; one's fortune turning for the better
[unsanmushou]
(n,vs) vanishing like mist; disappearing into thin air; going up in smoke
[unshuumusan]
(n,vs) (many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and
scattering
[unsuiangya]
(n) itinerant monk being on pilgrimages to many lands
[unseiryuuryuu]
(adj-t,adv-to) one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination
[unseihandan]
(n) fortune-tellling
[undeibanri]
(n) being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world
[undouonchi]
(n) having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
[unputenpu]
(n) trusting to chance; having a go at something

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[eieimokumoku]
(adj-t,adv-to) assiduously and quietly
[eikyuuketsuban]
(n) retired (uniform) number
[eikyuufuhen]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) permanence; forever unchanging
[eigyourosen]
(n) (1) railroad [bus] lines [routes] in operation; (2) business plan [policy]
[eigoukaiki]
(n) eternal recurrence; Nietzsche's "ewige Wiederkunft"
[eikoseisui]
(n) ups and downs of life [of a person, family, nation]; rise and fall; vicissitudes of
fortune
[eishisassou]
(adj-t,adv-to) cutting a fine [dashing, gallant, noble] figure; majestic appearance
[eijihappou]
(n) the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters
[eizoubunka]
(n) visual culture; culture of visual images; (screen) image culture
[eitaikuyou]
(n) services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed
soul
[eiyuugouketsu]
(n) hero; warrior of matchless valor; heroic character
[eiyuukoushoku]
(exp,n) All great men like women.; Great men enjoy sensual pleasure.
[eiyoueiga/eyoueiga]
(n) wealth, prosperity, and arrogant splendor; (living sumptuously) intoxicated by wealth
and power

 [eiyoumanten]
(n) highly nourishing [nutritious]; earning top marks nutrition-wise
[egaosenryou]
(n) beautiful smile; there being a great charm about one's smile
[ekishasan'yuu]
(exp,n) There are three types of friends worth having--honest, sincere, and wellinformed ones. [Confucius]
[ekiseikakumei]
(n) revolution [change of dynasty] decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is
found lacking in moral virtue [old Chinese political thought]
[ekibendaigaku]
(n) minor local college; small-time [two-bit] university; jerkwater college
[ekohiiki]
(n,vs) favoritism; partiality; nepotism
[eshajouri]
(exp,n) Every meeting must involve a parting.; Those who meet must part. [suggesting
the transient nature of this life]
[esegakusha]
(n) pseudo-scholar; fake scholar; would-be expert
[eserikutsu]
(n) sophism; sophistry; spurious reasoning [argument]
[ekkyounyuugaku]
(n,vs) gain admission to a school outside one's own school district
[ekkenkoui]
(n) exceeding [abusing] one's legal authority; acting beyond the powers or legal
authority (of a person, etc.); acting ultra vires
[etekatte]
(adj-na,n) selfish; self-centered; self-willed; (doing or saying things) just to suit oneself
[ebisugao]
(n) smiling [beaming] face
[en'enchouda]
(n) [a line, queue] being long and serpentine

 [enkaiseiji]
(n) politicking by wining and dining
[enkatsushadatsu]
(adj-na,n) smooth, free and easy; refined and unconventional
[enkyokuuen]
(adj-na,n) euphemistic and circumlocutory; roundabout and circuitous
[enkoukinkou]
(n) policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer ones nearby
[Originally, an ancient Chinese military strategy]
[enkosaiyou]
(n,vs) employment of workers through (personal) connections; getting a job through
one's personal connection
[engoshageki]
(n,vs) (1) (providing) covering fire; (2) supporting [backing up] someone (in a debate
[argument])
[enkoseiji]
(n) crony politics; nepotistic government
[enkoboshuu]
(n) (1) recruiting [inviting application for] through personal connections; (2) private
(stock) offering [subscription]
[enjakukoukoku]
(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.
[enjabiiki]
(n) nepotism
[enshoukobanashi]
(n) amorous anecdote [conte]
[enshoubungaku]
(n) humorous erotic literature
[enjokousai]
(n,vs) dating with compensation [payments, financial support, etc.] [euphemism for a
type of (teen) prostitution]

 [enseijisatsu]
(n,vs) killing oneself out of despair [disgust with life]
[enzetsukuchou]
(n) oratorical tone
[enzen'isshou]
(n,vs) giving a charming [bewitching] smile
[ensenkibun]
(n) feeling of war-weariness
[enchousenjou]
(n) the extension of a straight line; (a conclusion) following as an extension of (an
argument)
[enchouhoiku]
(n) extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night)
[entenkatsudatsu]
(adj-na,n) smooth; suave; tactful; smooth and polished in human relations
[ennichishounin]
(n) festival vendor; keeper of a street stall at a temple [shrine] fair
[ennetsujigoku]
(n) burning hell; roaring inferno; flames of hell
[enboushinryo]
(n) deep design and forethought; farsighted and deeply-laid plan
[enmankaiketsu]
(n) amicable solution [settlement]; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied
[enmangusoku]
(n,vs) contented and peaceable; having nothing to complain about
[enmantaishoku]
(n,vs) amicable resignation [retirement]; resigning [retiring] from one's job of one's free
will
[enmeisokusai]
(n) health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster

 [enriedo/onriedo]
(n) abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
[enryoeshaku]
(n,vs) reserve and consideration (to others)
[enryogimi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) somewhat reserved [diffident]; shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring
[reserved] manner
[enryokin'yuu]
(n) Failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term.
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[oiesoudou]
(n) family trouble [quarrel]; domestic squabble; internal squabble (over headship rights)
in a daimyo family in the Edo period
[oirandouchuu]
(n) parade of oiran [licensed high-class prostitutes] in the Yoshikawa pleasure district of
Edo
[oukaranman]
(n) cherry blossoms in full bloom; riot of cherry blossoms
[ougihiden]
(n) secretes; mysteries; secret formula; essence; esoterica (of an art, martial arts, etc.)
[oukoukappo]
(n,vs) swaggering walk; stalking about with a haughty air; roaming at will; walking
around (the place) as if one owned it
[oukoukizoku]
(n) royalty and titled nobility
[oukoubakko]
(n,vs) being rampant; (evildoers) roaming at will
[ougonjidai]
(n) the Golden Age; a golden age; heyday

 [ouseifukko]
(n) restoration of imperial [royal] rule; the Restoration [in English history]
[oujibyoubou]
(adj-t,adv-to) memories of the past events being [becoming] far and distant
[oujiboubou]
(adj-t,adv-to) memories of the past events being [becoming] far and distant
[outebisha]
(n) forking the rook while checking the king

[oudoukichinichi/koudoukichinichi]
(n) very auspicious day for all types of occasions
[oudourakudo]
(n) realm of peace and prosperity; land of simple pleasure and quiet life ruled by a
virtuous king

(n,vs) anguish; agony

[ounouhanmon]

[oubanburumai]
(n,vs) sumptuous feast; lavish hospitality; lavishly wining and dining (others)
[ouhennouryoku]
(n) ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the
requirement of) the moment
[oobakamono]
(n) great [utter] fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
[oobanburumai]
(n,vs) sumptuous feast; lavish hospitality; lavishly wining and dining (others)
[ooburoshiki]
(n) (1) large-sized furoshiki [cloth wrapper]; (2) big talk; vain boasting; hot air; blowing
one's own trumpet; rodomontade

[oomajime]
(adj-na) dead(ly) serious; dead(ly) earnest

 [okamehachimoku]
(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.
[okujoukaoku]
(n) gilding the lily; adding redundant things; (being like) putting a fifth wheel on a
carriage
[okuyamahoujuu]
(n) relocation of wild animals to a remote location
[oshidorifuufu]
(n) loving couple; happily married couple (who are always together)
[ojamamushi]
(n) someone who gets in the way without serving any useful purpose; fly in the
ointment; buttinsky; third wheel
[ochuudodensetsu]
(n) legend concerning a fugitive clan
[ochoushimono]
(n) flip; luck-pusher; frivolous person; person who readily chimes in with others; person
who gets arried away easily
[onamidachoudai]
(n) tearjerker; sob story; maudlin tale
[ohirome]
(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.]
[omiotsuke]
(n) miso soup
[omeihenjou]
(n,vs) clear one's name; redeem oneself; clear [vindicate] one's honor [reputation]
[omemie]
(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]
[omoshirohanbun]
(adj-na,n) for fun; half in jest; just for the fun of it

 [oyakugomen]
(n) dismissal; firing; retirement; being relieved from one's post; being relieved of a
burden
[oreiboukou]
(n,vs) free service after one has finished one's apprenticeship
[onkenrosen]
(n) moderate line; middle-of-the-road line (in politics)
[onkoukamoku]
(adj-na,n) gentle and reticent
[onkoutokujitsu]
(adj-na,n) gentle and sincere
[onkochishin]
(n) learning from the past; developing new ideas based on study of the past
[onjoushugi]
(n) paternalism; philosophy of dealing with others benignly
[onshinfutsuu/inshinfutsuu]
(n) break in contact; not hearing from; having no communication with
[ontekitaisan]
(exp,n) invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy!
[ontorourou]
(adj-t,adv-to) in a clear and sonorous voice
[onbahigasa/onbahikarakasa]
(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
[onmitsukoudou]
(n) covert action [behavior]; espionage activities
[onriedo/enriedo]
(n) abhorrence of (living in) this impure world
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 [kaikandaiichi]
(n) at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ...
[kaikanhekitou]
(n-adv) at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ...
[kaigenkuyou]
(n) ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the
eyes [thereby investing it with soul]
[kaikouichiban]
(n-adv) at the very beginning of one's speech; the first thing out of one's mouth
[gaikoushuwan]
(n) diplomatic finesse; skill(s) in diplomacy
[gaikoujirei]
(n) diplomatic language; lip service; empty praise or flattery
[gaigounaijuu]
(n) tough on the outside but soft at heart; faint-hearted person pretending to be brave
[kaikokushobun]
(n) punishment by formal warning; punishing someone by a reprimand
[kaikoshumi]
(n) nostalgia for the good old days; retro-culture
[kaishakukaiken]
(n,vs) effecting de facto constitutional changes through creative interpretation of the
existing constituion
[kaishaningen]
(n) company [organization] man [person]; corporate soldier
[gaishuuisshoku]
(n) (beating someone) hands down; (beating) with a single blow
[kaijuusakusen]
(n) operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion
[gaijuunaigou]
(n) gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove

 [kaijoutatsu]
(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
[kaishokukaiben]
(n) good appetite and good bowel movements; enjoying one's food and having regular
stools
[kaishokukaimin]
(n) good appetite and pleasant sleep; enjoying one's food and sleeping well
[gaiseiyuukoku]
(n) worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
[gaisenkouen]
(n) performance given after a successful tour abroad
[kaidaimusou]
(n) unparalleled in the whole country; without peer in the land
[gaidankougo]
(n) street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay
[gaidankousetsu]
(n) street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay
[kaiteirougetsu]
(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]
[gaitekiseikatsu]
(n) material life; material aspects of life
[gaitoujikou]
(n) relevant [applicable] information [items]
[kaitouranma]
(n) solving a knotty problem swiftly and skillfully; cutting the Gordian knot
[kaibyakuirai]
(n-t) since the creation (of the world); since the dawn of history

(n) puppet government [regime]

[kairaiseiken]

 [kairikimusou]
(adj-no,n) (a person of) unrivaled physical strength

[kairyokuranshin/kairikiranshin]
(n) supernatural things; unnatural phenomena; spirits and demons
[kairoudouketsu]
(n) being united as man and wife for life; happy life partnership

[kagakujoutatsu/kagakushoutatsu]
(n,vs) beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the
depth of learning
[kakakuhakai]
(n) collapse in prices; market-destructive price-slashing (tactics)
[kakataishou]
(n,vs) laugh a ringing laugh; have a hearty laugh; roar with laughter
[kagianashumi]
(n) voyeurism
[gakidaishou]
(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
[kagyuukakujou]
(n) trifling (fight); storm in a teacup; (conflict) between small countries
[kakuitsushikou]
(n) uniformity of thought; uniform thinking
[gakugyoufushin]
(n) poor academic performance; underachievement
[gakushinyuugaku]
(n) admission of university graduates to an undergraduate program
[kakujifutan]
(n) individuals being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price,
expense, etc.

 [gakushabaka]
(n) scholar who knows but little of the ways of the world
[gakushabinbou]
(n,exp) Good scholars are seldom rich.
[kakushukakuyou]
(n) individual [different] ways of doing things; being different (varied) for each item [type]
[kakushugakkou]
(n) vocational school; trade school; school for nonacademic subjects
[kakujinkakusetsu]
(exp,n) Everyone has his [her] own view; Different people, different opinions.
[kakujinkakuyou]
(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.
[gakuseikatagi]
(n) student temperament; students' way of thinking.
[kakudaikaishaku]
(n,vs) broad [general] interpretation; stretching one's interpretation (of something) to suit
oneself
[kakudairosen]
(n) expansion policy; road to expansion
[kakuchoukouga]
(adj-na,n) refined, dignified, elegant; graceful; exquisite
[gakubatsuishiki]
(n) strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie
[kakubutsuchichi]
(n) deepening one's wisdom by gaining a thorough knowledge of natural laws
[kakuransenjutsu]
(n) disturbance tactics

(n) disturbance strategy

[kakuransenpou]


[gakurekisashou]
(n) false statement [misrepresentation] of one's academic career
[gakurekihenchou]
(n) overstressing academic background
[kakeidensetsu]
(n) family legend
[kagenjoujo]
(n) the four arithmetical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
[kakouryuuryoku]
(n) red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty
of nature
[kazaiissai]
(n) complete set of household goods
[kajiissai]
(n) all the domestic [housekeeping] chores
[kajikitou]
(n,vs) Buddhist prayers to protect against misfortunes; chant incantations; recite healing
prayers
[gashisunzen]
(n) be on the verge of starvation; be about to starve
[kajiminarai]
(n) apprenticeship in the running of a household; prospective bride who undertakes an
apprenticeship to learn housekeeping
[kajimimai]
(n) post-fire visit to express sympathy; expressing one's sympathy after a fire
[kajousahan]
(n) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
[kashouhyouka]
(n,vs) underestimation; undervaluation; underassessment
[kajoubouei]
(n) excessive [unjustifiable] self-defense

 [gashinshoutan]
(n,vs) going through thick and thin to attain one's objective; enduring unspeakable
hardships and privations for the sake of vengeance
[kakjinhakumei]
(exp,n) Beauty and fortune seldom go together; A beautiful woman is destined to die
young.
[gazokukonkou]
(n) mixture of both culture and vulgarism; mixture of both literary and colloquial
(language)
[gazokusecchuu]
(n) blending of the classical and colloquial styles
[kazokudanran]
(n,vs) happy family circle; sitting in a family circle and enjoying conversation; harmony in
a family
[kadaihyouka]
(n,vs) overestimation; overvaluation; overassessment
[katakumujou]
(exp,n) This world is uncertain [cruel] like a burning house
[katakotoeigo]
(n) halting [broken] English
[gadatensoku]
(n) making an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily
[kachoufuuei]
(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]

(n) the beauties of nature

[kachoufuugetsu]

[kakkasouyou]
(n)trying to soothe an itchy foot by scratching at one's boot; being somewhat annoyed
because something is not quite as one hopes
[kakkiouitsu]
(n) being full of vitality [energy]; in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient

 () [kakkeigyuutou]
(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
[kakkofudou]
(n) being firm and unshakable [unwavering, unswerving, steadfastly resolute]
[kakkofubatsu]
(n) being firm and unshakable [unwavering, unswerving, steadfastly resolute]
[kassatsujizai]
(adj-na,n) (having) an absolute power over (a person); the power of life or death
[katsujiseron]
(n) public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media
[katsujichuudoku]
(n) addiction to the printed word; reading addict; book [print] junkie
[katsujibunka]
(n) (the culture of) the printed word; book culture
[gasshouraihai]
(n,vs) join one's hands in prayer; pray with (the palms of) one's hands together
[gasshourenkou]
(n,vs) changing political or military alignment according to changing circumstances;
forming a political or military alliance for expediency
[katsuzentaigo]
(n,vs) suddenly seeing the light; suddenly realizing what something is about; achieving
full enlightenment all of a sudden
[kattatsujizai]
(adj-na,n) broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about
trifles
[kattekimama]
(adj-na,n) self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; oblivious
to the convenience of others
[katteshidai]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) acting according to one's inclinations

 [kattehoudai]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) at one's sweet will; doing whatever one pleases; however one pleases

[kappatsuhacchi/kappatsupacchi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being full of vitality (energy); vigorous and in high spirits
[kateienman]
(n) family happiness; household harmony
[gaden'insui]
(n) seeking [promoting] one's own interests; being self-serving; straining (the
interpretation or argument) to suit one's own interests
[kadenrika]
(exp,n) Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal.
[katokusouzoku]
(n,vs) taking over as (the) head of a family; succession to the position of family head;
inheritance
[kanaiichidou]
(n) all one's family; one's whole family
[kanazoushi]
(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]
[kanabungaku]
(n) kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period
[kahikentou]
(n,vs) considering the pros and cons of; examining the arguments for and against
[kahiryousetsu]
(n) arguments for and against
[kahiryouron]
(n) arguments for and against
[kabuonkyoku]
(n) public music and dancing; performance of song and dance entertainment
[kabukimono]
(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
[kahoushuusei]
(n,vs) downward adjustment; downward revision
[kamikukzudouzen]
(adj-no,n) being no better than a scrap of paper
[gamushara]
(adj-na,n) reckless; daredevil; proceeding single-mindedly without regard to
consequences
( [kamenfuufu]
(n) couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife
[kamenrounin]
(n) college student who is merely marking time to get into a better college
[garyoutensei/garyuutensei]
(n) the finishing touch; completing (something) by executing the final, critical step
[garyouhousuu]
(n) gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person
whose talent is hidden under a bushel
[karenchuukyuu]
(n) imposing exacting [crushing, oppressive] taxes
[karotousen]
(n) useless [untimely] things [Literally: summer fires and winter fans]
[kasasegaki]
(n) Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits
at the river
[kan'ikeiben]
(adj-na,n) simple, easy, and convenient
[kan'un'yakaku]
(n) life in natural setting, free from worldly cares
[kangaihitoshio]
(adj-na,adj-no,n-adv) one's heart is filled with even deeper emotion; feeling the emotion
all the more deeply

 [kangaimuryou]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) be filled with deep emotion; the fullness of the heart
[kankakodoku]
(n) the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin
[kankangakugaku]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) outspoken; arguing heatedly what one believes in; insisting on
something without restraint
[kankansettai]
(n) the wining and dining of public officials by other public officials at public expense
[kankibinran]
(n) laxity in official discipline; civil service corruption
[kankyuujizai]
(adn-na,n) of skillfully varied pace; well-paced; skillfully varying the speed (rhythm) of;
being tactful in dealing with changing circumstances
[kangyuujuutou]
(n) (having/there being) a great number of books
[kankirinrin]
(adj-t,adv-to) it [the weather] being piercing [bitterly] cold
[kankeishouchou]
(n) the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to
the matter at hand; the relevant authorities
[kankeitoukyoku]
(n) the authorities concerned; the competent authorities
[kanketsumeiryou]
(adj-na,n) clear and concise
[ganketsumuhi]
(adj-na,n) being of very robust health
[gankoittetsu]
(adj-na,n) stubborn; obstinate; adamantly sticking to one's views or decisions
[gankoukeikei]
(adj-t,adv-to) with piercing eyes; eagle-eyed; having a penetrating insight (into)

 [gankoushihai]
(n) reading between the lines; reading with penetrating insight
[gankoushutei]
(n) able to criticize but not to create; high critical but low creative ability
[gankooyaji]
(n) stubborn [obstinate] father; pig-headed old man
[kankotsudattai]
(n,vs) adaptation; modification; recasting someone else's work as one's own by
appropriating the original idea or form
[kankonsousai]
(n) important ceremonial occasions in family relationships; the ceremonies of coming-ofage, marriage, funeral, and ancestor worship
[kanjakukotan]
(n) an aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasizing quiet simplicity and subdued
refinement
[kanjouinyuu]
(n,vs) empathy; empathize [identify] with someone
[kanjintaido]
(n) being generous and magnanimous in disposition
[kanjinzumou]
(n) fund-raising sumo tournaments of Edo period held in aid of a temple or a shrine
[kansonminpi]
(n) respecting the authorities and denigrating ordinary citizens; putting government
officials above the people
[kanzenchouaku]
(n) rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice; didactic theme in a novel or drama
[kanzenmuketsu]
(adj-na,n) flawless; absolute perfection
[kantanmeiryou]
(adj-na,n) simple and clear
[kanchuumimai]
(n) winter greeting card; inquiring after someone's health in the cold season

 [kantenjiu]
(n) a welcome [beneficial] rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for;
a welcome relief
[kantenkichi]
(adj-no,n) great joy; jubilation; exultation
[kannankurou]
(n) trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
[kannanshinku]
(n) trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
[kanneijachi]
(n) wiles and cunning; craftiness and treachery
[kannoushousetsu]
(n) amorous [erotic] novel; pornographic novel
[kanpukanpu]
(n) adulterer and adulteress; adulterous couple
[ganbutsusoushi]
(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
[kanminkakusa]
(n) disparity (of income [pensions, etc.]) between public and private employees
[ganmeikorou]
(adj-na,n) obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound
judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality
[kanmeisocchoku]
(adj-na,n) simple, plain, and artless; clear, concise, and unaffected
[kanmeichokusetsu]
(adj-na,n) simple and plain; frank, direct and unambivalent; straightforward
[ganmeifurei]
(adj-na,n) stubborn and ignorant
[ganmenkouchou]
(n) one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face

 [ganmensouhaku]
(n) one's face turning pale [ashen]; the color being drained from one's face
[kan'youhyougen]
(n) idiomatic expression; idiom
[kanryoushudou]
(n) initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills [rather
than by politicians]
[kanryokujuubun]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) having great [impressive, commanding] presence; having an air of
importance; having enough gravity for (a position)
[kanrokubusoku]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) lacking enough gravity for (a position/task); being an insignificant
figure for (a position/task)
[kanwakyuudai]
(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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[giakushumi]
(n) propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad
[kiinseidou]
(n) being animated [vivid] with grace [elegance, refinement]
[kiukoukatsu]
(adj-na,n) magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set
[kiusoudai]
(adj-na,n) magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set
[kienbanjou]
(n) in very high spirits; talking big
[kikaisenban/kikkaisenban]
(adj-na) very strange [mysterious, weird]; bizarre; monstrous; outrageous

 [kikaibaka]
(n) skilled engineer [mechanic] who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a
great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical
[kikaokubeshi]
(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.
[kikiippatsu]
(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
[kikikaikai]
(adj-na,n) very strange; bizarre; weird; mysterious
[kikyuusonbou]
(n) time of emergency; critical moment [hour, time]; life-or-death situation
[kikyokyodou]
(n) behavior; bearing; deportment; manners; demeanor
[kikyodousa]
(n) behavior; bearing; deportment; manners; demeanor; one's daily life
[kikujunjou]
(n) rules and standards; norms; criteria
[kigenkizuma]
(n) humor; temper; mood
[kigenjougo]
(n) merry drinker
[kikenshinshi]
(n) gentlemen of (high) eminence; notables; dignitaries
[kikenshinshou]
(n) merchant prince
[kigenhoushi]
(n) inquiring into the health [frame of mind] of someone; paying one's respects to
someone
[kikoufuudo]
(n) climate and natural features (of a region)

 [gigokujiken]
(n) bribery scandal [case]
[kikokushuushuu]
(adj-t,adv-to) spine-chilling [hair-raising] [like the wailing and weeping of a restless
ghost]
[gikoshugi]
(n) archaism; classicism; pseudoarchaism; pseudoclassicism
[kikotsuryouryou]
(adj-t,adv-to) (a person with) strong moral fiber [backbone, determination]
( [kikodoudou]
(adj-t,adv-to) with colors flying and band playing; triumphantly; in splendid array
[kisakujuuou]
(adj-no,n) full of uncanny [outlandish] schemes; employing ingenious shifts and devices;
resorting to clever schemes at will
[kishikaisei]
(n) revival of the dead; recovering from a hopeless situation; pulling something back
from the brink of defeat [failure]
[kishisenmei]
(n) making one's attitude [position, stand] clear; taking a definite stance [Literally:
unfurling and clearly showing one's banner]
[kishoukachi]
(n) very precious; scarcity value
[kijoukuuron]
(n) impractical desktop theory [proposition]; unworkable idea; an idea that isn't worth the
paper it's written on
[kishoutenketsu]
(n) the literary process of introduction, development, turn and conclusion; the logical
order of things
[kishokumanmen]
(n) being all smiles with joy; with one's face beaming with joy; smiling from ear to ear
[gijiren'ai]
(n) pseudo-romance; pseudo [mock] love affair

 [gishin'anki]
(exp,n) being beset with doubts and fears; Suspicion will raise bogies; fearful and
suspicious frame of mind
[kizuikimama]
(adj-na,n) carefree; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience; unfettered;
tending to do as one pleases; self-indulgent
[kiseigainen]
(n) preconceived idea; old [established] notions; fixed [established] ideas
[kiseikanwa]
(n) easing of restraints [regulations]; relaxation of controls; deregulation
[kiseijijitsu]
(n) established fact; accomplished reality; fait accompli
[kisenjouge/kisenshouka]
(n) high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes
[kisenhinpu]
(n) high and low, and rich and poor
[gisoukousaku]
(n,vs) diversionary tactics [maneuvering]; disguise; hide by camouflage
[kisoutengai]
(adj-na,n) fantastic; bizarre; totally unexpected; the most amazing and imaginative
[gisounanmin]
(n) fake [phony] refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
[kizokuishiki]
(n) sense of belonging; (a feeling of) identification (with)
[kisokuen'en]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) gasping for breath; at one's last gasp; breathing feebly; on the brink
of death
[kitaimimon]
(adj-no,n) unheard-of; unparalleled
[kichijuuou]
(adj-no,n) being very witty; very ingenious and resourceful

 [kikkyoukafuku]
(n) fortune and misfortune; weal and woe; prosperity and adversity; ups and downs (of
life)

[kikkyougyouten/bikkurigyouten]
(n,vs) be astonished; be stunned; be startled out of one's wits; be thunderstruck
[kiteirosen]
(n) established [existing] policy [procedure(s)]
[kidoairaku]
(n) human emotions [joy, anger, sorrow, and humor]
[kidoushuusei]
(n,vs) orbital adjustment; mid-course correction; modification (of a planned course of
action); changing horses midstream
[kidogomen]
(n) being given free admission to; having free access to
[kinoukyou]
(n) 1 yesterday and today; 2 (something that happened) only yesterday [just recently]
[kibun'isshin]
(n) complete change of mood; thoroughly refreshing one's spirits
[kibunshidai]
(n) according to [depending on] the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
[kibunsoukai]
(n) feeling great [refreshed]
[kibunkouyou]
(n) feeling exhilarated
[kibuntenkan]
(n) change of pace; change of mood; mental diversion; refreshment of the spirit; a break
[kimajime]
(adj-na,n) earnest; deeply sincere, serious-minded; overseriousness, too earnest
[kimamakatte]
(adj-na,n) self-willed; (doing or saying things) to suit one's own convenience

 [kimamahoudai]
(adj-na,n) as selfishly [willfully] as one pleases
[kimenbusshin]
(n) having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender
heart
[gimonhyoukai]
(n) one's doubts being cleared away [dispelled, resolved]
[gyakuten'yuushou]
(n,vs) upset victory; come-from-behind victory
[gyuuinbashoku]
(n,vs) heavy eating and drinking; eating mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor
[gyuukidashin]
(adj-no,n) wicked and perverse; weird and incoherent
[kyuugyuuichimou]
(n) a drop in the bucket [ocean]; a small fraction (of); trifle
[kyuukokusaimin]
(n) saving a nation and providing relief to people
[kyuukonryokou]
(n) second honeymoon
[kyuushiisshou]
(n) narrow escape from the jaws of death
[kyuushukyougi]
(n,vs) put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)
[kyuushugyougi]
(n,vs) put heads together and confer; convene and discuss; go into a huddle (over)
[kyuushubougi]
(n,vs) go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and
conspire
[kyuushumitsugi]
(n,vs) going into a huddle (over); holding secret [closed-door] conference (about); laying
heads together in secret consultation

 [kyuusogoubyou]
(exp) A cornered rat will bite the cat.; One who is cornered will fight like a devil.
[kyuutaiizen]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) remaining unchanged (from the old state of things); none the
better for the change (if at all)
[kyuuten'akka]
(n) suddenly turning for the worse; sudden deterioration
[kyuutenchokka]
(n-adv,vs) suddenly and precipitately; abruptly; taking a sudden turn
[kyuutoubokushu]
(n,vs) clinging to old customs; adhering to old traditions
[kyuubakujidai]
(n) the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime
[kyuubasouken]
(n) archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
[kyuubatousou]
(n) archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
[kyuuheidaha]
(n) breaking down antiquated notions; abandoning old-time ways; correcting longstanding abuses
[gyuuhosenjutsu]
(n) snail's-pace tactics; snail's-pace shuffling walk adopted by opposition members of
the Diet (parliament) as a tactic for stalling a vote
[kyouasu]
(n) 1 today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; 2 (something that may
happen) very soon [any day now]
[kyouatsushudan]
(n) coercive [high-handed] measure; strong-arm method
[kyouetsushigoku]
(adj-na,n) most humbly pleased [delighted]

 [kyoukakusatsugyuu]
(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.
[kyoukasuigetsu]
(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
[gyougisahou]
(n) good manners; etiquette; decorum; the rules of good behavior
[kyoukinou]
(n) 1 today and yesterday; 2 (something that happened) only yesterday [just recently]
[gyougiminarai]
(n) learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
[kyoukyoukingen]
(exp) Very truly yours [a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary
style]
[kyoukiranbu]
(n,vs) boisterous dance; dancing wildly for joy
[kyoukukangeki]
(n,vs) be struck with awe; be deeply moved with awe
[kyougekisakusen]
(n) pincer operation [tactic]
[kyougenkigo]
(n) [a derogatory term for] fiction; story; novel [Literally: make-believe and fancy talk]
[kyougengoutou]
(n) fake [staged] robbery
[kyougenjisatsu]
(n) mock [sham, fake] suicide
[kyoukenhatsudou]
(n) invoking the (coercive) power of the state; calling upon the (strong) power of the
state

 [kyougen'yuukai]
(n) fake [staged] kidnapping
[kyoukoukingen]
(exp) Very truly yours [a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary
style]
[kyoukoukeihaku]
(exp) Very truly yours [a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary
style]
[kyoukoushudan]
(n) tough measure; firm step; strong measure
[kyoukoutoppa]
(n,vs) force [bulldoze] one's way through
[kyoukourosen]
(n) firm [strong] stand; hard [tough] line
[kyousasendou]
(n,vs) instigation and abetment
[gyoushoukagyou]
(n) the peddling trade
[gyoujuuzaga]
(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)]
[kyoushuboukan]
(n,vs) stand idle by and watch; be a passive onlooker; be an unconcerned spectator of
another's distress
[kyoushinrikuryoku]
(n,vs) combined [concerted] efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
[gyouseishuwan]
(n) skill at administration; one's administrative skills
[kyousoujouri]
(n) an [the] arena of competition

 [kyouzonkyouei]
(n) peaceful coexistence and mutual prosperity
[kyoudaideshi]
(n) fellow pupil [apprentice]
[kyoutendouchi]
(n) astounding; startling; world-shaking; sensational
[kyoudousensen]
(n) common [united] front
[kyoudoubougi]
(n) conspiracy
[kyouhakukannen]
(n) obsession; compulsion
[kyouhankankei]
(n) complicity (in a crime); collusion
[kiyoubinbou]
(adj-na,n) Jack of all trades and master of none; Good workmen are seldom rich.
[kyouheihippai]
(exp,n) Defeat is inevitable for an overconfident army.; Being arrogant and
overconfident inevitably leads to defeat [failure].; Pride comes before a fall.
[kyoumisakuzen]
(adj-t,adv-to) uninteresting; pall; tending to spoil the fun [pleasure] (of); throwing a wet
blanket (on)
[kyoumishinshin]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) very interesting; of absorbing interest; having a keen interest (in);
being immensely curious (about)
[kyoumihon'i]
(adj-na,adj-no,n ) just out of curiosity; merely for amusing; light
[entertaining/sensational] treatment (of a topic)
[kyouyoushousetsu]
(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]

 [kyourakukibun]
(n) enjoyable [pleasant] feeling [atmosphere]
[kyourakuseikatsu]
(n) leading a life of pleasure; pleasure-seeking lifestyle
[kyourandotou]
(n) raging billows [waves]; tumultuous sea; maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great
turmoil
[kyouryokuicchi]
(n,vs) combined [concerted] efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
[kyouryokutaisei]
(n) readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation
[kyouryokumuhi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being the strongest; being powerful [mighty] without equal
[kyokyojitsujitsu]
(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
[kyokugaichuuritsu]
(n) neutrality; staying above the fray
[kyokugakuasei]
(n) prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times
[gyokusaishugi]
(n) the principle [ideology] of honorable death and no surrender
[kyokujitsushouten]
(n) full of vigor and vitality [like the rising sun]; being in the ascendant
[gyokusekikonkou]
(n,vs) a mixture of the good and bad; a jumble of wheat and tares
[kyokumen'itten]
(n) sudden reversal in the tide of events; the situation taking a new turn
[kyokumendakai]
(n) breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation

 [kyokokuicchi]
(n,vs) national unity; the whole nation being united for a common cause
[kyojitsukonkou]
(n) mishmash of truth and untruth; mixture of fiction and fact
[kyojitsuhimaku]
(exp,n) the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a
realm that is neither truth nor fiction.
[kyoshintankai]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor; with
no preconceived notions
[kyoshinheiki]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) with an open and calm mind; without reserve; with utmost candor; with
no preconceived notions
[kyozetsuhannou]
(n) rejection (symptom); strong reaction (against)
[kyosogendou]
(n) speech and behavior; words and deeds
[kyososhintai]
(n) behavior; bearing; demeanor
[kyodatsujoutai]
(n) state of lethargy; absolute bewilderment; daze; mental numbness
[kyodoufushin]
(n) suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
[kyoninkaken]
(n) ministerial authority to grant permits and approvals
[kyohihannou]
(n) adverse reaction; negative response to; strong reaction (against)
[kiyohouhen]
(n) praise and censure; differing views of someone's achievements; one's public
reputation, both good and bad
[kyomutentan]
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to,n) rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless

 [giriippen]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) perfunctory; going-through-the-motions sort of (invitation, gift, etc.)
[girininjou]
(n) duty and humanity; (a sense of) moral obligation and humane feelings
[kiryakujuuou]
(adj-no,n) full of resourceful ideas; full of shifts and devices; very resourcefully using
tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment
[kiryokuousei]
(adj-na,n) being full of energy [drive, motivation, vitality]
[kiryokuouitsu]
(n) being full of vitality [energy]; in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient
[giron'hyakushutsu]
(n) endless [fierce] arguments; diverse arguments arising in great numbers
[gironfuttou]
(n,vs) discussion [argument] becoming heated; debate being in a ferment
[kin'oumuketsu/kinnoumuketsu]
(n) flawless; perfect; (a nation) having never been invaded by outside forces
[kinkaichijitsu]
(n) evanescent glory; passing prosperity
[kinkaicchou]
(n) evanescent glory; passing prosperity
[kinkagyokujou]
(n) a golden rule
[kinkijakuyaku]
(n,vs) jump [dance] for joy; cannot contain one's joy
[kinkyuujitai]
(n) state of emergency; exigency; crisis
[kinkyuudougi]
(n) urgent motion
[kingenjicchoku]
(adj-na,n) very discreet, sincere, and honest; sober and upright

 [kinkenchochiku]
(n) thrift and saving
[kingenmeiku]
(n) golden [wise] saying; aphorism; maxim
[kinkenrikkou]
(n,vs) work hard and practice frugality
[kingoukinzai]
(n) surrounding country; neighboring villages

[kinkoubokuzetsu/kinkoumokuzetsu]
(n) (public) opinion leader
[kinkotsuryuuryuu]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) muscular; strong-muscled
[kinkon'ichiban]
(n-adv) gird up one's loins; brace oneself up (for); act with determination and resolve
[kinshigyokuyou]
(n) (1) member of the Imperial family; royalty; (2) beautiful clouds
[kinshitsusouwa]
(n,vs) marital harmony; living (together) happily as husband and wife
[kinjouteppeki]
(n) impregnable castle [walls]; impregnable fortress; impregnable defense
[kinjoutenka]
(n) adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty
[honor, grace] with even greater glory
[kinjoutouchi]
(n) impregnable fortress; impassable moat [bulwark]; unassailable territory
[kinjogappeki]
(n) immediate neighborhood
[kinjomeiwaku]
(n) nuisance [annoyance, inconvenience] to (people in) the neighborhood

 [kinsenkankaku]
(n) sense for (how to use) money; money sense
[kinsentetsugaku]
(n) one's philosophy of making, saving, and spending money
[kinsenmondai]
(n) money matter; question of money; money trouble
[kinchoukanwa]
(n) detente; easing [relation] of tension
[kindengyokurou]
(n) magnificent palace; palatial residence
[kinnoujoui]
(n) loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
[kinpaginpa]
(n) sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising
[setting] sun
[kin'yokuseikatsu]
(n) an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence
[kinrandonsu]
(n) gold-brocade satin damask; expensive silk fabrics
[kinrinkougai]
(n) (noise/smell/air/water) pollution in the neighborhood
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[kuukuujakujaku]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and
nonattached; All is void.
[kuukuubakubaku]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) vast; boundless; empty; vague and hazy
[kuuzenzetsugo]
(n) (so marvelous or horrible that it may be) the first and probably the last;
unprecedented; the greatest of all time

 [kuusokuzeshiki]
(exp,n) Voidness is form.; What appears empty is form itself. [A Buddhist teaching]
[kuuchuuroukaku]
(n) castle in the air; pie in the sky
[kuutenkokkai]
(n) stalled session of the Diet [Japanese Parliament]
[kuurikuuron]
(n) an impractical [empty] theory; vain speculation; unrealistic and useless arguments
[kugakurikkou]
(n,vs) strenuous pursuit of learning under difficulties; completing one's education while
working hard to support oneself
[gukeikentei]
(n) a foolish older brother and a smart younger
[gushaittoku]
(exp,n) Even a fool may sometimes give good counsel.
[kushakuniken]
(n) (tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
[kushinsantan]
(n,vs) taking great pains; making strenuous efforts; going to all the trouble
[guzuguzu]
(adj-na,adv,exp) tardily; hesitantly; hesitatingly; dilly-dallying; lingering; complaining
[kusurikusoubai]
(exp,n) Medicines are priced at nine times their cost.; There is a huge markup in
medicines.
[kusungobu]
(n) dagger (with a blade approx. 29 cm long)
[kusomajime]
(adj-na,n) overly serious; absurdly [ridiculously] serious; serious to a fault
[kuchijamisen]
(n) humming a samisen tune; (con someone with) clever lies [slick talk]

 [kuchibuchouhou]
(adj-na,n) poor talker; inarticulate person; awkward in expressing oneself; clumsy in the
use of language
[kubukurin]
(n-adv,n) in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred; almost certainly; in all probability
[kumakouhachikou]
(n) the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
[kumosukekonjou]
(n) predatory nature; rapacious disposition
[gumongutou]
(n) silly questions and silly answers; silly dialogue
[kuroutokatagi]
(n) professionalism; the temperament of a professional
[kurotabaibai]
(n) dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
[kukromonokaden]
(n) black goods; consumer electronics products
[kuwabarakuwabara]
(int) Heaven help me!; Heaven forbid!
[gunkichikan]
(n) lack of [slackness in] military discipline; demoralization
[gunkirouei]
(n) disclosure [leakage, betrayal] of military secrets
[kunshihyouhen]
(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].
[kunminseion]
(n) Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul [Hangul] alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun [Enmun]

 [gun'yuukakkyo]
(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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[geiinbashoku]
(n,vs) heavy eating and drinking; drinking like a fish and eating like a horse; eating
mountains of food and drinking oceans of liquor
[keieiichinyo]
(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
[keikyomoudou]
(n,vs) rash and blind act; acting on impulse taking no heed of possible consequences
( [keigun'ikkaku]
(n) a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the
common run of men
[keikougyuugo]
(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.
[keikokusaimin]
(n) governing a nation and providing relief to people
[keikokukeisei]
(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
[keisatsuzata]
(n) a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law
[geijutsukahada]
(n) be something of an artist; have something of the artist in one
[keiseigyakuten]
(n,vs) the situation reverses itself; the table is turned; the shoe is on the other foot

 [keiseikeikoku]
(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
[keiseisaimin]
(n) governing a nation and providing relief to people
[keiseifuri]
(adj-na,n) situation [turn of events] being unfavorable [disadvantageous]
[keiseiyuuri]
(adj-na,n) situation [turn of events] being favorable [advantageous]
[keichoufuhaku]
(adj-na,n) frivolous and thoughtless; fickle and frivolous
[keiten'aijin]
(exp) "Revere heaven, love people."
[keihakusaishi]
(n) shallow, glib and obsequious person
[keihakutanshou]
(adj-na,n) light, thin, short, and small (products); light and compact (products)
[keimyoushadatsu]
(adj-na,n) free and easy; witty and refined; smart and polished
[keimeikutou]
(n) person who resorts to petty tricks; person of small caliber who is only capable of
petty tricks
[keirekisashou]
(n) misrepresentation [falsification] of one's past record [personal history]
[gesakuzanmai]
(n) being absorbed in writing popular novels [cheap fictions]; being absorbed in writing
something to amuse oneself
( [gesuyarou]
(n) low [crude/coarse] man; boor
[gedaigakumon]
(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

 [ketsuenkankei]
(n) blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
[gekkasuikou]
(n) polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in
the choice of diction

(n) go-between; matchmaker

[gekkahyoujin]

[kekkafuza]
(n) sitting with crossed legs; the lotus position [in Zen meditation]
[gekkaroujin]
(n) go-between; matchmaker
[gekkyuudorobou]
(n) freeloader; slacker; lazy worker who does not deserve his salary
[gekkeiunkaku]
(n) court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace
[kenenzairyou]
(n) cause [grounds] for concern [anxiety]; reason for uneasiness
[kenkaikokou]
(adj-na,n) stubborn and aloof
[kenkaikorou]
(adj-na,n) stubbornly sticking to old ways; narrow-mindedly rejecting other people's
views
[kenkaifuki]
(adj-na,n) stubbornly sticking to one's own convictions; being stubbornly independent
[gengakushumi]
(n) pedantry; display of one's learning; being of a pedantic disposition
[kenkazata]
(n) beginning [developing into] a quarrel [a fight, an altercation]
[genkihatsuratsu]
(adj-na,n) be full of energy [liveliness]; be full of pep

 [kenkyoufukai]
(n,vs) farfetched (idea/interpretation); twisted (argument), forced (view); strained
(logic/interpretation)
[kengunchouku]
(n,vs) (conduct a) military expedition deep into enemy territory
[kengunbanri]
(n) military expedition deep into enemy territory
[kengen'ijou]
(n) delegation of authority [power]; devolution; empowerment
[gengenkuku]
(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word
[kenkengougou]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) wild uproar; clamor of voices; tumult; pandemonium of noise;
many people clamorously pronouncing diverse opinions
[kenkenfukuyou]
(n,vs) firmly bear in mind; have something engraved on one's mind [heart]
[genkouicchi]
(n) consistency of speech and action; acting up to one's words; practicing what one
preaches
[genkousogo]
(n) inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing
what one preaches
[kenkon'itteki]
(n) staking all (on); playing for all or nothing; risking everything on one throw of the dice
[genjitsuninshiki]
(n) accepting [acknowledging] the reality
[genjitsurosen]
(n) (following) a pragmatic (policy) line [approach]
[genjouiji]
(n) maintenance [preservation] of the status quo

 [genjoudaha]
(n) abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present
situation
[genjouhaaku]
(n) grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation
[genjouhitei]
(n) refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the
status quo
[kenseisakusen]
(n) diversionary operations
[genseichuuritsu]
(adj-na,n) strict neutrality
[genseriyaku/genzeriyaku]
(n) spiritual [material] benefit gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist
teachings
[gentenshugi]
(n) demerit [points-off] system

[kendojuurari/kendochourai]
(n) recouping one's strength for a renewed attack (on); making another attempt with
redoubled efforts
[kenninjikyuu]
(n) dogged perseverance; untiring patience
[kenninfubatsu]
(n) indomitable perseverance; invincible fortitude
[kenpakudoui]
(n) sophism; sophistry; quibbling
[genpatsuginza]
(n) area where a string of nuclear power plants are located
[genbun'icchi]
(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

 [kenboujussaku]
(n) trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others; Machiavellism
[kenboujussuu]
(n) trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others; Machiavellism
[kenmonkakuchi]
(n) perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and
consciousness)
[gen'yashouhou]
(n) the selling of waste land [worthless property] by unscrupulous real-estate developers
[kenrankarei]
(adj-na,n) luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent
[kenrangouka]
(adj-na,n) luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent
[kenroukengo]
(adj-na,n) firm and solid; stout and durable
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[kouikoukan]
(n) (person of) high rank and office [exalted station]; persons in high positions
[kouunryuusui]
(n) living naturally unmindful of mundane affairs; taking life as it comes; [metaphorically]
floating with the tide
[goukaihonpou]
(adj-na,n) big-hearted and free-spirited; daring and uninhibited
[goukakenran]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent

(adj-na,n) sly and crafty

[koukatsuroukai]

[koukatekimen]
(adj-na,n) immediately effective; bring an immediate result (on); have an instant effect
(on)

 [koukahougin]
(n,vs) sing at the top of one's voice; sing one's head off
[koukabatsugun]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) exceptionally effective; exceptional effectiveness
[kougankaren]
(adj-na,n) youthful and endearing; rosy-cheeked and sweet
[gouganfuson]
(adj-na,n) arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence
[gouganburei]
(adj-na,n) arrogant and rude
[kouganmuchi]
(adj-na,n) brazen and shameless; unscrupulous
[goukikadan]
(adj-na,n) dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution
[koukishukusei]
(n) enforcing strict official discipline; eliminating corruption among government officials
[koukitourai]
(exp,n) an opportunity presenting itself; A good chance has come.
[koukibinran]
(n) laxity in official discipline; public order being in disarray

(n) permanent and immutable

[koukyuufuhen]

[kougenreishoku]
(n) honeyed words and oiled smiles; (using) sweet words with feigned sincerity
[kougosayou]
(n) (mutual) interaction; reciprocal action; interplay
[koukotsujoutai]
(n) state of ecstasy [rapture]; trance; senile dementia
[koukotsumoji]
(n) ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces

 [kousaijouzu]
(adj-na,n) good at socializing; sociability; being a good mixer
[kousaijouri]
(n) social circles; the arena of (fashionable) society
[kousaibeta]
(adj-na,n) bad at socializing; bad in social situation; being a bad mixer
( [kousairikuri]
(adj-t,adv-to) dazzling; brilliant
[kouzanryuusui]
(n) 1 high mountains and running water; the beauty of nature; (2) beautifully [skillfully]
played music
[koushiisshin]
(n,vs) undergo a complete change; turn over a new leaf
[koushikondou]
(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
[koujitama]
(exp) Happy events are often accompanied by difficulties.; Unsullied joy is rare.
[goujougaman]
(adj-no,n) obstinate and self-assertive
[goujouganko]
(adj-na,n) headstrong; obstinate; bullheaded
[koujoryouzoku]
(n) public order and morals [decency]; public peace and good order
[koujinbanjou]
(n) rising cloud of (yellowish) dust; clouds of yellow dust
[kouseikai]
(exp) The young should be regarded with respect.
[kouseibougyo]
(n) attack as a form of defense; attacking [active] defense

 [kouseimushi]
(adj-na,n) fair and impartial; just and unselfish
[koudaimuhen]
(adj-na,n) boundless; infinite; vast
[kouchisessoku]
(n) better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp
than slow and prudent
[kouchakujoutai]
(n) state of deadlock; standstill; stalemate

[koudoukichinichi/oudoukichinichi]
(n) very auspicious day for all types of occasions
[koudougenri]
(n) behavioral principle; principle [value] governing one's conduct
[koutoumukei]
(adj-na,n) groundless and preposterous; absurdity; sheer nonsense
[koutouryokushu]
(n) (nights of) fun, food, and drink; bright-light district; nightlife district
[koutosankutsu]
(n) very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger
[kouhantaki]
(adj-na,n) extensive and wide-ranging; widespread and divergent
[kouhyousakusaku]
(adj-t,adv-to) enjoying great popularity; receiving widespread high praise; being a great
success with the public
[koufungimi]
(n) being somewhat excited [agitated]
[kouheimushi]
(adj-na,n) impartial and disinterested; fair and unprejudiced
[koubouseisui]
(n) rise and fall; prosperity and decline; vicissitudes

 [gouhousoya]
(adj-na,n) bold and boorish
[gouhourairaku]
(adj-na,n) bold and big-hearted; broad-minded, free, and easy
[goumanfuson]
(adj-na) haughty; arrogant; overbearing; intolerable insolence
[goumanburei]
(adj-na,n) arrogant and insolent; haughty and contemptuous
[koumeiseidai]
(adj-na,n) fair and aboveboard; open and honest
[koumouhekigan]
(n) red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner
[kouyuukankei]
(n) one's (friendly) relationships; the people one knows [goes around with]
[gouyuumuhi]
(adj-no,n) unparalleled for valor; unmatched for bravery
[gouyokuhidou]
(adj-na,n) abnormally and inhumanly greedy; cruel and rapacious
[kourakubiyori]
(n) ideal weather for an outing
[kouryourakubaku]
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to) scene looking desolate and forlorn
[kouron'otsubaku]
(n,vs) arguments pro and con; arguing for and against [something] with no resolution in
sight
[kourontakusetsu]
(n) excellent opinion; brilliant exposition; outstanding argument; insightful view
[koeishouzen]
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to) lonely and crestfallen; lonely and heavy-hearted figure

 [goetsudoushuu]
(n) bitter enemies stuck together in the same boat by chance; antagonists joining
together for a common purpose
[ko'oukonrai]
(n-adv) through all ages; since remote antiquity; from ancient times to the present
[gokakushoubu]
(n) equal contest; close game; well-matched game; even match
[kogatanazaiku]
(n) (1) carving done with a knife; (2) cheap trick; simple trickery; petty strategem
[kogishunjun]
(n,vs) be in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision
[gokuakuhidou]
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
[kokuihatsuyou]
(n) enhancing national prestige; expanding national influence
[kokusaikankaku]
(n) cosmopolitan [international] way of thinking; feeling for the wider world
[kokusaijouri]
(n) the international arena
[kokusairikigaku]
(n) dynamics of international [foreign] relations
[kokushimusou]
(n) person of great caliber unparalleled in the land; person of unsurpassed distinction
[kokushokumusou]
(adj-no,n) (a woman of) unparalleled beauty; (a woman's beauty being) matchless
throughout the land
[kokuhakumujou]
(adj-na,n) cold-hearted; callous; merciless; implacable; ruthless
[gokurakuoujou]
(n,vs) rebirth in Paradise; (die) an easy and peaceful death

 [gokurakugokuraku]
(exp) It's absolute heaven.; It's sheer bliss.
[gokurakutonbo]
(n) happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante
[kogunfuntou]
(n,vs) fight alone; put up a solitary struggle; carry on a single-handed battle
[kokoichiban]
(n) the crucial moment; the moment of truth; a do-or-die situation; a crucial juncture
[stage]
[gokougomin]
(n) land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the
year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
[gokokuhoujou]
(n) bumper [abundant] crop; huge harvest (of cereals)
[gogonzekku]
(n) poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
[kokontouzai]
(n-adv,n) all times and places; everywhen and everywhere
[kokondoppo]
(n) unsurpassed in history
) [kokonmusou]
(n) unparalleled in history
[kokonmurui]
(n) unequaled in history
[gogonrisshi]
(n) poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
[koshikakeshigoto]
(n) stopgap job; just a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time
[kojikikonjou]
(n) mercenary [mean] spirit; greediness; covetous disposition; base [mean] spirit of
seeking freeloading [cadging] opportunities wherever possible

 [kojikibouzu/kotsujikibouzu]
(n) [a derogatory term for] Buddhist monk
[kojiseigo]
(n) idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China
[koshitantan]
(adj-t,adv-to) watching vigilantly for an opportunity to prey upon
[gojuuonjun]
(n) the order of the Japanese syllabary; kana order; (in) a-i-u-e-o order
[gojuuchimei]
(exp) At age fifty, one comes to know the will of Heaven. [Confucius]
[goshouisshou]
(n) extremely important or once in a lifetime (request); only once in one's lifetime
[goshoudaiji]
(n) with religious zeal; treasuring (something); keeping (something) with jealous care
[kojourakugetsu]
(n) feeling apprehensive; feeling [looking] lone and helpless; being down-and-out
[ruined]; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
[kojourakujitsu]
(n) feeling apprehensive; feeling [looking] lone and helpless; being down-and-out
[ruined]; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
[koshokusouzen]
(adj-t,adv-to) antique-looking; with the patina of age; hoary with age
[kojiraireki]
(n) origin and history of things handed down from ancient times; historical particulars
[gozumezu]
(n) a type of demons in the Buddhist hell with a human body and the head of a bull or
horse
[gozenjiai]
(n) game [contest] held in the presence of a lord [daimyo, shogun]
[gozouroppu]
(n) the bowels and other internal organs; the vital organs

 [gotaimanzoku]
(adj-na,n) with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb
[kodaimousou]
(n) delusions of grandeur; megalomania
[kochakukannen]
(n) a fixation; fixed idea; obsession
[kokkasonbou]
(n) the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
[kokkataji]
(adj-no,n) eventful times for the nation; the nation being in turmoil; the storm clouds
gathering in the land
[kokkanmousho]
(n) bitter cold and fierce heat
[kokkishousjin]
(n,vs) self-control and close application; self-denial and diligent devotion
[kokkifukurei]
(n,vs) exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality
[kokkushoujin]
(n,vs) be arduous; work diligently enduring hardships; make a strenuous effort
[kokkuseirei]
(n,vs) be arduous; work diligently enduring hardships; make a strenuous effort
[kokkubenrei]
(n,vs) be arduous; work diligently enduring hardships; make a strenuous effort
[kokkeikaigyaku]
(n) smooth-talking and humorous; with jocose and comical airs
[kokkeishadatsu]
(adj-na,n) smooth-talking and polished; witty; free, easy, and urbane
[kotsunikusoushoku]
(n) blood feud; domestic [family] discord
() [koppamijin]
(n) fragments and splinters; smithereens [atoms, bits]

 [koppayakunin]
(n) [a derogatory term for] petty [minor] official
[koteikannen]
(n) stereotype; prejudice; fixed idea
[gotegote]
(n) ending up behind with everything; being always too late [never in time]
[gotehippai]
(exp,n) Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second.; Being slow to take action
inevitably leads to defeat.
[goninbayashi]
(n) five court-musician dolls at the Girls' Festival (March 3)
[koharubiyori]
(n) balmy autumn weather; warm spring-like weather in early winter
[gofuujuu'u]
(n) seasonable rains and winds; rains and winds suitable for growing; halcyon weather;
halcyon times of peace
[kofukugekijou]
(n,vs) (people) sing the praises [enjoy the blessings] of peace
[kobugekirei]
(n,vs) inspire and encourage (someone); put (someone) on his mettle
[gobugobu]
(n) evenly matched; on even [equal] terms; tie; toss-up; on a 50-50 basis
[gobusata]
(n,vs) not writing or contacting for a while; neglecting [failing] to write [call, visit, etc.];
long silence
[kobushizen]
(n) having something of the old-time samurai about one
[gomashioatama]
(n) salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
[goyougakusha]
(n) a scholar beholden to the government; scholar who curries favor with persons in
power; self-serving academic

 [goyoukumiai]
(n) a company union; a sweetheart union; a company-run labor [trade] union
[goyoushounin]
(n) purveyor to the government; merchant who enjoys government patronage
[goyoushinbun]
(n) newspaper that follows the government line; newspaper that curries favor with the
government
[goyouhanta]
(adj-na,n) being busy with many things; extreme busyness due to pressure of business
[often used humorously]
[koritsumuen]
(n) friendless isolation; fighting [struggling] alone and unassisted
[gorimuchuu]
(n) totally at a loss; losing one's bearings; mystified; clueless and bewildered; groping in
the dark; (lost) in a fog
[koriyoukai]
(n) foxes and badgers [which were believed to bewitch humans] and all sorts of bogies;
sly fellow who does evil by stealth; tricksters
[korouganmei]
(adj-na,n) obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound
judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality
[kowamotedanpan]
(n) aggressive negotiations; hard-line bargaining
[konkishigoto]
(n) laborious task; work that requires a lot of patience
[konkukyuubou]
(n) hardships and privations
[konkuketsubou]
(n) hardships and privations
[gongujoudo]
(n) seeking rebirth in the Pure Land; the aspiration to be reborn in Paradise

 [kongoukengo]
(n) firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
[kongoufue]
(n) firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
[kongourikishi]
(n) the guardian gods (at a temple gate)
[gongodoudan]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) outrageous; preposterous; inexcusable; absurd; unspeakable
[konzatsuguai]
(n) the state [degree] of congestion; how bad traffic jams are
[konzesakuhi]
(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
( [konsetsuteinei]
(adj-na,n) [an explanation, advice, etc. being] kind, careful, and thorough; thoughtful and
scrupulous
[konzen'ittai]
(n) individual units blending into a uniform whole; separate units forming a harmonious
whole; in complete harmony
[konnyakumondou]
(n) irrelevant and incoherent dialogue; incoherent questions and answers; meaningless
[off-the-beam] debate; dialogue at cross purposes
[konpongenri]
(n) fundamental [underlying] principle; ground rules; keystone
[konmeijoutai]
(n) befuddled [bewildered, confused] state; stupor
[konrinnaraku]
(n-adv,n) utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock
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 [saikaimokuyoku]
(n,vs) washing and purifying one's body before praying or performing religious
ceremonies; performing one's ablutions
[saikikanpatsu]
(adj-na,n) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen
[sparkling] intellect
[saikijuuou]
(adj-na,n) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen
[sparkling] intellect
[saikihatsuratsu]
(adj-t,adv-to) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen
[sparkling] intellect
[saikifunou]
(n) be beyond [have no hope of] recovery
[saigotsuuchou]
(n) ultimatum
[saisainennen]
(adv,n) annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year
[saisansaishi]
(adv,n) repeatedly; over and over again; again and again
[saishikajin]
(n) a talented man and a beautiful woman; well-matched pair; the quick-witted and the
beautiful; wit and beauty
[saishikenzoku]
(n) one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family
[saishitabyou]
(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.
[zaijoukyuumei]
(n) closely examining [questioning] the concrete circumstances of a crime
[zaijoumeihaku]
(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

 [saishokukenbi]
(n) (a woman) being gifted with both intelligence [wit] and beauty
[saiseiicchi]
(n) unity of church and state; government of a country by religious leaders; theocracy
[saiseibunri]
(n) separation of church and state; separation of religious ritual and government
administration
[saichijuuou]
(adj-na,n) resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen
[sparkling] intellect
[saichouhotan]
(n,vs) compensating for one's shortcomings by incorporating others' strong points
[saibanzata]
(n) law suit; litigation; court fight; legal wangle
( [saihoujoudo]
(n) Buddhist paradise; the Western Pure Land
[zaiyaseishin]
(n) spirit of defiance of the opposition party; antiestablishment mindset

[sakiototoi/issakusakujitsu/sakiototsui]
(n-adv,n-t) two days before yesterday; three days back [ago]

[sakiototoshi/issakusakunen]
(n-adv,n-t) two years before last (year); three years back [ago]
[sakuhikonze]
(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
[sakuranjoutai]
(n) state of (mental) confusion [agitation]
[sakouben]
(n,vs) hesitation; wavering; looking left and right and all around, unable to make up
one's mind; shilly-shally

 [sajinmoumou]
(adj-t,adv-to) big clouds of dust; haze of dust
[samidareshiki]
(n) intermittent [off and on] manner; dragging on and on
[sayuuittsui]
(n) left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair
[sayuutaishou]
(adj-no,n) bilateral symmetry
[sayoshigure]
(n) light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter
[san'enshugi]
(n) the principle [philosophy] of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of
"see-not, hear-not, and speak-not"
[sangairuten]
(n) endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future
existences

(n) love triangle; eternal triangle

[sankakukankei]

[sangakukyoudou]
(n) cooperation between industrial enterprises and universities
[sangakuchoujou]
(adj-t,adv-to) mountains rising one above another
[sankanshion]
(n) repeated pattern of a few cold days followed by a few warm ones (marking the
coming of spring)
[zangyakuhidou]
(adj-na,n) inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty
( [zangyakumudou]
(adj-na,n) inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty
[sangouzasshi]
(n) short-lived magazine [periodical]

 [zankokuhidou]
(adj-na,n) inhumanity; atrocity; abominable cruelty
[sansankudo]
(n) (three-times-three) exchange of nuptial cups
[sansangogo]
(adv) in groups of twos and threes; in small groups
[sanshisuimei]
(n) scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor
[sanshasan'you]
(n) each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his
[her] own way
[sanshateiritsu]
(n) three parties [forces] opposing one another; three-cornered contest
[sanjuurokkei]
(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.
[zanshinkibatsu]
(adv-na,n) novel, unconventional, and daring
[sanzeinga]
(n) retribution spanning the threes temporal worlds [the present, the past, and the
future]
[sanzensekai]
(n) the whole wide world; the great universe (of one billion worlds) that Buddha
enlightened

(n) nature; natural scenery

[sansensoumoku]

[sansenbanri]
(n) being far away across mountains and rivers
[zanninkokuhaku]
(adj-na,n) atrocious and cold-blooded; cruel; brutal; merciless

 [zanninhijou]
(adj-na,n) utterly callous; atrociously brutal; cruel and inhuman
[zanninhidou]
(adj-na,n) cruel and inhuman; brutal; merciless
[zanninreikoku]
(adj-na,n) atrocious and cold-blooded; cruel; brutal; merciless
[sanbanshoubu]
(n) three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game)
[sanbonshoubu]
(n) a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest
[zannenshigoku]
(adj-na,n) deep regret; bitter disappointment; chagrin; vexation
[zannenmunen]
(adj-na,exp,n) Darn it!; What a pity!; vexation; deep regret
[sanpaikyuuhai]
(n,vs) kowtowing; bowing repeatedly
[sanbyakudaigen]
(n) pettifogging lawyer; shyster
[sanpiryouron]
(n) pros and cons; arguments for and against, mixed reception
[sanpobiyori]
(n) ideal weather for a walk
[sanmanjouchou]
(adj-na,n) diffuse and verbose [writing]
[sanmiittai]
(n) the Holy Trinity; a unity of three different elements
[sanmushugi]
(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

 [sanmenkiji]
(n) human-interest stories; local news; police news [in a newspaper]
[sanmenroppi]
(n) being competent and active in many fields; versatile; one person doing the work of
many
[sanmonshousetsu]
(n) cheap [dime] novel
[sanmonbunshi]
(n) hack writer; literary hack; scribbler; pulp writer

(n) third-rate actor

[sanmon'yakusha]

[san'yousuitai]
(n) scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor
[sanwarijichi]
(n) the "thirty-percent autonomy" of local governments
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[shiasatte/myoumyougonichi]
(n-adv,n-t) two days after tomorrow; three days from now [hence]
[shiannagekubi]
(n) being at one's wit's end; being (quite) at a loss (what to do)
[shiikakangen]
(n) Chinese and Japanese poetry and instrumental music; poetry and music; literature
and music
[shienshiyoku]
(n) personal grudges and selfish desires
) [shikaikeitei]
(n) people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood [fraternity]
[shikaidouhou]
(n) people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood [fraternity]

 [shikakushimen]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) square; strait-laced; formal; prim and stiff; punctilious
[jigajisan]
(n,vs) sing one's own praises; praise one's own wares; blow one's own horn
[shikatsumondai]
(n) matter [question] of life or death; vital question
[jikadouchaku]
(n,vs) self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
[jikahon'i]
(n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity
[jikayakurou]
(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
[shikiousei]
(adj-na,n) morale being very high; heightened fighting spirit
[shikioriori]
(n) from season to season; season by season; of each season; in each season
[shikikouyou]
(n,vs) raise [lift] morale; have an inspiring effect on morale
[jikisoushou]
(adj-na,n) premature; too early; The time is not ripe
[shikisokuzekuu]
(exp,n) Matter is void; All is vanity.
[shikisosou]
(n,vs) demoralization; collapse of morale; one's morale being shaken
[jikitourai]
(n) a good chance coming along; the time has come (for/to/when...); opportunity
knocking
() [jikyuusakusen]
(n) strategy of engaging in position warfare; strategy of turning a game into an
endurance contest; playing a waiting game

 [jikyuujisoku]
(n,vs) self-sufficiency; autarky
[shikinkyori]
(n) close range; point-blank range
[shikuhakku]
(n,vs) be in dire distress; have a real struggle
[shiguremoyou]
(n) showery sky; [it is] looking showery
[jikurosenri]
(n) a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation
[jikenkisha]
(n) crime reporter; police reporter
[shikenjigoku]
(n) examination hell; the ordeal of children preparing for highly competitive entrance
examinations
[jikoanji]
(n,vs) self suggestion; autosuggestion
[shikousakugo]
(n,vs) trial and error
[jigoujitoku]
(n) suffering the consequences (of one's own actions); reaping as one sows; getting
one's just deserts
[shikoushihei]
(adj-na,n) completely just and fair
[shikourokumin]
(n) land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the
year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
[jikoenshutsu]
(n,vs) an author directing [producing] his/her own play [film]; staging oneself for effect;
presenting oneself in a favorable light
[jikogisei]
(n) self-sacrifice; self-renunciation

 [jikogiman]
(n,vs) self-deception
[jigokuezu]
(n) painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
[shigokugomottomo]
(exp) You are quite right.; Quite so.; What you say is sensible enough.
[jikokutourai]
(exp,n) The time has come (for/to/when...); Now is the time.
[jikoken'o]
(n,vs) self-disgust; self-hatred; self-abhorrence
[jikokeihatsu]
(n,vs) self-development; self-enlightenment
[jikokenji]
(n,vs) making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own cause; an ego trip; exhibitionism
[jikojitsugen]
(n,vs) self-actualization; self-fulfillment; self-realization
[jikoshuchou]
(n,vs) self-assertion; self-assertiveness
[jigoshoudaku]
(n,vs) ex-post-facto approval; ratification
[jikosogai]
(n) self-alienation; self-estrangement
[jikochuushin]
(n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity
[shigotoichizu]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) singlemindedly devoted to work
[jikotoukai]
(n, vs) concealing one's talents [position, status, intentions, etc.]; self-effacement
[jikotousui]
(n,vs) narcissism; self-absorption; self-intoxication

 [jikodouchaku]
(n,vs) self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
[shigotoningen]
(n) fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
[shigotohitosuji]
(n) living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
[jikohidai]
(n) self-aggrandizement; self-glorification; something becoming large by feeding upon
itself
[jikofutan]
(n,vs) payment of one's own expenses; bearing one's own expenses; an individual's
share of an expense
[jikobengo]
(n,vs) defending oneself; self-justification; self-vindication; an excuse; a rationalization
[jikohon'i]
(adj-no,n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity
[jikohozen]
(n) self-protection; self-preservation
[jikoman'etsu]
(n,vs) self-congratulation
[jikomanzoku]
(n) self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency
[jikomujun]
(n,vs) self-contradiction; paradox; antinomy
[jikoyokusei]
(n,vs) self-restraint; self-control; self-repression; abstinence; self-inhibition; autogenic
inhibition; autogenous suppression
[shikonshousai]
(n) having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense; gentlemanly spirit
combined with business acumen
[jisakujien]
(n,vs) performing [acting] a part in one's own play; playacting; a put-up job; a charade

 [jisashukkin]
(n) staggered working hours; flextime; flexitime
[shizanketsuga]
(n) heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
[shishieiei]
(adj-t,adv-to) assiduously; with unremitting zeal
[shijikiban]
(n) one's support [power] base; the base of one's support in an electorate
[shishigotai]
(n) the [one's] whole body
[jijikokkoku]
(adv,n) hourly; from hour to hour; moment by moment; momently; from one minute to
the next; with each passing moment
[shishishinchuu]
(n) treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider
[shishisoushou]
(n) generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple
[shishisonson]
(n) one's descendants; one's offspring; posterity
[shishitsueimei]
(adj-na,n) wise and clear-sighted; intelligent and astute by nature; blessed with talents
[jijitsukankei]
(n) all the facts [essentials, circumstances] of a (particular) case
[jijitsumukon]
(n) groundless; unfounded; entirely contrary to fact
[jijibutsubutsu]
(n) everything; every affair [matter]; all things
[shishifunjin]
(n,vs) furiously; with the fury of a lion; with irresistible force; with furious energy
[shishagonyuu]
(n,vs) rounding (off)

 [shijuukunichi]
(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
[shijuuhatte]
(n) the 48 basic sumo techniques; every trick in the book
[shijuufuwaku]
(exp) At forty, one has no doubts. [Confucius]
[jishudokuou]
(n) independent way of life
[shijunshikou]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) utmost purity
[shijunshisei]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) utmost purity
[shijoukuuzen]
(n) unprecedented in history; unheard-of; epoch-making
[jijousayou]
(n) self-purification; nature's self-cleansing functions
[jijoujibaku]
(n) being caught in one's own trap; being caught in a web of one's own making
[jijouchoushu]
(n,vs) police interview; police questioning a witness [suspect] to obtain information
(about a crime)
[jijounouryoku]
(n) self-cleansing power; being capable of purifying oneself
[shishoufuchi]
(adj-no,n) daredevil; reckless; thinking nothing of one's death
[shijoumeirei]
(n) supreme directive; unconditional command; overriding necessity; an absolute must;
categorical imperative
[shijouyuiitsu]
(n) the first in history; only once in history

 [shijouyoukyuu]
(n) overriding necessity; absolute requirement; an absolute must
[jishokannen]
(n) the orientation of time and place; awareness of the existing situation
[shishogokyou]
(n) the Nine Chinese [Confucian] Classics
[jijodoryoku]
(n,vs) self-help efforts; self-supporting endeavor
[shishiruirui]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) heaps of corpses all around
[jishinkajou]
(adj-na,n) overconfidence
[shijinsouou]
(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
[jishinsoushitsu]
(n,vs) loss of (self-)confidence; inferiority complex
[shijinbokkaku/shijinbokkyaku]
(n) poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry,
literature, painting, and calligraphy
[jishinmanman]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) full of confidence; brimming with (self-)confidence; having
great faith in oneself
[shiseieimei]
(adj-na,n) wise and clear-sighted; intelligent and astute by nature; blessed with talents
[shiseion'wa]
(adj-na,n) being of a gentle disposition; being of a mild character
[jiseikankaku]
(n) sense of the times; sensitivity to the times
[jiseikankaku]
(n) sense of the trend of the times; sensitivity to the changing times

 [shiseitansei]
(adj-na,n) being of an upright character; being of a noble nature
[shiseiburai]
(adj-no,n) urban villain; street hoodlum
[jisetsutourai]
(exp,n) The time has come (for/to/when...); The time being ripe (for)
[jizenkousaku]
(n) preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
[shizentouta]
(n,vs) natural selection; survival of the fittest
[shisoukengo]
(adj-na,n) unwaveringly faithful to one's principles; of firm purpose and deep
commitment; true blue
[shisoushinjou]
(n) one's thought and beliefs
[jidaikankaku]
(n) sense of the times; sensitivity to the times; trend of the times
[jidaikoushou]
(n,vs) ascertaining historical evidence; research into the period; research to ensure
historical verisimilitude
[jidaisakugo]
(n) anachronism
[jidaishichou]
(n) the trends [current(s)] of the times
[jidaikonjou]
(n) slavish submission to power; sycophancy; flunkeyism; toadyism
[jidaishisou]
(n) sycophancy; toadyism; following the powerful for self-protection
[jidaishugi]
(n) sycophancy; toadyism; following the powerful for self-protection

 [jidaiseishin]
(n) spirit of an [the] age; a [the] Zeitgeist [German]
[shitasakisanzun]
(n) a glib tongue (with fair words); fluent talk designed to deceive; talk something away
[shitasakisanbu]
(n) a glib tongue (with fair words); fluent talk designed to deceive; talk something away
[shitamachijoucho]
(n) the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class
neighborhoods
[shitamachininjou]
(n) the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and workingclass neighborhoods
[shichikousanmin]
(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
[shichigonzekku]
(n) poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
[shichigonrisshi]
(n) poem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
[shichijuukoki]
(exp) Men seldom [Few people] live to be seventy. [Du Fu (c.712-c.770)]
[shichitenhakki]
(exp,n,vs) Fall seven times, stand up eight.; always rising after a fall or repeated
failures; undaunted perseverance
[shichitenbattou/shittenbattou]
(n,vs) tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony
[shichidougaran]
(n) the seven standard buildings of a major Buddhist temple complex
[shichinanhakku]
(n) trials and tribulations; a series of endless misfortunes; the Seven Misfortunes and
Eight Pains

 [shichibusanbu]
(n) seven to three (chances); (a proportion of) seven to three; (split) seventy-thirty
[shichuukyuukatsu]
(n) finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation; seeking a way out of a desperate
situation
[shichuusuimei]
(n) Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time,
date, month and year of a person's birth
[jichoujiai]
(n,vs) taking cafe of [looking after] oneself
[jichoujikai]
(n,vs) be prudent and cautious; caution oneself against
[shitsuitaizen]
(adj-t,adv-to) keeping calm and collected at times of disappoinment; maintaining a
serene state of mind in adversity
[shitsuuhattatsu]
(n,vs) traffic network extending in all directions; accessible from all directions
[shitsugioutou]
(n) questions and answers; a Q and A session
[shikkeisenban]
(adj-na) extremely rude [impertinent, impolite]

[jitsugetsuseishin/nichigetsuseishin]
(n) the sun, the moon, and the stars; the heavenly bodies
[jissaimondai]
(n-adv,n) practical question (problem); (in) practical terms; (as) a matter of fact;
practically speaking; The matter of fact is that...
[jisshiisshou]
(n) (1) narrow escape from the jaws of death; (2) there being barely a chance of
escaping death
[shichijitsugouken]
(adj-na,n) unaffected and sincere, with fortitude and vigor; simplicity and fortitude

 [shisshihanmoku]
(n,vs) jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other)
[jissenkyuukou]
(n,vs) acting up to one's principles; practicing what one preaches
[jissendoutoku]
(n) practical ethics [morality]
[jissenrinri]
(n) practical ethics [morality]
[shissoken'yaku]
(n,vs) (practice) simplicity and frugality; scrimping and saving
[shittagekirei]
(n,vs) giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice; vigorous
encouragement
[shicchikaifuku]
(n) the recovery of lost territory; recovering [regaining] lost ground [one' former position];
fence-mending
[jicchuuhakku]
(n-adv,n) in eight or nine cases out of ten; in all probability
[shicchinmanpou]
(n) the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world
[shippuujinrai]
(n) with lightning speed; like a whirlwind
[shippuudotou]
(n) Sturm und Drang [German]; storm and stress; violent wind and angry waves
[shippuumokuu]
(n) struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
[shipuuyokuu]
(n) struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
[shitsubourakutan]
(n,vs) be disappointed and disheartened

 [shitsumukokoroe]
(n) guide to office routine; guide to the performance of official duties
[jitsuyrokukoushi]
(n,vs) use [employment] of force; recourse to arms; resort to violence
[jitsuryokuhakuchuu]
(n) (the two persons/sides) being evenly matched in ability
[shitsureishigoku]
(adj-na) extremely rude [impertinent, impolite]
[shitsureisenban]
(adj-na) extremely rude [impertinent, impolite]
[jitsuyouhon'i]
(adj-no,n) pragmatism; functionalism; practicality; being intended for practical purposes
[jitsuryokushidai]
(n) according to [depending on] one's ability; if one is good [competent, talented]
enough
[jitsuryokuhon'i]
(adj-no,n) the precedence of merit; performance orientation; ability- [merit-] based
(promotion, pay scale, etc.)
[shitesouba]
(n) speculators' [speculative] market
[shitekiseigi]
(n) poetic justice; retributive justice
[shitekihakaku]
(n) poetic license
[shiden'issen]
(n-adv,n) a flash of lightning; the flash of a sword
[shidougenri]
(n) ruling [guiding] principle
[shinoukoushou]
(n) the hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society

 [jibasangyou]
(n) local industry
[shihanseiki]
(n) quarter of a century; quarter century
[jibanchinka]
(n) (1) land subsidence; (2) a decline in influence, popularity, etc.
[jibikigakumon]
(n) merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words; superficial
learning
[shiyakushibyou]
(n) every type of disease; every disease under the sun
[shifukuyuuhi]
(n,vs) biding one's time building up strength till finally grasping an opportunity to launch
out and flourish
[jibunkatte/jibungatte]
(adj-na,n) (very) selfish; self-centered; egoistic; without consulting anybody (else)
[shibungoretsu/shibugoretsu]
(n,vs) be torn asunder; be disrupted and disorganized
[jibunjishin]
(n) oneself; one's self
[shibuntoritate]
(n) raising someone to the status of samurai
[jibunhon'i]
(n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
[jiboujiki]
(adj-na,n) desperation; despair; self-abandonment; disgust with life
[shihouhappou]
(n) in all directions; hither and thither; far and wide; on all sides
[shimaokusoku]
(n,vs) conjectures and surmises; speculation; giving one's imagination full play without
any ground

 [shimagunikounjou]
(n) insularism; insularity; island country mentality
[shimeiishiki]
(n) sense of (one's) mission; awareness of one's duty [calling]
[shimeitehai]
(n,vs) search for a named suspect
[shimenawa]
(n) rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil [Shinto]
[shimensoka]
(n) being surrounded by enemies on all sides; being betrayed [forsaken] by everybody
[jimonjitou]
(n,vs) answering one's own question; wondering to oneself
[shiyakyousaku]
(n) narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
[shakushikahou]
(adj-na,n) coming by ample servings of delicious food; being blessed with good fortune
[shakushijougi]
(adj-na,n) going by a hard-and-fast rule; being a stickler for rules; being rigid and
narrow-minded
[jakunikukyoushoku]
(n) the survival of the fittest; the law of the jungle; dog-eat-dog
[jakumetsuiraku]
(exp) Freedom from one's desires [Entry into Nirvana] is true bliss.
[shakoujirei]
(n) polite or diplomatic way of putting things; lip service; empty compliment
[shakoujouzu]
(adj-na,n) social ease [facility, skills]; being a good mixer
[shasharakuraku]
(adj-na,n) free and easy; frank, easy, and openhearted; sophisticatedly refined
[jashouichinyo]
(exp,n) Wrong and right are but two faces of the same coin.

 [jashinbukkou/dashinbukkou]
(n) being cunning and spiteful, yet honey-tongued with feigned kindness
[jakkoujoudo]
(n) Buddhist paradise [heaven]
[shanaifurin]
(n) adulterous love affair with someone at work
[shanimuni]
(adv) recklessly; like mad; frantically and single-mindedly without regard to
consequences; forcibly
[shabankyuuitsu]
(n,vs) pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others
[juuoujizai]
(adj-na,n) freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all
directions
[juuoumuge]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being as free as the air; active without any restraint
[juuoumujin]
(adj-na,n) freely; right and left; active without any restraint; with unrestricted energy in all
directions
[jiyuukattatsu]
(adj-na,n) free and easy; open and natural; liberal and broad-minded; not fastidious
[shuugiikketsu]
(n,vs) reaching a conclusion unanimously or by consensus
[shuugetsuheika]
(n) the charms of a rarely beautiful woman; [Literally: (so beautiful that) the Moon is
abashed and flowers wilt]
[juukouchoudai]
(adj-na,n) heavy, thick, long, and big (products); massive and heavy (products); heavy
(manufacturing)
[jiyuukatte]
(adj-na,n) free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes

 [shuukifunpun]
(adj-t,adv-to) giving off a foul odor; the air being heavy with an offensive smell
[jiyuukimama]
(adj-na,n) free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
[jiyuusairyou]
(n) latitude; (at one's) discretion; discretionary powers; a free hand
[jiyuuzanmai]
(adj-na,n) free; unfettered; according to one's own whims; doing as one likes
[shuushiikkan]
(n-adv,n,vs) consistent; unchanging from beginning to end
[jiyuujizai]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) freely; in complete control of; with complete freedom; at will; as one
pleases
[juujihouka]
(n) cross fire; (drawing) a barrage of [flak, criticism] (from)
[shuushuboukan]
(n,vs) stand idle by and watch; be a passive onlooker; remain an unconcerned spectator
of another's distress
[shuushouroubai]
(n,vs) consternation; dismay; being flustered; being disconcerted
[shuujinkanshi]
(n) (in) the presence of the whole company; with all eyes fixed upon (one); under the
gaze of the public
[shuusouretsujitsu]
(n) harshness; severity (of punishment, authority, will, etc.)
[shuuchitettei]
(n,vs) (something) being known to all; making (a matter) known to everyone
[shuuchuuhouka]
(n) concentrated fire; (drawing) intensive fire [flak, criticism] (from)
[shuutoumenmitsu]
(adj-na,n) extremely complete [thorough, careful] and detailed

 [juunanshikou]
(n) a flexible way of thinking
[juunanrosen]
(n) (taking) a flexible approach (to)
[juunintoiro]
(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.

[juunen'ichijitsu/juunen'ichinichi]
(n) without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in
the same old rut for years on end
[juunenhitomukashi]
(exp,n) Ten years is a long time.; [expression suggesting that] the pace of change
makes ten years back seem like ancient history
[shuufuurakubaku]
(n) forlorn and helpless; lonely and desolate
[juubunjouken]
(n) a sufficient condition
[jiyuuhoudai]
(n) as freely as one pleases; at will; to one' heart's content
[jiyuuhounin]
(n) noninterference; nonintervention; permissiveness; laissez-faire
[jiyuuhonpou]
(adj-na,n) free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling
[shuumeihirou]
(n,vs) announcing the succession to another's stage name
[shuumokuicchi]
(exp,n) The consensus of opinion is that ...; It is widely agreed [admitted] that...
[juuyakushukkin]
(n,vs) flexible working hours of the higher-ups; [humorously or sarcastically] go [come]
to work late as if one were an executive

 [juuyouanken]
(n) important matter (for discussion [deliberations])

[shukakutentou/shukyakutentou]
(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

(n) one's principles and position

[shugishuchou]

[jukushimokusou]
(n,vs) consider (a matter) carefully and silently; be lost in silent contemplation
[jukudokuganmi]
(n,vs) read carefully with appreciation; give (something) a careful perusal
[jukunenrikon]
(n,vs) divorce of a couple who have been married for a long time (often brought on by
retirement of the husband)
[jukuryodankou]
(n,vs) be deliberate in council and decisive in action; a careful consideration followed by
a decisive action
[shushasentaku]
(n,vs) make a choice among many; select the good [desirable, necessary, relevant] and
discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject
[shushafunbetsu]
(n,vs) make a choice among many; select the good [desirable, necessary, relevant] and
discard the rest; decision to adopt or reject
[shujuukankei]
(n) the relation of master to servant
[shujuzatta]
(adj-na,n) all sorts or kinds (of); motley
[shujusamazama]
(adj-na,n) a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious
[shujousaido]
(n) enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment

 [shushinkoushi]
(n) (exp,n) red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)
[shusoryoutan]
(n) being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence
[shuchinikurin]
(n) sumptuous feast [banquet]
[shusshoshintai]
(n) one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the
present position or leaving it
[shussekaidou]
(n) highway to success
( [jippahitokarage/juppahitokarage]
(n) lumping together all sorts of things; making sweeping generalizations; dealing with
various things under one head
[shutsubotsujizai]
(adj-na,n) appearing and disappearing at will; elusive; phantom-like
[shubiikkan]
(n,vs) (logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end
[shubikantetsu]
(n,vs) (logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end
[shuhigimu]
(n) duty of confidentiality; confidentiality [secrecy] obligation
[jun'airosen]
(n) (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making)
[jun'ichimuzatsu]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) pure and unadulterated; pure in heart; simplehearted
[shunkashuugetsu]
(n) spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to
season
[shunkashuutou]
(n-adv,n) the four seasons; all the year round; at all seasons

 [shunjitsuchichi]
(n) a spring day being long and balmy serene spring day
[shunjuusengoku]
(n) the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period [Chinese history]
[shunshouikkoku]
(exp,n) A moment on a spring evening (is worth a thousand pieces of gold).
[junjoukaren]
(adj-na,n) pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful
[junshin'ichizu]
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent through and through
[junshinkaren]
(adj-na,n) pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful
[junshinmuku]
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent
) [junsuimuku]
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent; immaculate
[junbibantan]
(n) every preparation [arrangement]; all sorts of preparations
[shunpuutaitou]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) balmy spring breeze; warm and genial spring weather; genial and
pleasant (personality)
[junpuubizoku]
(n) good morals and manners; genial manners and laudable customs; pristine way of
life
[junpuumanpan]
(n) smooth sailing with all sails set; (with) everything going smoothly [like a boat carried
by favorable winds]
[joijokun]
(n) conferment of Court ranks and decorations
[jouikatatsu]
(n,vs) conveying the will [pleasure] of the governing to the governed; getting across the
will [pleasure] of a superior to all the subordinates

 [jouitougou]
(n,vs) sharing the same sentiment with somebody; finding oneself on the same
wavelength as somebody; seeing eye to eye
[shouendan'u]
(n) the smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle
[joukyoushouko]
(n) circumstantial evidence
[jougekankei]
(n) a relationship of higher and lower; (a relationship of) rank; hyponymy
[jougesayuu]
(n) up and down [top and bottom], left and right
[joukyouhaaku]
(n) one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
[joukyouhandan]
(n) one's assessment of the situation; judging according to the circumstances;
circumstantial judgment
[joukoirai]
(n-t) from [since] ancient times; from time immemorial
[shoukoinmetsu]
(n) destruction of evidence
[shoukokukamin]
(n) a small country with a small population [The Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu's ideal of a
state]
[shoujikiichizu]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) steadfastly honest
[shoujikiittetsu]
(adj-na,n) stubbornly honest
[shoujikiippen]
(adj-na,n) honest to a fault; one's only strength being his [her] honesty; having no
redeeming feature except for being honest
[joushikihandan]
(n) commonsense judgment

 [shoushisenban]
(adj-na) 1 highly ridiculous; quite absurd; 2 most regrettable; highly pitiable
[joujitsujinji]
(n) personnel changes through favoritism
[joushahissui]
(exp,n) The prosperous must decay; All glories must fade.
[shoujahitsumetsu]
(exp,n) All living things must die.
[joujuuzaka]
(n-adv) at all times; day in, day out; constantly; always; in one's daily course of life
[joujuufudan]
(adj-no,n) ceaseless; constant; uninterruted
[joujuufumetsu]
(adj-no,n) everlasting; forever unchanging; undying
[joushoukiryuu]
(n) (1) ascending air current; updraft; (2) upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.;
being on a rise
[joujoushakuryou]
(n,vs) taking the extenuating circumstances into consideration; reducing the sentence
where there are extenuating circumstances
[shoujouzeze]
(n-adv,n) eternity; forever; through all eternity

[shoujouruten/seiseiruten]
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the
circle of transmigration

[joushotenmen/jouchotenmen]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) tender sentiments; being overcome with emotions; having
a tender feeling (for a person)
[shoujiruten]
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the
circle of transmigration

 [shoujinkankyo]
(exp,n) A small-minded person being idle (tends to do evil).; Idleness is the root of all
evil.
[shoushinkuryo]
(n,vs) worry [trouble] oneself (about); be anxious (about)
[shoujinkessai]
(n,vs) purifying oneself (religiously) by abstaining from eating meat or fish
[shoushinkosoku]
(adj-na,n) timid and evasive [person]; timid and makeshift [approach, measure, etc.]
[shoushinshoumei]
(n-adv,n) genuine; real; true; authentic; veritable
[shoushinbiroku]
(adj-no,n) (in) a humble position with a small stipend
[shoushin'yokuyoku]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) very timid; very nervous; faint-hearted
[shousuuseiei]
(n) the elect [select] few
[jouzuheta]
(n) differences in skill
[shousoukiei]
(adj-no,n) young and energetic; up-and-coming; being on a fast track
[shousoukekki]
(adj-no,n) young and hot-blooded [impetuous]
[shousouyuui]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) young, talented, and promising
[shousokufumei]
(n) untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
[shoutaifumei]
(adj-no,n) unidentifiable; unidentified
[joudangimi]
(n) being somewhat [half] joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein

 [joudanhanbun]
(n) being somewhat [half] joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
[shouchinosuke]
(exp) O.K.; Sure.; Yessir!; Okeydokey!; Understood.
[shouchouseisui]
(n) prosperity and decay; rise and fall; ebb and flow; vicissitudes (of fortune)
[shoutsukimeinichi]
(n) anniversary of a person's death
[joutoushudan]
(n) one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic
[joutouhyougen]
(n) conventional [stock] phrase; hackneyed expression; platitude; cliche
[shouninkatagi/akindokatagi]
(n) mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit
[shouninkonjou]
(n) mercenary spirit; commercial motives; a nose for profit; moneygrubbing disposition

(n) burning hell; inferno

[shounetsujigoku]

[shoubaiourai]
(n) business handbook (with glossary) of Edo period
[shoubaikatagi]
(n) mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit
[shoubaijouzu]
(adj-na,n) good at business; having a good head for business; businesslike
[shoubaihanjou]
(n,vs) thriving [prosperous] business; rush of business
[jouhoushuusei]
(n,vs) upward adjustment; upward revision
[shiyoumassetsu]
(n) unimportant details; unessentials; piddling matters; inconsequentia

 [shouyoujijaku]
(adj-t,adv-to) having presence of mind; imperturbable; calm and self-possessed; with
serenity
[jouyoushudan]
(n) one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic
[shouroubyoushi]
(n) the four inevitables in human life -- birth, aging, sickness, and death
[shouwagenroku]
(n) the flourishing mid-Showa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic
growth, and life of ease
[shouwahitoketa]
(n) (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Showa period (from
1926 to 1934)
[shogakottou]
(n) objects of art and curios
[shogyoumujou]
(exp,n) the impermanence of worldly things; All worldly things are transitory. All things
must pass.
[shokuzaiishiki]
(n) a sense of atonement
[shokujuuittai]
(n) having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location
[independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.]
[shokujuukinsetsu]
(n) having one's workplace near one's home
[shokushougimi]
(adj-na,n) being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of)

[shokuninkatagi/shokuninkishitsu]
(n) the spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work
[shokuninkonjou]
(n) the spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work

 [shokubutsuningen]
(n) comatose person; person in a vegetative state
[shokumushitsumon]
(n,vs) ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police
checkup
[shokumujinmon]
(n,vs) ex-officio questioning; police questioning (of a suspicious person); a police
checkup
[shokumutaiman]
(n) neglect [dereliction] of duty; negligence
[jokeitennou]
(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
[jokouaishi]
(n) sad [tragic, pathetic] story [history] of factory girls in pre-WWII Japan
[jokousenjutsu]
(n) go-slow tactics (of Japanese railway workers)
[shokokuman'yuu]
(n,vs) tour round the country [Japan] (visiting from province to province)
[shoshiougi]
(n) wayward [irresponsible] criticisms of political matters by private citizens
[shoshikantetsu]
(n,vs) achieving one's original intention; achieving one's desired end(s)
[shojibantan]
(n) everything; all things; all affairs; all matters
[shoshihyakka]
(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

(n) everywhere; far and near

[shoshohoubou]

 [shoseijouzu]
(adj-na,n) knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life
[shoseitassha]
(adj-na,n) knowing how to get on in the world; knowing the secret of success in life
[joseitennou]
(n) female emperor of Japan
[joseihenreki]
(n) one's history of love affairs with women
[shosetsufunpun]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) divergent opinions abound; opinion is divided; there are many
rumors afloat
[shozokufumei]
(n) of unknown affiliation
[josondanpi]
(n) placing women above men; respect for women at the expense of men
[jochuuboukou]
(n) domestic service; working as a housemaid
[shochuumimai]
(n) summer greeting card; inquiry after someone's health in the hot season
[shokkenran'you]
(n) abuse of (one's) authority; abuse of (one's) public office
[shominkankaku]
(n) sensibilities [feelings, way of thinking] of the common people; popular sentiment
[shoyakugomen]
(n) being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist [shogunate]
government
[shoruisouken]
(n,vs) sending papers pertaining to a (criminal) case to the Public Prosecutors Office

[shirakawayofune/shirakawayobune]
(exp) (1) being sound asleep (and totally unaware of what is going on around one); (2)
know-it-all manner

 [jirikikousei]
(n,vs) working out one's salvation by own efforts; rehabilitating oneself by one's own
efforts; recovery through own resources
[jirikihongan]
(n) salvation by one's own efforts; self-reliance
[shirishiyoku]
(n) desire to act only in one's self-interest; selfish desires; avarice; greed
[jirimeihaku]
(adj-na,n) the facts being beyond dispute; the logic being indisputable
[shirimetsuretsu]
(adj-na,n) incoherent; inconsistent; disconnected pieces making no coherent sense;
being split into many small factions; being thrown into utter confusion
[shiryofunbetsu]
(n) prudence and discretion; discrete and well-advised judgment; wise and mature
judgment
[shiroyumoji]
(n) ordinary woman secretly engaged in prostituion [Edo period]
[shiroutozaiku]
(n) amateurish work
[shiroutohandan]
(n) layperson's judgment [opinion]
[shiroutoryouhou]
(n) home remedy; medical treatment by a layperson
[shirokujichuu]
(adv,n) around the clock; at all hours; all day long; day and night; constantly
[shirotabaibai]
(n) dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered
with snow
[shiromonokaden]
(n) white goods; large household appliances
[shin'inhyoubyou]
(adj-t,adv-to) (a work of art being) sublime; transcendent

 [shin'en'iba]
(n) (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions
[jinkaisenjutsu]
(n) human-wave tactics; the strategy of throwing large numbers of troops into an attack;
throwing (overwhelming) human resources at a problem
[shingaisenban]
(adj-na) be totally upset (by); be completely nonplused (by); be mortified (at); feel
aggrieved (at); find (it) highly regrettable
[jingaimakyou]
(n) ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being
lives; uninhabited area
[jingasagiin]
(n) backbench member [of Parliament, Congress, the Diet]; backbencher
[shinganjouju]
(n,vs) earnest prayers being answered; realization of one's earnest wishes
[shinganronsou]
(n) argument as to [about] the authenticity (of...)
[shinkiitten]
(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
[shinkikoushin]
(n) palpitation(s) (of the heart)
[jingichuukou]
(n) humanity, justice, loyalty, and filial piety
[jingidoutoku]
(n) humanity and justice; benevolence and righteousness
[shingifumei]
(n) dubious; doubtful; of unknown authenticity
[shinkimyousan]
(n) inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme

 [shinkyuukoutai]
(n,vs) replacing the old with the new; the old giving way to the new; transition between
the old and the new
[shinkukannan]
(n) trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
[shinkeikabin]
(adj-na,n) oversensitive; high-strung; jumpy; being all nerves
[shinkeisuijaku]
(n) nervous [emotional] breakdown
[jinkenjuurin]
(n) human rights violation; blatant infringement upon a person's rights
[shinkenshoubu]
(n) fighting with real swords; game played in deadly earnest
[jinken'yougo]
(n) protection of human rights; safeguarding [defending] human rights
[shinkoukajou]
(n) article of faith; article of belief
[jinzaitouyou]
(n) selecting of fit [talented] persons for higher positions
[shinsankanku]
(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
[shinsankibou]
(n) inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
[shinzan'yuukoku]
(n) remote mountains and deep valleys; deep mountains and dark valleys
[jinjikouka]
(n) merit [ability, efficiency] rating; employee performance evaluation
[shinjitsuichiro]
(n) the straight path of sincerity and truthfulness; living a life in all sincerity and
truthfulness

 [jinjifusei]
(n) unconsciousness; loss of consciousness
[jinjabukkaku]
(n) (Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
[shinshukakan]
(adj-na) enterprising and daring; boldly forward-looking
[shinshukujizai]
(adj-na) elastic; flexible; telescoping; expandable
[shinshutsukibotsu]
(n) appearing in unexpected places and at unexpected moments; with phantom-like
agility and elusiveness
[jinjouichiyou]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) ordinary; common; mediocre
[jinjousahan]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
[shinjouchousa]
(n,vs) examine [investigate into] a person's history
[shinjouchousho]
(n) personal information form; dossier on an individual
[shinjoutoro]
(n) expression of one's feelings; pouring out one's heart
[shinshouhitsubatsu]
(n) sure punishment or reward; a clear-cut system of rewards and punishments
[shinshoufuukei]
(n) imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
[shinshouboudai]
(n) exaggeration; making a mountain out of a molehill
[shinshokujijaku]
(adj-t,adv-to) perfect composure; calm and collected; with imperturbable calm; keeping
one's presence of mind

 [jinshin'antei]
(n) stabilizing the feelings of the people; inspiring confidence among the people
[shinshin'ichinyo]
(n) body and mind as one

(n) body and mind as one

[shinshin'ichinyo]

[jinshin'isshin]
(n) radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely
different channel
[shinshinkiei]
(adj-no,n) young and energetic; up-and-coming; high-spirited and rising
[jinshinkyoukyou]
(adj-t,adv-to) The people being panic-stricken [in alarm]
[jinshinkougeki]
(n) personal attack [abuse]; character assassination
[jinshinsasshin]
(n) radically changing public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely
different channel
[jinshinshuuran]
(n) winning the hearts of the people; capturing public sentiment
[shinshinsoui]
(n) being wounded in mind and body
[shinshinsoukai]
(n) feeling refreshed in mind and body
[shinshinsoushitsu]
(n) of unsound mind; temporary insanity
[jinseikouro]
(n) the journey [path] of life; one's passage through life
[jinseichouro]
(exp,n) Man's life vanishes like a dew.; A person's life is as fleeting as a morning dew.

 [jinseimoyou]
(n) facets [aspects] of (human) life; the pattern of (one's) life
[shinsekikenzoku]
(n) one's family and relatives; one's kith and kin
[shinsekikouka]
(n) [of members of the Imperial family] becoming a commoner; to be reduced from royal
status to that of a commoner

(n) relatives and old friends

[shinsekikokyuu]

[shinsekichiki]
(n) relatives and acquaintances
[jinsekimitou]
(n) untrodden; pathless; untraversed; where no human being has ever set foot
[shinsoukyuumei]
(n) probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root
of a matter
[shinsoushinri]
(n) the deep psyche
[jinsokukakan]
(adj-na,n) quick and decisive; fast and daring; swift and resolute
[jinsokukadan]
(adj-na,n) quick and decisive; fast and daring; swift and resolute
[shintaikyoshuu]
(n) one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the
present position or leaving it
[shintaihappu]
(n) the entire human body; every inch of one's body
[shintaimondai]
(n) a question of whether or not someone should resign
[shintairyounan]
(n) be driven to the wall; find oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; a rock
and a hard place

 [jinchikumugai]
(adj-na) harmless to humans and animals; completely harmless; perfectly safe
[jinchuuhoukoku]
(n) loyalty and patriotism
[jinchuumimai]
(n) visiting soldiers at the front to provide comfort; visit to [gift for] persons hard at work
as a sign of support
[shinchoukoji]
(n) very cautious [prudent, discreet] person
[shinchouginmi]
(n) scrutiny; careful [close] examination [investigation]; careful inquiry; careful selection

[shinchintaisha]
(n) the body's metabolism; replacement of the old with the new; regeneration
[shintekijoutai]
(n) one's mental state; state of mind; mentality
[shintendouchi]
(n) earth-shaking; astounding; startling; phenomenal
[jintoushiki]
(n,vs) taking command of a corps in a battle; actively leading an army [a group]
[jindoujuurin]
(n) outrage against humanity
[shintoumekkyaku]
(n,vs) clearing one's mind of all mundane thoughts
[jinbaittai]
(n) unity of rider and horse
[shinpaimuyou]
(exp,n) Don't worry about it.; There is nothing to fear.; There is no need for anxiety.;
Everything is under control.
[jinbaourai]
(n) the passage of people and horses; coming and going of people and horses

 [shinpandaimyou]
(n) the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
[jinpinkotsugara]
(n) a person's appearance and physique; a person's bearing [presence]
[jinbutsugettan]
(n) character sketch; comments on personalities
[shinbutsukonkou]
(n) mixture [synthesis] of Buddhism and Shintoism
[shinbutsubunri]
(n) separation of Buddhism and Shintoism
[jinbutsuhon'i]
(adj-no,n) chiefly on the basis of someone's personal character
[shinbungakumon]
(n) knowledge gained [information acquired] from newspapers
[shinbunjirei]
(n) Appointment conjecturally reported in a newspaper; announcement of an
appointment which is [turns out to be] mere press speculation
[shinbouenryo]
(n) far sight and deep design; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan
( ) [jinmiraisai/jinmiraizai]
(n-adv,n) to the end of time; to the crack of doom; for ever and ever
[jinmuirai/jinmukonokata]
(adv-no,n-adv,n-t) since the era of the Emperor Jinmu; (first ever) since the dawn of
Japan's history; unprecedented
[jinmukeiki]
(n) the economic boom of the mid-1950s

[jnmenjuushin/ninmenjuushin]
(n) beast with a human face; monster in human form; fair without, foul within
[shinraikankei]
(n) relationship of mutual trust; trusting each other deeply

 [shinrabanshou]
(n) all things in nature; the whole creation; everything under the sun; all natural
phenomena
[shinryoenbou]
(n) deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan
[jinrindoutoku]
(n) ethics and morality
[jinrintaihai]
(n) decline [decay, corruption] of ethical standards
[shinruienja]
(n) one's family and relations; one's relatives by blood and marriage [in blood and law]
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[suiganmourou]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (with) one's eyes blurred from drinking; with drunken eyes; dazed
by wine
[zuikikakkou]
(n,vs) worship with adoration; admire ardently
[suishinbotai]
(n) a nucleus (of a project proposal/of a social movement, etc.)
[suiseimushi]
(n) idling one's life away; dreaming away one's life accomplishing nothing significant
[suizensanjaku]
(n) avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth
[suitaiitto]
(n) (falling into a) continuous decline; being on the wane
[suichokushikou]
(n) rigid [stereotypical] thinking that adheres to preconceived notions
[suitenhoufutsu]
(n) view in the distant offing where the sea and skyline cannot be distinguished

 [zuihangenshou]
(n) a concomitant [an accompanying] phenomenon
[suiheishikou]
(n) liberated thinking that is not bound to fixed ideas
[suihomansan]
(n) tipsy lurch; reeling [staggering] gait
[suutekiyuusei]
(n) superiority in number; numerical superiority
[zukansokunetsu]
(n) keeping the head cool and feet warm
[sukebeikonjou]
(n) lewd disposition, lecherous nature; greedy motives
[zusandatsurou]
(n) careless [slipshod] and with many omissions
[zunoumeiseki]
(adj-na,n) being clearheaded; having a keen [sharp, brilliant] mind
[zunouryuushutsu]
(n) brain drain; loss of highly trained or qualified people to other countries
[sunshakusagi]
(n) swindling someone [a stranger] by borrowing money with no intention of returning it
[sunshinshakutai]
(n,vs) one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose
[sunzenshakuma]
(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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[seikaikousaku]
(n) currying of political favor; buying political influence
[seikaisaihen]
(n) political realignment; a realignment of political parties

 [seikaiyobun]
(n) tidbits of political gossip
[seikakubijin]
(n) woman with a wonderful personality
[seikakubyousha]
(n) character portrayal; characterization
[seikakumuhi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) unmatched [unparalleled] accuracy
[seikatanden]
(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]
[seikatsuzangyou]
(n,vs) (working) overtime to make ends meet [to support one's lifestyle]
[seikatsushinjou]
(n) one's philosophy of life
[seikatsufuan]
(n) worry [uncertainty, uneasiness, insecurity] about one's life [future]
[seikihatsuratsu]
(adj-t,adv-to) full of vigor [vitality]; energetic; vigorous; vivacious
[seikyouicchi]
(n) unity of church and state
[seikyoubunri]
(n) separation of church and state
[zeikindorobou]
(n) person living off other people's taxes; tax parasite; [a derogatory term for] public
servants
[seikeibijin]
(n) a plastic-surgery beauty
[seikenkousou]
(n) planning a new government; plan for a new administration

 [seikenkoutai]
(n) change of government [administration]
[seikenmouja]
(n) one who is obsessed with [getting into, holding on to] political power; one who is
obsessed with the idea of taking over government
[seikou'uki]
(n) the scenery being beautiful in both sunny and rainy weather
[seikou'udoku]
(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
[seikoutoutei]
(n) a weather pattern in which the high pressure area lies to the west and the low
pressure area to the east
[seikouhoushuu]
(n) fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
[seisakufukyou]
(n) policy-induced slump; stagnation resulting from poor economic policies
[seisatsuyodatsu]
(n) wielding absolute power (over); the power to spare or to take the lives and property
of the people
[seishi'ichinyo]
(exp,n) Life and death are the two faces of the same coin.
[seijikahada]
(n) be something of a politician; have something of the politician in one
[seijikankaku]
(n) sense of politics; feeling for politics
[seijikecchaku]
(n) a political settlement; settling (a dispute) politically (without resorting to force)
[seijikousaku]
(n) political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations
[seijikousou]
(n) political strife [antagonism, conflict]

 [seijishisei]
(n) one's political career [life]
[seijishudou]
(n) initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) [rather than by
bureaucrats]
[seijiseimei]
(n) one's political life [career]
[seijifuudo]
(n) political climate
[seijifushin]
(n) (public) distrust of politics; loss of faith in politics [politicians]; estrangement from
politics
[seijakyokuchoku]
(n) right and [or] wrong
[seijazen'aku]
(n) right and [or] wrong
[seishungunzou]
(n) youthful crowd; crowd of young people coming into their own
[seishunjidai]
(n) one's youth; one's youthful days [years]; the flower of one's youth; the springtime of
one's life
[seijoukeppaku]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience
[seijoufuan]
(n) the instability of a political situation; political instability
[seijoumuku]
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent; immaculate
[seijirikigaku]
(n) political dynamics; dynamics of political forces; the balance of political power
[seishirinne]
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the
circle of transmigration

 [seishin'ittou]
(n) concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task); determined mind
[seijinkunshi]
(n) person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint
[seijinkenja]
(n) person of lofty virtue and great wisdom
[seishinkouzou]
(n) one's mental makeup [structure]; emotional makeup; mentality
[seishinsayou]
(n) operation [working] of the mind
[seijinshitei]
(n) rated for "adults only"
[seishinshuuyou]
(n,vs) moral [spiritual] improvement; practice mental training; cultivate one's mind [soul]
[seishinseii]
(adv,n) in all sincerity; with one's whole heart; whole-hearted devotion
[seishintouitsu]
(n,vs) concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task); determined mind
[seishinfuudo]
(n) the spiritual climate
[seisuikoubou]
(n) rise and fall; ups and downs; waxing and waning; prosperity and decline; vicissitudes
[seiseidoudou]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) fair and square; open and aboveboard
[seisekifushin]
(n) poor (academic) performance; poor (business) results [showing]
[zeitakuzanmai]
(n) luxury and extravagance; indulging in every possible luxury; living in the lap of luxury
[seidakuheidon]
(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

 [seichoushousetsu]
(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]
[seitekiitsudatsu]
(n) sexual deviation; sexual anomaly
[seitenhakujitsu]
(n) be cleared of all the charges (brought against one); be found completely innocent;
be completely aboveboard and with a clean conscience
[seitoubouei]
(n) (legitimate) self-defense
[seinenkakki]
(adj-no,n) youthful ardor; rash impulse of an inexperienced youth
[seifuumeigetsu]
(n) refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon
[seimyoukouchi]
(adj-na,n) exquisite and elaborate
[seimeihandan]
(n) fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name; onomancy
[seimeifushou]
(adj-no,n) unidentified; name unknown
[seiriseiton]
(n,vs) keeping things tidy and in order
[seiritougou]
(n,vs) reorganization and unification; reorganize by consolidating [merging] units
[seiritouta]
(n,vs) reorganize an enterprise and weed out redundant workers; reorganize an industry
and weed out redundant enterprises
[seiryakukekkon]
(n) (political) marriage of convenience; marriage forced by political expediency
[seiryokukakudai]
(n) expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power [strength, influence]

 [seiryokukankei]
(n) power relations; balance of power (between)
[seiryokukikkou]
(n,vs) struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched forces [parties]
[seiryokukennai]
(n) within the sphere of influence (of)
[seiryokuzetsurin]
(adj-no,n) unbounded [immense] (sexual) energy
[seiryokuhakuchuu]
(n) (the two sides) being evenly-matched in power [strength, influence]
[seiryokuhan'i]
(n) sphere of influence; one's territory
[seiryokubun'ya]
(n) the respective [relative] strength of political parties; distribution of the number of
parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties
[seireikakkin]
(n,vs) assiduousness; diligence and industry; attending diligently to one's study or duties
[seirenkeppaku]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) spotless integrity; upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a
clean conscience
[sekaishichou]
(n) main currents [the trend] of thinking in the world
[sekishukuuken]
(n) barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own
resourcefulness) [when embarking on something]
[sekininkaihi]
(n,vs) avoidance of responsibility; shirking (one's) responsibility
[sekinintenka]
(n,vs) shifting the responsibility (for something) on to (someone); buck-passing
[sekininmondai]
(n) a question [an issue] of where responsibility [liability] lies; a question of who is
responsible [to blame]

 [sekenshuuchi]
(n) (a matter of) common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody
[sejiissai]
(n) all the worldly matters
[sejoubanpan]
(n) all the worldly [mundane] matters; everything in this world
[zeseisochi]
(n) corrective action [measure]; rectification
[zezehihi]
(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
[sedaikoutai]
(n) change of generation; transition of power between generations
[setaininjou]
(n) (contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the
contemporary world
[zekkajiken]
(n) scandal [trouble] caused by a slip of the tongue
[sekkyakugyoumu]
(n) customer relations; serving [helping, attending to, waiting on] customers
[sekkyakutaido]
(n) the way one waits on customers; one's behavior toward [attitude to] customers
[visitors]
[sekkyoujoushi]
(n) (in a) preaching tone
[sekkyoudorobou]
(n) preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of
preventing similar crimes
[sekkyoubouzu]
(n) tub-thumping preacher; preacher [priest] who is good at delivering a sermon;
pulpiteer [usually with contemptuous implication]

 [sekkyokukakan]
(adj-na,n) aggressive; active and bold [daring]; resolute determination
[sekkyokuzaisei]
(n) expansionary fiscal policy
[sessatakuma]
(n,vs) cultivate one's mind [character] by studying hard; indefatigable assiduity; improve
together through friendly rivalry
[sesshiyakuwan]
(n,vs) grind one's teeth and clenching one's fists in anger [regret, disappointment]; feel
[be] deeply chagrined (at)
[sesshoukindan]
(n) prohibition against hunting and fishing
[zettaiansei]
(n) complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
[zettaizetsumei]
(n) desperate situation; the last extremity; being driven into a corner; having one's back
against the wall
[zettaifukujuu]
(n) absolute obedience; complete submission
[secchindaiku]
(n) lousy carpenter
[settoukoui]
(n) theft; act of larceny
[settokujouzu]
(adj-na,n) persuasiveness; skilled in the art of persuasion
[setsunashugi]
(n) (the principle of) living only for the present [moment]; settling for momentary
pleasures
[zetsumetsusunzen]
(n) the point [edge, verge, brink] of extinction
[setsuwabungaku]
(n) legendary literature; narrative literature

 [sedoujinshin]
(n) (public) morals and sentiments
() [zehikyokuchoku]
(n) rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
[zehihandan]
(n) discrimination of right and wrong; distinguishing between right and wrong
[zehizen'aku]
(n) rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
[sewanyoubou]
(n) devoted and caring wife
[zen'akufuni]
(exp,n) Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin.
[zen'iginkou]
(n) center for collecting charitable contributions [money, goods, and/or services] and
distributing them to people in need
[sen'ikouyou]
(n) raising one's [the soldiers'] fighting spirit
[sen'isoushitsu]
(n,vs) lose one's fighting spirit; lose the will to fight; lose heart
[zen'itsuuyaku]
(n) goodwill guide; volunteer guide and interpreter for foreign residents and tourists
[zen'in'icchi]
(n) unanimity
[zen'inzenka]
(exp,n) good action leading to good rewards; As you sow, so shall you reap.
[zen'inbuji]
(exp,n) Everyone is safe [all right].
[zen'eigeijutsu]
(n) avant-garde art
[sengakukabun]
(n) shallow learning and limited information; ignorant and badly informed

 [sengakuhisai]
(n) one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability
[zenkanreiguu]
(n) (being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post
[senkyakubanrai]
(n) flood of customers; (doing) a roaring business; having a constant stream of visitors
[customers]
[sengyoushufu]
(n) full-time housewife
[sengyoushufu]
(n) full-time house-husband; stay-at-home dad
[sengunbanba]
(n) vast and powerful army; veteran of many battles; (a person who is) rich in life's
experience, having overcome much adversity
[senketsumondai]
(n) question to be settled first; matter calling for prior settlement; the first consideration
[senketsurinri]
(adj-t,adv-to) dripping with fresh blood
[zengen'oukou]
(n) words and deeds of the people of yore
[sengenbango]
(n) a great number of words; long and tedious (explanation, description, etc.)
[senkouhanabi]
(n) small sparklers which resemble incense sticks; something that flickers and fizzles
out; flash in the pan
[zengokankei]
(n) the context (of a passage)
[zenkokourou]
(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.]

 [senkokushouchi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being already [well] aware
[sengokudaimyou]
(n) daimyo [provincial lord] in the Warring States period
[sengokuransei]
(n) turbulent [troubled] times; turbulent warlike age
[zengoshochi]
(n) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with [meet] the
situation
[zengosochi]
(n) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with [meet] the
situation
[zengotaisaku]
(n) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with [meet] the
situation
[zengosayuu]
(n) forward(s) and backward(s) and left and right; in all directions
[zengodouchaku]
(n,vs) self-contradiction; self-inconsistency
[senkobanko]
(n) remote antiquity; ancient times; the remote past
[senkofueki]
(adj-no,n) everlasting; eternal; immortal; unchangeable; immortal
[zengofukaku]
(n) unconsciousness; having no awareness of one's actions; having no recollection of
one's actions
[senkofuma]
(n) permanence; immortality; eternity
[senkofumetsu]
(adj-no,n) everlasting; eternal; immortal; unchangeable
[zengomujun]
(n,vs) self-contradiction; self-inconsistency

 [senzaiishiki]
(n) the subconscious; subconscious awareness
[senzaiichiguu]
(n) (the chance) of a lifetime; (a golden opportunity that) may happen only once in a
thousand years
[zenzaizenzai]
(exp) Well done!; Great!; Bravo!
[senzainouryoku]
(n) potential; latent faculty; potential capacity
[senzaifuma]
(adj-no,n) still remaining after a thousand years; immortal
[sensabanbetsu/sensamanbetsu]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) an infinite variety; multifarious; being extremely varied and wideranging
[senzanbansui/sensanbansui]
(n) many mountains and rivers; a great distance to travel
[zenjitaiteki]
(adj-na) premodern; old-fashioned; outmoded; antiquated
[senshibankou]
(n,vs) deep meditation; careful deliberation; pondering over this and that
( [senshibankou]
(n) an exuberance [a dazzling variety] of beautiful flowers
[senshibantai]
(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness
[senshuseimei]
(n) player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete
[senshutokken]
(n) preferential [priority] right; prior claim; priority of claim; prior lien
[senshuban'you]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) an infinite variety; multifarious; being extremely varied and wideranging

 [senshubouei]
(n,vs) strictly defensive (national) defenses; defense policy that does not take into
consideration offensive measures as an option
[senjouekken]
(n) exceeding [overstepping] one's powers [competence, authority]; abuse of one's legal
authority; acting ultra vires
[senjoushousetsu]
(n) sultry novel; suggestive story
[senjoubantai]
(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness
[zenshouyuushou]
(n,vs) winning a championship without losing a single match; undefeated championship
[senshobantan]
(n) all sorts of things; all manner of affairs
[senshin'ichii]
(n-adv) single-mindedly; wholeheartedly; with one's heart and soul
[zenshinshugi]
(n) gradualism; incrementalism; the "slow and steady" approach [principle]
[zenshinzenrei]
(n) complete devotion; body and soul; one's level best
[senshinbanku]
(n,vs) all kinds of hardships; indescribable hardships
( [zenjinmitou]
(n) untrodden (region, field of study, etc.); unprecedented (discovery, achievement, etc.)
[zenjinmihatsu]
(n) unprecedented; unheard-of; never propounded [discovered, invented] by anyone
before

(n) preemptive attack [strike]

[senseikougeki]

[sensenkyoukyou]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation

 [zensenkutou]
(n,vs) putting up a good fight against some odds
[sensenritsuritsu]
(adj-t,adv-to) trembling with fear; filled with trepidation
[senzodaidai]
(adj-no,n-adv) ancestral; hereditary; generation after generation
[senzodenshou]
(adj-no,n) what has been (orally) handed down from generation to generation; legend;
folk tale
[senzodenrai]
(adj-no,n) inherited from the ancestors; handed down from generation to generation
[sentaibanjou]
(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness
[sentaiban'you]
(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness
[zendaimimon]
(n,adj-no) unheard-of; unprecedented; unparalleled in history; record-breaking
[sendan'oukou]
(n) prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own
authority)
[sentangijutsu]
(n) cutting-edge technology; state-of-the-art technology
[zenchizennou]
(n) omniscience and omnipotence
[zenchougenshou]
(n) precursor; premonitory phenomena; telltale signs; advance warnings
[zenteijouken]
(n) precondition; prerequisite; premise
[zenteibanri]
(n) a bright [rosy] future awaiting one; having the world before one

 [sentehisshou]
(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.
[sendenkousaku]
(n) propaganda work; propaganda efforts [maneuvers]
[sendenkousei]
(n) propaganda campaign [offensive]; advertising [promotional] offensive
[sendenrosen]
(n) (adopting) a publicity [an advertising] policy; a propaganda line
[zentotanan]
(adj-na,n) having many difficulties in store; having a long, hard fight ahead of one;
outlook being rocky
[zentotabou]
(adj-na,n) promising [rosy, bright] future; offering promising prospects
[zentoyuui]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) having a very promising future; offering promising prospects
[zentoyuubou]
(adj-na,n) promising [rosy, bright] future; offering promising prospects
[zentoyouyou]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) promising [rosy, bright] future; offering promising prospects
[zentoryouen]
(adj-na,n) having a far way to go; being a long way off
[zennanzennyo]
(n) pious men and women; men and women who are good Buddhists; men and women
who offer prayers at temples and shrines
[senninsenshoku]
(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.
[sennen'ichijitsu]
(n) without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in
the same old rut for years on end

 [senbeibuton]
(n) futon worn flat and hard by long use; futon as flat as a pancake
[senpen'ichiritsu]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) humdrum; lack of variety; monotony; stereotypical
[senpenbanka]
(n,vs) innumerable changes; infinite variety; kaleidoscopic variations
[senbukousaku]
(n) pacification work [activity]
[senmanmuryou]
(adj-no,n) innumerable; unfathomable; myriad
[senmin'ishiki]
(n) sense of being the chosen people
[zenmentaiketsu]
(n,vs) all-out [frontal, total] confrontation
[zenmentettai]
(n,vs) total [full-scale] withdrawal; complete pullout [pullback]
[zenmenhitei]
(n,vs) complete [total] denial; denying totally [flatly, outright]
[senmonbaka]
(n) person who is ignorant outside his field
[sen'yuukouraku]
(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]
[zenrakushikyou]
(n) sagging market
[senridoufuu]
(n) a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and
uneventful
[senryoisshitsu]
(n) mere slip by someone who is usually very careful; simple mistake by a wise person;
point overlooked by a cautious person

 [senryoittoku]
(exp,n) Even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea.
[senryouyakusha]
(n) great actor; eminent star; prima donna; leading [popular] figure
[senryokukikkou]
(n,vs) struggle for supremacy between evenly-matched armies [teams]
[zenryokutoukyuu]
(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
[zenringaikou]
(n) good-neighbor diplomacy; a good-neighbor policy
[senretsufukki]
(n,vs) return to the battle line; come back to the game [on to the field]; a comeback
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[soisoshoku]
(n) shabby clothes and humble meals; frugal [simple] life
[souikufuu]
(n) being imaginative and creative; creative originality; originality and ingenuity
[soukaiitteki]
(n) a drop in the ocean [bucket]
[soukaisouden]
(exp,n) The word is a scene of constant changes (as the blue sea changing into a
mulberry field).
[soukikaiketsu]
(n) early [prompt] settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution
[sougyoushusei]
(n) starting an enterprise and [or] carrying it to final success
[zoukeikyouiku]
(n) education in art and design; education in drawing and manual arts

 [sougentaigo]
(n,vs) heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
[zougenhigo]
(n) false rumors; wild rumors; groundless rumors
[sougoizon]
(n,vs) mutual dependence; interdependence
[sougorikai]
(n,vs) mutual understanding
[soukoujiai]
(n) send-off game [match]
[sougosayou]
(n) (mutual) interaction; reciprocal action; interplay
[sougofujo]
(n) mutual aid [assistance, help]
[sougonkarei]
(adj-na,n) majestic and splendid
() [soukonbokuhi/soukonmokuhi]
(n) roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine
[sousaku'iyoku]
(n) will [urge] to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
[soushikaimei]
(n) the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones
[soushikibukkyou]
(n) funeral Buddhism; (reliance on) Buddhism only for funerals
[soushisouai]
(n) deeply in love with each other; strongly attached to each other; mutual infatuation
[soujoukouka]
(n) synergy; combined effect
[sousekichinryuu]
(n) a sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched
argument

 ( [sousokufuri]
(n) strongly attached to each other; inseparable
[soudaikarei]
(adj-na,n) grandiose and splendid
[soudan'aite]
(n) adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns
[zouchoutengu]
(n) braggart; boaster; self-conceited person
[soudensoukai]
(exp,n) The word is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a
blue sea).
[soudenhekikai]
(exp,n) The word is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a
blue sea).
[soutousakusen]
(n) mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
[soubadoukou]
(n) market trend; stock movements
[soubasoujuu]
(n) market manipulation; market rigging
[soubanashugi]
(n) the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy
[soubanaseisaku]
(n) all-around policy; please-everyone policy
[souhantenpan]
(n,vs) in full sail; decked out in full sail
[zouhanyuuri]
(exp,n) There are no rebels without reasons.; To rebel is justified. [Mao Zedong]
[sokyuukouka]
(n) customer appeal; the power to appeal to customers

 [zokukefunpun]
(adj-t,adv-to) of low [vulgar] taste; lacking class
[sokusaienmei]
(n) health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
[zokushuufunpun]
(adj-t,adv-to) of low [vulgar] taste; lacking class
[sokushinjoubutsu]
(n,vs) attaining Buddhahood while still alive
[sokusensokketsu]
(n) quick battle for a quick victory; all-out surprise attack; a blitzkrieg
[sokudansokketsu]
(n,vs) prompt decision and prompt execution; make swift decisions and take quick
actions
[zokudanheiwa]
(n) conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life [business]
[sokutenkyoshi]
(n) following heaven and abandoning self; becoming one with heaven, liberated from
the self; selfless devotion to justice
[zokubutsukonjou]
(n) snobbery; snobbishness; philistinism; vulgar and ostentatious nature [disposition]
[sokouchousa]
(n) probity check; background investigation; investigation into someone's conduct
[soshikiningen]
(n) organization [corporate] man [woman]
[soshusokou]
(n) cheap wines and unpalatable dishes [a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a
meal to a guest]
[soseiranzou]
(n) mass production of inferior goods
[sosendenrai]
(adj-no,n) inherited from the ancestors; handed down from generation to generation

 [sochinyuuin]
(n,vs) involuntary admission [commitment] (to a mental hospital)
[sokkinseiji]
(n) administration by close advisers; kitchen cabinet
[sokkintorihiki]
(n,vs) cash [spot] transaction
[sokketsusokudan]
(n,vs) prompt decision and prompt execution; make swift decisions and take quick
actions
[sossenkyuukou]
(n) take a lead in (doing); set an example of (doing); be the first in putting something in
practice
[sossensuihan]
(n,vs) set an example worth following; take the initiative and set a good example for
others
[sorobankanjou]
(n) counting on the abacus; cost-benefit [profitability] calculation
[sonzai'igi]
(n) meaning of life; meaning of one's existence
[sonzairiyuu]
(n) reason for being; justification for existence; a raison d'etre
[sonsosesshou]
(n) diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table; diplomatic bargaining
[sondaifuson]
(adj-na,n) arrogant and presumptuous; haughty arrogance; intolerable insolence
[sontokukanjou]
(n) profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
[sonnoujoui]
(n) loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners
[sonpaimondai]
(n) question of maintenance or abolition (of an institution, organization, etc.)

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[taiankichijitsu/taiankichinichi]
(n) very auspicious day for all types of occasions [one of the six special days in the
Japanese lunisolar calendar]
[daiichiinshou]
(n) first impression; initial impression
[daiichigiteki]
(adj-na,n) basic; primary; fundamental
[taiinsuuhai]
(n) moon worship
[taieishsugi]
(n) backward-looking philosophy [ideology]; conservatism
[taieiseisaku]
(n) conservative [regressive] policy
[taikaiitteki]
(n) a drop in the ocean [bucket]
[taigaikankei]
(n) foreign [international] relations; diplomacy; external affairs
[taigairidatsu]
(n) out-of-body experience
[taigakushobun]
(n) expulsion [dismissal] from school
[taikakourou]
(n) large building and lofty tower; splendid [magnificent, palatial] structure
[daikatsuissei]
(n,vs) shout in a thunderous voice; bluster out
[taiganjouju]
(n,vs) realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's
earnest prayer being answered

 [taikibansei]
(exp,n) Great talents mature late; being a late bloomer
[taigimeibun]
(n) higher principle; just cause; legitimate reason; clear justification (for an action)
[taigyakuhidou]
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
[taigyakumudou]
(adj-na,n) heinous; treacherous; atrocious; diabolic; fiendish; inhuman
[taigyousenjutsu]
(n) slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute)
[taiguukaizen]
(n) improvement of labor [working] conditions; a salary increase
[taikeishigoku]
(adj-na,n) great happiness; great joy [pleasure]
[taiketsushisei]
(n) confrontational attitude [stance, posture]
[taikenkanpan]
(n) infringing on the power of the sovereign
[taigensougo]
(n,vs) heroic words; big talk; boasting; bragging; grandiloquence; rodomontade
[taikouishiki]
(n) (a sense of) rivalry; competitive spirit
[taikokushugi]
(n) policy favoring major powers; policy of the Great Powers that is favorable to
themselves
[taigotettei]
(n,vs) attain divine enlightenment; perceive absolute truth; experience spiritual
awakening
[daikon'yakusha]
(n) bad [poor] actor; ham actor

 () [taizanhokuto]
(n) a great authority; a leading authority in a field; a luminary
[taizanmeidou]
(n) a big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing
[taizanmeidou]
(n) a big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing
[daishi'ichiban/taishi'ichiban]
(n-adv,n,vs) exerting oneself to the utmost, prepared to die if necessary
[daijidaihi]
(n) great mercy and compassion
[taishitsukaizen]
(n) improvement of one's physical constitution; internal reform; revamping
[taishuudankou]
(n) mass [labor] negotiation; mass bargaining session; public negotiation
[taishuubunka]
(n) mass culture; popular culture; pop culture
[taishuurosen]
(n) (adopting) a popular line; (taking) a populist line
[taishutsukinshi]
(exp,n) Not to be taken out.; Reference Only.
[taishoukanpatsu]
(n,vs) promulgation of an Imperial rescript
[taishokousho]
(n) broad perspective; broad point of view; taking the whole situation [a larger picture]
into account
[taijinkankaku]
(n) feelings toward other people; sensitivity to other people's feelings; feelings one gives
to other people through interpersonal relationships
[taijinkankei]
(n) personal relations [relationships]; relation(ship)s with (other) people; interpersonal
relation(ship)s; interhuman relations

 [daijinburumai]
(n,vs) royal treatment; entertain someone extravagantly
[taiseishikko]
(n,vs) shout with a loud voice; fulminate; vociferate
[taiseijunnou]
(n) conformism; following the crowd; swimming with the tide; me-tooism
[taiseibankai]
(n) restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing
the downward trend
[taiseihoukan]
(n) the restoration of the imperial rule [in Meiji Japan]
[taisen'aite]
(n) opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; an [the] enemy
[taizenjijaku]
(adj-t,adv-to) presence of mind; imperturbability; calm and self-possessed; with serenity
[daitankoumyou]
(adj-na,n) bold and clever; daring and ingenious; audacious and masterly
[daitanshigoku]
(adj-na,n) the height of daring; very courageous [reckless], extremely audacious
[daitanfuteki]
(adj-na,n) fearless; audacious; daring; resolute
[daitanhonpou]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) bold and unrestrained; daring and unfettered
[daidouenzetsu]
(n) street [soapbox] oratory; stump oratory
[taitougomen]
(n) a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword [during the Edo
period]
( [daidoushoui]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) substantial identify with insignificant differences; nearly alike

 [daidoudanketsu]
(n,vs) uniting for a common cause ignoring minor differences
[taidomonogoshi]
(n) attitude and demeanor
[daihyouhiman/taihyouhiman]
(n) big portly man
[taifuuikka]
(n) after the passage of a typhoon; (just) after a typhoon has blown over
[taifuuginza]
(n) the typhoon Ginza; the area (of Japan) where typhoons frequently pass
[taiheibuji]
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
[taitoukankei]
(n) relationship of equality; (being) on an equal footing
[taibouseikatsu]
(n) life of austerity; living hand-to-mouth; belt tightening
[taibouyosan]
(n) austerity [belt-tightening] budget
[daimyouryokou]
(n) traveling in grand style; traveling luxuriously; going on a junket
[tairikurounin]
(n) prewar Japanese adventurer [political activist] in mainland China
[tairitsu'iken]
(n) conflicting [opposite, contrasting] opinion; antagonistic view
[tairitsugainen]
(n) the exact opposite concept [idea]; the antithesis
[tairitsukankei]
(n) confrontational relationship; (being) at loggerheads (with); antagonism
[tairitsukanjou]
(n) feeling of antipathy [rivalry]; antagonistic sentiment

 [tairyoubinbou]
(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
[tairyokushoubu]
(n) trial of strength; test of one's strength [stamina]
[taiwarosen]
(n) policy of using dialogue instead of confrontation
[taiwanbouzu]
(n) atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan; atmospheric depression in the East
China Sea
[takatekote]
(n) being tightly bound; having arms bound behind one's back
[takitayou]
(adj-na,n) wide-ranging and diverse; multifarious
[takibouyou]
(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.
[takuitsumondai]
(n) multiple-choice question
[takujouenzetsu]
(n) after-dinner speech; speech made at a dinner [luncheon]
[tageitasai]
(adj-na,n) versatile; multi-talented
[takeyarisenjutsu]
(n) tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole
reliance on simple determination [naive spiritualism] in fighting an overwhelming foe
[tagonmuyou]
(exp,n) Not a word to anyone.; Mum's the word.
[tashiseisei/tashisaisai]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) galaxy of able persons; collection of talented persons
[tajitatan]
(adj-na,n) eventful; very busy; pressure of business

 [tajitanan]
(adj-na,n) troubled; turbulent; having a lot going on in ones' life; suffering one hardship
after another
[tashutamen]
(adj-na,n) wide-ranging and diverse; multifarious
[tashutayou]
(adj-na,n) a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; diverse; multifarious
[tajoutakan]
(adj-na,n) sentimental; being full of emotions; having tender sensibilities; emotionally
susceptible
[tajoutakon]
(adj-na,n) being full of tears and regrets; highly emotional and filled with regrets and
resentments
[tajoubusshin]
(n) being sensitive and kind-hearted; tenderheartedness; loving-kindness
[tachiaienzetsu]
(n) (public) debate (between candidates)
[tachiifurumai]
(n) behavior; bearing; deportment; manners; demeanor
[tasseikanou]
(adj-na,n) achievable; attainable
[dassenkoui]
(n) aberration; aberrant behavior; eccentric [erratic] behavior; indulging in an escapade
[tatemaeshugi]
(n) tokenism; appearance for appearance's sake
[datemegane]
(n) glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake
[tatewarigyousei]
(n) vertically segmented administrative system; overcompartmentalized bureaucracy; a
system in which interministerial rivalry diminishes overall efficiency

 [taningyougi]
(adj-na,n) reserved manner; standing on ceremony [formality]; keeping one's distance;
behaving as if someone were a stranger
[taninmeiwaku]
(n) nuisance [annoyance, inconvenience] to people around one; social nuisance
[darakufuhai]
(n) debasement; corruption; degradation
[tarikihongan]
(n) relying upon others for attaining one's own objective; salvation by faith in Amida
Buddha
[taryuujiai]
(n) contest between different schools (of swordsmanship, etc.); trying one's skill with a
follower of another school (of fencing, etc.)
[dan'ihoushoku]
(n) well-fed and warmly-clothed [comfortably-dressed]; being blessed materially
[dankaisedai]
(n) the babyboomers; the baby boom generation
[tankan'ori/donkan'ori]
(n) corrupt government official
[danganhiu]
(n) hail of bullets; heavy bombardment
[tankikessen]
(n) decisive battle of brief duration; quick [short] operation [campaign] for a decisive win
[dangojoutai]
(n) being bunched up together; being crowded together
[tanjunsoboku]
(adj-na,n) plain and simple; naive
[tanjunmeikai]
(adj-na,n) simple and clear-cut; plain and simple; open-and-shut; straightforward
[danjobyoudou]
(n) equality of [between] the sexes

 [danshoushugi]
(n) interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context
[tanshinfunin]
(n,vs) relocating to a new post without taking one's family
[danseihon'i]
(n) male orientation; male-oriented
[dansonjohi]
(n) male domination of women; male chauvinism; placing men above women; belief in
the superiority of men over women
) [tandaishinshou]
(n) both bold and careful; both audacious and meticulous
[tandekiseikatsu]
(n) a fast [dissolute] life; a life of follies; a life given to dissolute pleasures
[dantouihen]
(n) abnormally warm [mild] winter
[tantouchokunyuu]
(adj-na,n) going right to the point; point-blank; without beating about the bush
) [tanryokeisotsu]
(adj-na,n) impulsive and imprudent; rash and unthinking
[tanryoseikyuu]
(adj-na,n) short-tempered and impatient
[danronfuuhatsu]
(n,vs) spirited discussion; carrying on an animated conversation
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[chiikuhenchou]
(n) too much intellectual training; overemphasis on intellectual education
[chiesaikaku]
(n) having wisdom and resources; being clever and talented
[chiefunbetsu]
n) wisdom and good [common sense] judgment

 [chigaihouken]
(n) extraterritoriality; exterritoriality; extraterritorial rights
[chikakousaku]
(n) underground activities; secret maneuvering
[chigishunjun]
(n,vs) shilly-shally; hesitation; indecision; vacillation
[chikihouyuu]
(n) one's close friends; one's intimate friends and acquaintances
[chikouicchi]
(n) unity [consistency] of knowledge and action
[chikougouitsu]
(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)]
[chishafuwaku]
(exp,n) A wise person always follows the right course.; A wise man never wavers.
[chikkyoheimon]
(n) house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
[chitsujoseizen]
(adj-t,adv-to) in good [perfect] order; in apple-pie order
[chitokuenman]
(adj-na,n) having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue
[chitokukenbi]
(n,vs) having both (wide) knowledge and (high) virtue
[chitokugouitsu]
(n) the unity of knowledge and virtue
[chimimouryou]
(n) evil spirits of mountains and rivers; monsters, goblins, and ghosts; all sorts of weird
creatures
[chakugantaikyoku]
(n) having an eye to the big picture; taking a broad view of things; concentrating on the
main issue; seeing in perspective

 [chabankyougen]
(n) a type of farce [burlesque, skit] popular in the Edo period
[chuuijinbutsu]
(n) marked person; blacklisted person; dangerous [suspicious] character
[chuugiichizu]
(adj-na,n) staunch [steadfast, singlehearted] in one's devotion to his master [lord]
[chuugiittetsu]
(adj-na,n) staunch [steadfast, singlehearted] in one's devotion to his master [lord]
[chuukun'aikoku]
(n) loyalty to one's lord and patriotism for one's country; loyalty to the Emperor and
patriotism for Japan
[chuukoujingi]
(n) loyalty, filial piety, humanity, and justice
[chuugengyakuji]
(exp,n) Good advice is harsh to the ear; Honest advice is often unpleasant to the ears.
[chiyuukenbi]
(n,vs) having both wisdom and courage [valor]
[chuuchoshunjun]
(n,vs) shilly-shally; hesitation; indecision; vacillation
[chuudou'uha]
(n) right-of-center faction [group]
[chuudousaha]
(n) left-of-center faction [group]
[chuudourosen]
(n) moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
[chuutohanpa]
(adj-na,n) halfway; half measures; half-hearted; half-baked; betwixt and between
[chuunikuchuuzei]
(n) medium build; of average height and weight [build]

 [chuumonzumou]
(n) a sumo bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; a match that goes
according to one's plan
[chuuyagyakuten]
(n,vs) one's days and nights being reversed
[chuuyakenkou]
(n) around-the-clock; (working) day and night
[chuuyuumusou]
(adj-no,n) of peerless loyalty and bravery
[chouaiisshin]
(n) standing highest in one's master's favor; monopolizing the affection [favor] of the
lord; being the lord's favorite lady
[chouunbou]
(n) a sexual liaison
[choukaimenshoku]
(n) bad conduct [dishonorable] discharge; disciplinary dismissal [discharge]
[choukouisseki]
(n) (make) a long talk [discourse, lecture]
[chousanboshi]
(n) being preoccupied with immediate [superficial] differences without realizing that
there are no differences in substance; swindle (someone) with trickery
[chousanrishi]
(n) the comman run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person)
[choujakueiga]
(n) long film [movie]
[choujabanzuke]
(n) list of the richest people; list of the very highest income earners; billionaire's list
[choujoushigoku]
(adj-na,n) very pleasant; extremely delightful; exquisite; superb
[choushinsouku]
(n) a tall and lean figure


[choushinrukotsu/choushinroukotsu]
(n,vs) laborious work; lucubration(s); painstakingly polishing a piece of literary work
[chousezokuteki]
(adj-na) unworldly; supermundane; free from worldly cares [concerns]
[chouchounannan]
(adj-t,adv-to,n,vs) bill and coo; indulge in billing and cooing; holding an intimate, longwinded conversation in whispers
[chouchouhasshi]
(adv,n) (sound) of clashing swords in fierce combat; (arguing) as fiercely as clashing
and blocking swords
[chouchoubobo]
(adv) every morning and evening
[chouteikyokuho]
(n) long stretch of winding beach
[chouninkatagi]
(n) a townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit
[chouninkonjou]
(n) a townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit
[chouninfuzei]
(n) (the likes of) a mere tradesman
[chouryoubakko]
(n,vs) evildoers being rampant and roaming at will
[choureibokai]
(n) a frequent change of regulations; (orders or laws) being revised often with no
guiding principles; unsettled course of action
) [chokuoumaishin]
(n,vs) push boldly forward; dash forward without flinching
[chokugenchokuhitsu]
(n,vs) speak and write plainly [frankly]; speak and write without reserve
[chokujoukeikou]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) spontaneous and straightforward; frank, guileless, and straightforward

 [chokusetsukanmei]
(adj-na,n) plain and simple; frank, direct and unambivalent; straightforward
[chokuritsufudou]
(n) standing at attention; standing stiffly to attention
[chototsumoushin]
(n,vs) make a headlong rush (at); rush forward recklessly
[chiyoyorozuyo]
(n) for ever and ever; (through) eternity; countless ages; till the end of time
[chirankoubou]
(n) a nation's times of peace and war; a nation in its rise and fall
[chiwagenka]
(n) lovers' quarrel
[chingyorakugan]
(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]
[chinshimokkou]
(n,vs) be lost in deep thought; be sunk deep in contemplation
[chinjoukassen]
(n) competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against)
[chinchakureisei]
(adj-na,n) calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
[chinmikakou]
(n) rare delicacies; rare treat
[chinmokukagen]
(adj-na,n) taciturn; reticent
[chinryuusouseki]
(n) a sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched
argument
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 [tsuishougaikou]
(n) sycophantic diplomacy; servile diplomacy
[tsuisekichousa]
(n) follow-up study [survey]
[tsuizenkuyou]
(n) Buddhist memorial service; Buddhist requiem mass for the dead
[tsuizenkougyou]
(n) memorial performance; performance in memory of someone
[tsuukaimuhi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant; intensely satisfying
[tsuukairinri]
(adj-t,adv-to) very thrilling; extremely delightful; awfully pleasant; intensely satisfying
[tsuukagirei]
(n) rite of passage
[tsuukinjigoku]
(n) the hellish stress of commuting; the daily hell of overcrowded commuter trains
[tsukumogami]
(n) an old woman's gray hair
[tsugoushidai]
(n) depending on the [one's] situation [circumstances]; at one's pleasure
[tsutsuuraura/tsuzuuraura]
(n-adv,n) all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land
[tsuzuraori]
(n) winding; meandering; zigzag; sinuous
[tsuysokisouba]
(n) strong [bull(ish)] market
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[teikaishumi]
(n) disposition toward rejecting mundane affairs and enjoying nature and art

 [teijishidai]
(n-adv) at [upon] presentation; when presented
[teishukanpaku]
(n) the hectoring of the husband; husband who rules the roost; domineering husband
[teisoukannen]
(n) sense [idea] of chastity; sexual morality
[teisoukengo]
(adj-na,n) [usually, to one's husband] chaste; faithful
[teitouheishin]
(n,vs) throwing oneself at a person's feet; going down to one's knees; kowtowing
[teidomondai]
(n) a matter [question] of degree
[teitonjoutai]
(n) standstill; deadlock; stalemate; doldrums; stagnant conditions
[teineikonsetsu]
(adj-na,n) [an explanation, advice, etc. being] kind, careful, and thorough; thoughtful and
scrupulous
[tekaseashikase]
(n) manacles; shackles; fetters
[dekiguai]
(n) the [result] outcome; performance; workmanship; doneness
[tekizaitekisho]
(n) the right person in the right place; assigning the right person to the right position
[dekishidai]
(n-adv,n-t) as soon as something is ready [done, available]; depending on the result
[performance, workmanship] of something
[tekishaseizon]
(n) survival of the fittest
[tekitaikankei]
(n) antagonism; a hostile relationship

 [tekihonshugi]
(n) diversionary tactics; a feint; concealing one's true motives until the last moment
[tekkenseisai]
(n) punishment with a blow of the fist
[tesshinsekichou]
(n) will of iron

(n) will of iron

[decchiboukou]
(n) apprenticeship; bound apprenticeship
[tetteikyuumei]
(n) thorough investigation; complete inquiry
( [tetteikousen]
(n) do-or-die [all-out] resistance; resistance to the bitter end
[tettoutetsubi]
(adv) thoroughly; through and through; from beginning to finish; right down the line
[temaegatte]
(adj-na,n) (very) selfish; self-centered; self-willed; self-seeking
[demaekoushi]
(n) lecturer on demand; guest speaker on demand
[temaejougi]
(n) self-serving logic
[temaemiso]
(n) self-flattery; singing one's own praises; tooting one's own horn
[temashigoto]
(n) work that requires a lot of time and effort; tedious work; piecework; odd job
[teruterubouzu]
(n) paper doll to which children pray for fine weather
[terentekuda]
(n) arts and wiles; art and technique of coaxing; finesse of love

 [ten'imuhou]
(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
[tengaikodoku]
(adj-na,n) being all alone in the world; having no family or relatives
[tengaichikaku]
(n) two places being very far apart; far-off (remote) land
[tenkaippin]
(adj-no,n) best article under heaven; peerless; a nonesuch
[tengaibanri]
(adj-no,n) very far away; the heavenly shores
[tengaihirin]
(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
[tenkakokka]
(n) the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state
() [tenkagomen]
(adj-no,n) licensed; chartered; officially allowed
[tenkashuuchi]
(adj-no,n) common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody
[tenkadaiichi]
(adj-no,n) the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the
whole country
[tenkataihei]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) peaceful and tranquil [uneventful]; peace reigns over the land; halcyon
times of peace
[tenkataji]
(adj-no,n) eventful times for the nation [world]; the nation [world] being in turmoil; the
storm clouds gathering in the land
[tenkatouitsu]
(n,vs) unification of the whole country

 [tenkabanmin]
(n) the whole nation; all the people in the land
[tenkamusou]
(adj-no,n) peerless [unparalleled, matchless, unequaled] in the country
[tenkamuteki]
(adj-no,n) peerless [unparalleled, matchless, unequaled] in the country
[tenkamuhi]
(adj-no,n) peerless [unparalleled, matchless, unequaled] in the country
[tenkamurui]
(adj-no,n) peerless [unparalleled, matchless, unequaled] in the country
[tenkiguai]
(n) the signs of the weather; weather conditions; the look of the sky
[tenkishidai]
(n) being dependent on what the weather is like
[tenkimoyou]
(n) the signs of the weather; weather conditions; the look of the sky
[tenkuukaikatsu]
(adj-no,n) the open sky and the serene sea; as open as the sky and serene as the sea;
magnanimous
[dengekisakusen]
(n) blitzkrieg tactics
[tenkenshouhou]
(n) an unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and
declaring the need for replacing items
[denkouissen]
(n) flash of lightning
[denkousekka]
(n) with lightning speed; like a flash of lightning; in a blink of an eye
[denkouchouro]
(n) fleetingness; evanescence

 [tenkoufujun]
(n) unseasonable weather; fickle weather; bad weather
[tensaichihen]
(n) natural disaster [calamity, catastrophe]
[tenshukeihaku]
(exp) Store owner, at your service.; Yours truly, the Store Owner.
[tenjousajiki]
(n) upper gallery (of a theater); being utterly ignored [as if being placed in the upper
gallery]
[tenjoutenge]
(n-adv, n) the whole world; throughout heaven and earth
[tenjoumukyuu]
(n) being as eternal as heaven and earth; being coeval with the universe
[tenshourinne]
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the
circle of transmigration
[tenjinchigi]
(n) the gods of heaven and earth
( [tenshinranman]
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to,n) simple and innocent; naive and unsophisticated; artless;
unaffected; spontaneous
[tenshinryuuro]
(n) manifestation [revelation] of one's natural sincerity [naivete]
[tensonkourin]
(n) the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
[tentankyomu]
(adj-na,adj-t,n) rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless
[tenchiujou]
(n) the sentient world; all sentiment beings
[tenchikaibyaku]
(n) the creation of heaven and earth; the beginning of the world; the dawn of history

 [tenchikaimei]
(exp,n) The world is covered in darkness.; All is plunged into darkness.
[tenchigenkou]
(exp,n) Heaven is black and earth is yellow.; heaven and earth
( [tenchishinmei]
(n) the gods of heaven and earth; all that is sacred
[tenchichoukyuu]
(exp,n) Heaven and earth are eternal.
[tenchibanbutsu]
(n) all things in heaven and earth; the whole of creation
[tenchimuyou]
(exp,n) Do not turn over; This side up.
[tenchimeidou]
(n,vs) rumbling and shaking of the earth
[tenchouchikyuu]
(exp,n) Heaven and earth are eternal.
[tentekikankei]
(n) relationship of being natural enemies
[tentekisenseki]
(exp,n) Constant dripping wears away the stone; Limited strength, when persistently
applied, can accomplish great feats.
[tentekomai]
(n,vs) whirl of busyness; flurry of activity
[tentenhansoku]
(n,vs) toss and turn in one's sleep; lie from side to side in bed worried about something
[tenbatsutekimen]
(exp,n) the certainty of divine punishment; Swift is Heaven's vengeance.
[tenpujinken]
(n) natural (innate) human rights
[denpuyajin]
(n) a rustic; a boor; a hick; a yokel; an uneducated and crude person

 [tenpenchii]
(n) natural disaster; extraordinary natural phenomenon; convulsion of nature; a great
upheaval
[tenbouzekka]
(adj-na,n) scenic beauty; magnificent [spectacular] view
[tenmoukaikai]
(exp,n) Heaven's vengeance is slow but sure; Heaven's net is wide and coarse, yet
nothing slips through.
[ten'yuushinjo]
(n) divine grace; God's help
[tenrijindou]
(n) the laws of nature and humanity
[tenrininjou]
(n) the laws of nature and humanity
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[touiseijuu]
(n) barbarians to the east and to the west [from the perspective of old China]
[touisokumyou]
(adj-na, adj-no,n) readiness of wit; giving a quick and witty response; repartee
[touitsukenkai]
(n) collective view (opinion)
[douitsujinbutsu]
(n) the (very) same person; one and the same (person)
[toukaishumi]
(n) propensity to efface oneself; being prone to conceal one's talent
[tougaijinbutsu]
(n) the said person
[tougikousoku]
(n) compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate

 [douguisshiki]
(n) set of tools [implements]; kit; outfit
[dougeshibai]
(n) farce; low comedy
[dougeyakusha]
(n) clown; jester; actor who plays a comic role
[doukouikyoku]
(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
[toukoukyohi]
(n,vs) refusal to go to school; school rejection syndrome; schoolphobia
[doukouhaaku]
(n) grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a
good sense of how things are changing
[toukouryuuryoku]
(n) beautiful scenery of spring
[touzaikokon]
(n-adv,n) all times and places; everywhen and everywhere
[touzainanboku]
(n) north, south, east and west [Literally: east, west, south and north]; the four cardinal
points of the compass; all directions
[toushimanman]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) brimming with fighting spirit; being strong in the will to fight; burning
with combativeness
[doushou'imu]
(n) acting together but having different views or objectives; making strange bedfellows
[doushinkengo]
(adj-na,n) being of firm [unshakable] faith and strict practice
[touseikatagi]
(n) the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays
[douseidoumei]
(n) (having) the same family and personal name (as somebody)

 [tousenkennai]
(n) (having a) good chance of being elected [winning] (in an election)

(adj-no,n) the greatest of the day

[toudaizuiichi]

(adj-no,n) the greatest of the day

[toudaidaiichi]

[toudaimusou]
(adj-no,n) being unsurpassed [unparalleled] at present
[toudaimuhi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being unsurpassed [unparalleled] at present
[touchakushidai]
(n-adv) upon arrival of an item [items]; as soon as one arrives
[douchakumujun]
(n,vs) self-contradiction
[douchuu'antai]
(n) safe journey
[douchuubuji]
(n) safe journey
[douchoutosetsu]
(n) shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
[doutokukengo]
(adj-na,n) of strict morals [moral principles]; highly moral
[doutokutaihai]
(n) moral decadence [decline, corruption]
[toutotsusenban]
(adj-na) very sudden; very abrupt
[dounagatansoku]
(n) having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged
[touhakonjou]
(n) partisan spirit [prejudice]; partisanship; factionalism

 [douhanshukkin]
(n,vs) [a bar hostess] coming to work accompanied by a customer
[doubundoushu]
(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]
[toubouseikatsu]
(n) life on the run
[touhoufutan]
(n) (at) our expense; (on) our risk
[touhonseisou]
(n,vs) rush around all over for some purpose; be constantly busy running all over; be
frantically busy (doing something)
[dourakushigoto]
(n) work done for enjoyment [as a diversion]; dilettante work
[dourakunakama]
(n) companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities
[dourakumusuko]
(n) prodigal son; profligate son
[dourishigoku]
(adj-na,n) very reasonable; being perfectly consistent with reason; standing to reason
[touritouryaku]
(n) (political) party interests; playing party politics; partisan politics
[touwakugimi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being somewhat puzzled; looking somewhat baffled
[dokyousenryou]
(n) being bold/daring/plucky; having a lot of guts; being quite nerveless
[tokiyojisetsu]
(n) times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel
[tokuitanzen]
(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

 [tokuibun'ya]
(n) one's field of expertise
[tokuimanmen]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) being puffed up with pride; as proud as a peacock; with a triumphant
air
[dokushosantou]
(n) using mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully
[dokushozanmai]
(n) obsession with reading; being buried in a book
[dokushosan'yo]
(n) winter, night, and rainy weather; the ideal conditions for reading
[dokushohyappen]
(exp,n) Repeated reading (makes the meaning clear).; Reading something again and
again (will lead one to realize its meaning).
[dokushinkizoku]
(n) unmarried persons living affluently; well-off single young man [woman]; swinging
bachelor
[tokuseiikki]
(n) uprising (during the Muromachi period) demanding debt cancellation orders
[tokudanekisha]
(n) scoop reporter; scoop artist
[dokudansenkou]
(n,vs) acting arbitrarily on one's own authority; arbitrary decision and execution
[tokuhitsutaisho]
(n,vs) write in large [golden] letters; headline something; single something out for
special mention
[dokuritsujison]
(n) independence and self-reliance
[dokuritsujison]
(n) independence and self-respect; living independently, taking pride in oneself
[dokuritsudokkou]
(n) self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs

 [dokuritsudoppo]
(n) self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs
[dokuritsufuki]
(n) acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others
[tokoyadangi]
(n) barbershop talk
[dozaemon]
(n) drowned person [body]
[tozamadaimyou]
(n) non-Tokugawa daimyo; daimyo who was not a hereditary vassal of the Tokugawa
family
[toshimabijin]
(n) woman of mature beauty
[toshukuuken]
(n) barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own
resourcefulness) [when embarking on something]
[tosokigen]
(adj-no,n) feeling a little drunk with the New Year's sake
[tosokibun]
(n) festive New Year's mood
[tokkankouji]
(n) rush work; crash job; construction at top speed
[tokkansagyou]
(n) rush work; crash program; working on a crash basis; working at top speed
[totsujoihen]
(n) sudden and dramatic event [incident]; sudden and strange phenomenon
[totsuzenhen'i]
(n) mutation
[tonosamashigoto]
(n) work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses

 [tonosamashoubai]
(n) amateurish [dilettantish] business
[tonosamashouhou]
(n) amateurish [dilettantish] way of doing business
[dohatsushouten]
(n) being in a towering rage; boiling [seething] with rage
[tobiishirenkyuu]
(n) a series of holidays with one or two workdays in between
[dohougakai]
(n,vs) complete collapse; (something) going to pieces [breaking up beyond repair]
[tomodachikankaku]
(n) relationship that is like that of friends
[doryokufunrei]
(n,vs) making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself
[doreikonjou]
(n) servile character [disposition]
[doroboukagyou]
(n) professional thievery
[doroboukonjou]
(n) thievish nature [character]; thieving heart; cunning and greedy character
[doromizukagyou]
(n) working in the sex trade; making a living in the red-light district
[tonseiseikatsu]
(n) (living) retired [in seclusion] (from the world)
[donchoushibai]
(n) low-class (Kabuki) theater [play]
[donchouyakusha]
(n) low-class (Kabuki) actor; actor who plays in low-class [cheap] theater
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 [naienkankei]
(n) common-law [de facto] marriage; living together as common-law husband and wife
[naigaitaji]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) things being very eventful at home and abroad
[naigougaijuu]
(n) being gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove
[naijuugaigou]
(n) being tough on the outside but soft at heart; a faint-hearted person pretending to be
brave
[naishokushouhou]
(n) homeworking scheme [scam]
[naishinjikuji]
(adj-t,adv-to) ashamed deep in one's heart; blushing with shame when one remembers
something
[naishinheikou]
(n,vs) being fed up with (something) deep down in one's heart; being secretly
nonplussed over (something)
[naiseikanshou]
(n) interference in the internal affairs of another country
[naibukousaku]
(n) internal maneuvering; secret maneuvering (within an organization); reconciling the
various views within an organization before airing something in public
[naibutairitsu]
(n) internal strife; internal struggle
[naibuhankou]
(n) an inside job
[naimensekai]
(n) one's world within; one's inner world
[naiyuugaikan]
(n) troubles both at home and abroad; troubles at home, dangers from abroad; beset
with both internal and external problems

 [nagaimuyou]
(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.
[nakamaishiki]
(n) feeling of fellowship; sense of camaraderie; peer consciousness
[nakamagenka]
(n) quarrel among friends; quarrel among ourselves [themselves]
[nakamadoushi]
(n) comrades; friends; associates
[nadaiyakusha]
(n) chief [star] actor in a Kabuki play; leading actors of a troupe
[natanezuyu]
(n) brief rainy season at rape-plant blossoming time [in early spring]
[natsuyamafuyusato]
(n) pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter
[nanafushigi]
(n) the seven wonders
[naniwabushiteki]
(adj-na) of the old feeling of naniwa-bushi; marked by the dual themes of obligation and
compassion that distinguish the naniwa-bushi ballads
[nabesokokeiki]
(n) lingering recession; an economy that lingers in the doldrums after bottoming out
[namagusabouzu]
(n) corrupt [depraved] priest [monk]; worldly-minded [worldly-wise] priest
[namusanpou]
(exp,int) I believe in the Three Treasures of Buddhism.; Oh my Great Buddha!; Good
heavens!
[namuhachiman]
(exp,int>) O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy! [short for
(]
[narikinshumi]
(n) the ostentation [bad taste] of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity

 [naritarikon]
(n) Narita divorce; divorce case of a newlywed couple breaking up upon their return to
Narita Airport from their honeymoon abroad
[nankantoppa]
(n,vs) overcoming a difficulty; breaking through a barrier; clearing a hurdle
[nangyoukugyou]
(n,vs) ascetic practices; ordeal; trials and tribulations; living through extreme hardships
[nankoufuraku]
(adj-no,n) impregnable; invulnerable
[nanjakugaikou]
(n) weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
[nanjakurosen]
(n) weak-hearted approach; soft line; easier way [route]
[nansenhokuba]
(n) constant traveling; being constantly busy traveling all over
[nanbantorai]
(n) (articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
[nanmonsanseki]
(n) mountain [pile] of difficult problems
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[nigateishiki]
(n) awareness that somebody [something] is [will be] hard to deal with; awareness that
one is not good at something
[nikujikisaitai]
(n,vs) meat-eating and marriage; Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married
[nikutaikankei]
(n) sexual [intimate] relations; sexual [physical] relationship; (having) intimate relations
[nishasen'itsu]
(n) choice of one or the other; choice between (only) two things; choice of two
alternatives

 [nishatakuitsu]
(n) choice of one or the other; choice between (only) two things; choice of two
alternatives
[nijuusanjuu]
(n) twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled
[nijuushiki]
(n) the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar
[nishin'ittai]
(n,vs) two steps forward, one step back
[nisokusanmon]
(n) dirt cheap; dime a dozen; give-away prices; el cheapo
[nichijousahan]
(n) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
[nichiyoudaiku]
(n) do-it-yourself carpenter; weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
[nisshingeppo]
(n) steady progress; ever-progressing; steady and rapid advance
[nicchuukinmu]
(n) daytime work; day shift
[nitensanten]
(n,vs) change again and again; seesaw back and forth; be in a state of flux; backtrack
repeatedly
[nidosando]
(adv,n) again and again; over and over again; repeatedly
[nidodema]
(n) double effort; waste of time; botched job (that has to be done all over again)
[nininsankyaku]
(n) three-legged race; cooperation between the two with singleness of purpose
[nihyakutooka]
(n) the 210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the
"storm day"

 [nimaikanban]
(n) the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features;
the two main items [attractions]
[nimaimehan]
(n) comedian who plays a lover's part
[nyoijizai]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) freely; in complete control of; with complete freedom; at will; as one
pleases
[nyouboukoukou]
(adj-no,n) being devoted to one's wife; uxorious
[nyouboutenka]
(n) husband being henpecked; a house where the wife is the boss; petticoat
government
[nyojitsuchiken]
(n) perceiving reality as it is; true awareness of reality
[nyozegamon]
(exp,n) Thus I hear; These ears have heard [quote from the sutras]
[nyoninkekkai]
(n) prohibition against women entering a sacred area
[nyoninkinzei/nyoninkinsei]
(n) No women admitted; not admitting women to hallowed ground
[nyohouan'ya]
(n) total [utter] darkness
[nyoronyoden]
(n,exp) existence (as we percieve it) is as mutable and incorporeal as is the morning
dew or a flash of lightning
[niritsuhaihan]
(n) antinomy; opposition between two laws [principles, rules]; self-contradiction; all or
nothing; either-or
[nirokujichuu]
(adv,n) around the clock; at all hours; all day long; day and night

 [nin'idoukou]
(n) going along voluntarily to be questioned by law officers
[ninkikagyou]
(n) popular occupation; occupation largely dependent on public favor
[ninkishittsui]
(n) decline in public favor; fall in popularity
[ninkishoubai]
(n) popular business; entertainment business; occupation [business] largely dependent
on public favor
[ninkizecchou]
(n) at the height [peak] of one's popularity
) [ninkibatsugun]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) outstandingly popular; overwhelming popularity
[ninkifuttou]
(n,vs) (enjoy) tumultuous [tremendous, overwhelming] popularity
[ningenkankei]
(n) human [personal] relations [relationships]
[ningensogai]
(n) dehumanization; alienation of man [human beings]
[ningenfuzai]
(n) being devoid of consideration for human beings
[ningenfushin]
(n) distrust of (other) human beings
[ningenmoyou]
(n) fabric [pattern] of human relationships
[ninshikibusoku]
(n) lack of (adequate) knowledge or understanding; being ignorant of; being ill-informed
about
[ninjouzata]
(n) incident of bloodshed

 [ninjoufuuzoku]
(n) manners, customs and popular sentiments
[ninsoufuutei/ninsoufuutai]
(n) someone's looks and personal appearance
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[nusuttokonjou/nusubitokonjou]
(n) thievish nature [character]; thieving heart; cunning and greedy character
[nusubitojougo/nusuttojougo]
(n) (1) person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well; (2) person who can drink much
alcohol without becoming tipsy
[nukiashisashiashi]
(n) stealthy footsteps; walking on tiptoe

[nekketsukyoushi]
(n) enthusiastic schoolteacher
[netsuzoukiji]
(n) fabricated story; cooked up (news) report
[nenganjouju]
(n,vs) attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's earnest prayer being answered
[nenkiboukou]
(n) apprenticeship; service under indentures
[nengemishou]
(n) heart-to-heart communication; thought transference [Literally: "holding a flower and
subtly smiling."]
[nenkoujoretsu]
(n) seniority system; seniority by length of service; promotion by age or seniority
[nenshoukakki]
(adj-no,n) youthful ardor; rash impulse of an inexperienced youth

 [nenshoukiei]
(adj-no,n) being young and spirited; being young and full of go
[nenjuumukyuu]
(n) open every day of the year; open all year long
[nenchuugyouji]
(n) (regular) annual event [function]; chief events of the year; annual festival
[nennensaisai]
(adv,n) annually; every year; year in and year out; from year to year
[nenbyakunenjuu]
(adv) throughout the year; all (the) year round; always
[nenbutsuoujou]
(n) passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha
[nenbutsuzanmai]
(n) being deep in (Buddhist) prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha
[nenmatsunenshi]
(n) the New Year's holiday; the period encompassing the close of the old year and the
start of the new year
[nenreisouou]
(adj-no,n) (appropriate for) one's age

[noumin'ikki]
(n) peasants' uprising
[nodomotojian]
(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea
[norashigoto]
(n) farm work [labor]; work(ing) in the fields
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[haiirokoukan]
(n) high official suspected of corruption

 [haikinshugi]
(n) money worship; mammonism
[haigouseiri]
(n) reorganization; restructuring
[haigokankei]
(n) background (of an episode/to a case); circumstances leading up to (an incident)
[baishuukousaku]
(n) bribery scheme; acquisition maneuver
[haihanchiken]
(n) abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures [1871]
[haihankoui]
(n) act of disobedience [betrayal]; violation; breach; infraction; infringement
[haibanrouzeki]
(adj-t,adv-to) glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles
lying about in a jumble
[haibutsukishaku]
(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
[baimeikoui]
(n) act of self-advertisement; publicity stunt
[hakaikousaku]
(n) subversive activities
[bagaishijou]
(n) over-the-counter market; OTC market
[bagaitorihiki]
(n) over-the-counter trading [transactions]; OTC trading
[hakaibunshi]
(n) subversive; subversive element
[bakaingin]
(adj-na,n) overdone politeness; polite to a fault; feigned politeness

 [bakashoujiki]
(adj-na,n) honest to a fault; foolishly honest; simple and honest
[bakatakane]
(n) ridiculously high price
[bakateinei]
(adj-na,n) overly polite; polite to a fault
[bakayasune]
(n) ridiculously low price
[bakayarou]
(int,n) (You) idiot! [stupid!]; idiot; fool; moron; stupid
[bakarichigi]
(adj-na,n) honest and straightforward to a fault
[hagan'isshou]
(n,vs) break into a broad smile; flash a grin
[hagantaishou]
(n,vs) break into a hearty laugh
[hakyuukouka]
(n) ripple effect; spillover effect; propagation effect
[hakuinboushou]
(n,vs) cite copious references; refer to diverse sources of information; refer to various
authorities
[hakugakutasai]
(adj-na,n) wide knowledge and versatile talents; profound learning and varied
attainments
[hakugakutashiki]
(n) erudition and extensive knowledge
[hakushiinin]
(n) carte blanche; blank check; unconditional authority
[hakushikangen]
(n,vs) be returned [sent back] to the drawing board

 [hakushikitasai]
(adj-na,n) wide knowledge and versatile talents; profound learning and varied
attainments
[hakushijakkou]
(n) infirmity of purpose and lack of decision; being weak-willed and inept in getting
things done
[hakushitekkai]
(n,vs) complete revocation; total retraction

[hakushaseishou/hakusaseishou]
(n) white sands and green pine grove; a beautiful stretch of sandy beach dotted with
pine trees
[hakushukassai]
(n,vs) clapping and cheering; hearty round of applause
[hakujin'issen]
(n-adv,n) (with) a flash of a drawn sword
[bakudansengen]
(n)bombshell announcement [declaration]
[bakudanhatsugen]
(n) bombshell announcement [statement]
[bakudanhappyou]
(n) bombshell announcement [statement]
[hakuchuukouzen]
(adj-t,adv-to) openly and in broad daylight
[hakuchuudoudou]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) openly [unashamedly] in broad daylight
[hakubahiba]
(n) sophistry; sophism; false syllogism
[hakubunkyouki]
(adj-no,n) erudition and remarkably retentive memory; widely-read with a remarkable
memory

 [hakurankyouki]
(adj-no,n) erudition and remarkably retentive memory; widely-read with a remarkable
memory
[hakurantashiki]
(adj-no,n) erudition and extensive knowledge; widely-read and well-informed
[hakuritabai]
(n,vs) high-volume sales with small profits; small profits and quick returns; low margin
and high turnover
[hakuryokumanten]
(n) full impact; packing a punch
[bakurosenjutsu]
(n) exposure tactics; muckraking tactics
[hakuwashousetsu]
(n) novel written in colloquial Chinese
[hakomonogyousei]
(n) government [public policy] focusing on the construction of public [community]
buildings
[bajitoufuu]
(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
[hachijuuhachiya]
(n) eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring [about which time farmers become
busy with their field work]
[hachidaijigoku]
(n) The Eight Greater (Buddhist) Hells
[hachimenreirou]
(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
[hachimenroppi]
(n) competent and active in many fields; versatile; one person doing the work of many
[hakkouichiu]
(n) (the spirit of) universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof

 [bakkochouryou]
(n,vs) evildoers being rampant and roaming at will
[batsuzangaisei]
(n) great strength and energy [of a mighty hero]; Herculean strength and vitality
[happyakuyachou]
(n) the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other
[happyakuyadera]
(n) the large number of temples in Kyoto
[happyakuyabashi]
(n) the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa [present-day Osaka]
[happouenman]
(adj-na,n) to the satisfaction of all parties; all sides being happy and satisfied
[happoubijin]
(n) woman who looks beautiful from all angles; one who tries to be all things to all
people; one who tries to please everybody
[hatsubodaishin]
(n) deciding to embrace Buddhism; deciding to seek enlightenment; seeking to have
religious awakening
[bapponsokugen]
(n) eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil
( [hatoubanri]
(n) afar over the sea; crossing the oceans; (voyage to) faraway lands
[hatoko/futaitoko]
(n) second cousin
[hanagatayakusha]
(n) leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
[hanazakijian/hanasakishian]
(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea
[hanazakifunbetsu]
(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

 [hanamotojian/hanamotoshian]
(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea
[hanayomegakkou]
(n) school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school
[hanayomegoryou]
(n) a bride
[hanayomeshuugyou]
(n) training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts
[habatsukinkou]
(n) balance of power among factions (within a political party); factional balance
[habatsukousou]
(n) factional infighting [conflict]; antagonism between factions
[habatsujinji]
(n) faction-based personnel appointment
[habatsurikigaku]
(n) factional dynamics; power relationships among factions; factional power politics
[hamonozanmai]
(n,vs) engaging in a knife fight; creating a ruckus using an edged tool
[hayakujoyuu]
(n) bit-part actress; actress with a minor part
[hayakuchikotoba]
(n) tongue twister; speaking rapidly
[harahachibunme]
(n) being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself
[harankyokusetsu]
(n) very involved and troublesome situation; complicated twists and turns
[haranbanjou]
(n) stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and
downs
[barizanbou]
(n,vs) slander and abuse; speaking abusively of someone; reviling; vilification

 ( [barizougon]
(n) verbal abuse; vilification; making strident verbal attacks on someone
[harenchikan]
(n) shameless man; knave
[harenchizai]
(n) infamous crime; disgraceful offense
[han'eikyuuteki]
(adj-na) semipermanent
[hankafuza]
(n) (sitting in) the half lotus position [in Zen meditation]
[hankankuniku]
(n) stratagem for causing a rift and confusion in the enemy camp by using a seditious
plot [using a sacrificial tactic]
[hankanhanmin]
(n) semi-official; semi-public; semi-private; joint government-private

[hanganbiiki/houganbiiki]
(n) sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog
[bankokukyoutsuu]
(adj-no,n) worldwide; common to the whole world; universal
[hankotsuseishin]
(n) rebellious [unyielding] spirit; spirit of defiance; antiestablishment mindset

(n) eternally unchanging

[bankofueki]

[bankonsakusetsu]
(n) complicated and hard-to-solve event or situation; tangled affair; hard nut to crack
[banshiisshou/banshiissei]
(n) advancing in the face of death; having a narrow escape from the jaws of death
[banjikaiketsu]
(n,vs) everything turning out fine; the whole thing [mess] being settled

 [banjishouchi]
(n,vs) being well aware of; knowing something full well; knowing exactly what one is
doing; going into something with one's eyes open
[hanshihanshou]
(n) all but dead; half dead; moribundity
[banjibantan]
(n) everything; all things; all affairs; all matters
[hanshoudorobou]
(n) very tall person
[banshokusaishou]
(n) incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister
[banshokudaijin]
(n) incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister
[hanshinhangi]
(n,vs) half in doubt; dubious; incredulous; wavering between doubt and belief
[hanshinfuzui]
(n) paralyzed on one side; partial paralysis; hemiplegia
[hansuihansei]
(n) half asleep and half awake
[banseiikkei]
(n) unbroken imperial line; unbroken line of sovereigns
[hanseizairyou]
(n) matters [issues] that need be reconsidered [reflected on]

(n) half awake and half asleep

[hanseihansui]

[banseifueki]
(n) eternally unchanging
[hansekihoukan]
(n,vs) return of the lands and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor [1869]
[hanzokuseishin]
(n) anticonventional spirit; spirit of resisting convention

 [hantaikyuufu]
(n) benefit in return (for); a consideration; compensation (for); quid pro quo
[hantaiseiryoku]
(n) forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce
[bandaifueki]
(n) eternally unchanging
[hanchihankai]
(n) superficial knowledge; half knowledge; smattering
[hanpashigoto]
(n) odd job
[banbutsuruten]
(exp,n) All things are in a state of flux; Everything is constantly changing.
[banpufutou]
(n) being a match for thousands; being a mighty warrior [combatant]
[hanbunjokurei]
(n) red tape; red-tapism; official rules and procedures being needlessly complex and
cumbersome
[hanmenkyoushi]
(n) person who serves as an example of how not to behave; bad example from which
one can learn
[hanmokushisshi]
(n,vs) jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other)
[hanmon'ounou]
(n,vs) anguish; agony
[banryokuikkou]
(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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[hiikibiiki]
(n) each person supporting (patronizing) his [her] own favorite

 [higaimousou]
(n) paranoia; persecution complex; victim complex
[hikakougai]
(n,vs) sing a dirge pouring out lamentation over something
[hikarakuyou]
(exp,n) Blossoms fall and leaves scatter.; the evanescence [impermanence] of worldly
things
[biganshuuha]
(n) casting a coquettish [an amorous] glance (at a man)
[hikikomogomo]
(n) having mingled feelings of joy and sorrow; joy and sorrow alternating in one's heart;
bitter-sweet
[hikyousenban]
(adj-na) very mean [sneaky]; extremely unsportsmanlike
[higotoyogoto]
(n-adv,n-t) every day and every night; day after day; daily
[hijichoumoku]
(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
[bishukakou]
(n) fine wines and prized delicacies
[bijireiku]
(n) flowery words; rhetorical flourishes
[bijinhakumei]
(exp,n) Beauty and fortune seldom go together; A beautiful woman is destined
young.
[hisetsufunpun]
(adj-t,adv-to) snowflakes dancing in the air
[hisousenpaku]
(adj-na,n) shallow and unwise; superficial and thoughtless

to die

 [hikkajiken]
(n) troubles brought on by what one has written; incident occasioned by a serious slip of
the pen

[bikkurigyouten/kikkyougyouten]
(n,vs) be astonished; be stunned; be startled out of one's wits; be thunderstruck
[hikkomijian]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) reserved; withdrawn; introvert; reticent
[hisshoufuhai]
(n) certain victory; sure victory; invincibility
[hissujouken]
(n) necessary [essential] condition; sine qua non; indispensable requirement
[hippuhippu]
(n) men and women of humble position; common people
[hitsuyoushidai]
(adv,n) as necessary [needed]; if necessary [needed]
[hitsuyoujouken]
(n) necessary condition; sine qua non; necessary requirement
[hitokomahitokoma]
(n-adv,n) frame by frame; every frame
[hitotsuboundou]
(n) campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of
land
[hitodebusoku]
(n) labor shortage
( [hitomakumiseki]
(n) special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see
one act of a Kabuki play
[hitomigokuu]
(n) human sacrifice; sacrificial victim

 [hitorizumou]
(n) fighting [tilting at] windmills; working oneself up even though there really isn't
anything to fight at
[hitoritenka/hitoridenka]
(n) being the sole master of the situation; reigning supreme; standing unchallenged
[hitoritengu]
(n) self-conceited person; ego tripper; swelled head
[hitorifutayaku]
(n) double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
[hitorihitori/hitoribitori]
(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
[hitoributai]
(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
[hinankassen]
(n,vs) (engage in a round of) mutual criticism; repeatedly attack each other
[hinangougou]
(adj-t,adv-to) enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being
loudly denounced by others
[hihanzairyou]
(n) elements deserving criticism; material used to criticize someone [something]
[hifunkougai]
(n,vs) indignant lamentation over something; indignantly deplore something
[hibouchuushou]
(n,vs) slander; calumny
[bimikakou]
(n) delicacies; epicurean dishes
[himitsukessha]
(n) secret society; underground organization
[bimokushuurei]
(adj-na,n) (a man) having a handsome face; having fine-featured face

 [hyakushouikki]
(n) peasants' uprising

[hyakusekikantou/hyakushakukantou]
(n) the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain
[hyakusetsufutou]
(n) indefatigability; indomitableness
[hyakusenhyakushou]
(n) being ever-victorious; winning battle after battle; invincibility
[hyakusenrenma]
(n) being schooled by adversity in many battles; being rich in life's experience gained
through much adversity; veteran
[hyakutenmanten]
(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
[hyakunichitenka]
(n) The Hundred Days (of Napoleon I); very short-lived regime
[hyakunin'isshu]
(n) One Hundred Tanka Poems by One Hundred Celebrated Poets; (playing) cards of
one hundred famous poems
[hyakunin'hyakuyou]
(exp,n) So many men, so many ways; to each one's own; It takes all sorts to make a
world.
[hyakunenkasei]
(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.
[hyakuryoittoku]
(exp,n) Even a fool may sometimes give good counsel.
[hyakkaseihou]
(exp,n) flowering of the sciences and the arts; Let a hundred flowers blossom; "Hundred
Flowers" campaign

 [hyakkasoumei]
(exp,n) lively and uninhibited discussion (by scholars and controversialists); Let a
hundred schools of thought contend.
[hyakkaryouran]
(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]
[hyakkiyakou/hyakkiyagyou]
(n) veritable pandemonium; a large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy
characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight
[hyappatsuhyakuchuu]
(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
[hiyouissai]
(n) all expenses
[hyoukanmuhi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) as fierce and nimble as any; daring and agile without equal
[byoukimimai]
(n) get-well card [gift, letter]; visit to [inquiry after] a sick person
[hyoukeihoumon]
(n,vs) courtesy call [visit]
[hyouriittai]
(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
[hiyokurenri]
(n) perfect conjugal harmony between husband and wife; a man and a woman being
affectionately intimate
[hirenmonogatari]
(n) tragic love story; tale of tragic love
[hiroukonpai]
(n,vs) total exhaustion; being completely worn out
[hinketsugimi]
(n) tending to anemia; being somewhat anemic

 [hinkouhousei]
(adj-na,n) of strict morality; irreproachable
[binjoushouhou]
(n) piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon
[like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.]
[hinseigeretsu]
(adj-na,n) of low [mean, inferior] character
[hinseikouketsu]
(adj-na,n) of lofty [noble, virtuous] character
[hinpukisen]
(n) rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks
[binboujotai]
(n) needy household; small housekeeping; establishment experiencing rough going
financially
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[fuanzairyou]
(n) cause [grounds] for concern [anxiety]; reasons for uneasiness
[fuukieiga]
(n) wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
[fuukitaihai]
(n) decay [decline, corruption] of public morals; moral decadence
[fuukibinran]
(n) corruption of public morals
[fuukifuun]
(exp,n) Riches and honors are as fleeting as floating clouds.; Fortune and fame are
here today, gone tomorrow.
[fuukouzekka]
(adj-na,n) scenic beauty; scenery being beautiful beyond description
[fuukoumeibi]
(adj-na,n) beautiful natural scenery; scenic or natural beauty

 [fuuseikakurei]
(n) getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that
rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow
[fuuzokueigyou]
(n) (1) business offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club and restaurant business;
(2) sex-related business
[fuuzokukairan]
(n) corruption of public morals; offense against public morality
[fuuzokugafuu]
(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
[fuuzokushuukan]
(n) manners and customs; customs and habits
[fuuzokushousetsu]
(n) light novel depicting social customs and manners of the day
[fuuzokuhanzai]
(n) offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime
[fuudokikou]
(n) climate and natural features (of a region)
[fuufuenman]
(n) good marital relations; harmonious marriage
[fuufuyoushi]
(n) adopting a married couple; a married couple adopted into the family
[fuumizekka]
(adj-na,n) delicious flavor; superb taste
[fuuryuuinji]
(n) elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and
calligraphy
[fuuryuuzanmai]
(n) taking delight in elegant artistic pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural
pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy

 [fuurinkazan]
(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]
[buunchoukyuu]
(n) continued luck in the fortunes of war
[fuekiryuukou]
(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]
[fuonbunshi]
(n) disruptive element; troublemaker; dissident
[fukakouryoku]
(n) act of God; inevitable accident; irresistible force; force majeure
[fukashigi]
(adj-na,n) mystery; wonder; miracle; riddle; strange; enigmatic; incomprehensible
[fukanouji]
(n) an impossibility
[fukidokuritsu]
(n) free and independent
[fukihonpou]
(adj-na,n) unfettered; unrestrained; free-spirited and uninhibited
[fugimittsuu]
(n) adultery; infidelity
[bukiyoumono]
(n) clumsy person; bungler; botcher; person with no particular talents
[fukyuufumetsu]
(adj-no,n) everlasting; eternal; immortal; imperishable; undying
[fugyoutenchi]
(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)
[fukyofukusei]
(exp) All rights reserved.; Duplication [Copying] prohibited.

 [fuguujidai]
(n) one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity
[fukuzatsukaiki]
(adj-na,n) complex and mysterious [bizarre]; complicated and inscrutable
[fukuzatsukikai]
(adj-na,n) complex and mysterious [bizarre]; complicated and inscrutable
[fukuzatsutaki]
(adj-na,n) complex and wide-ranging; labyrinthine
[fukuzatsutayou]
(adj-na,n) complex and multifarious
[fukuzatsubimyou]
(adj-na,n) complex and subtle [delicate]
[fukushishouhou]
(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
[fugutaiten]
(n) cherishing an implacable hostility (toward); sworn enemies being unable to breathe
the same air
[fukutsufutou]
(n) indefatigability; indomitableness; with unremitting tenacity
[fukutokuenman]
(n) being perfectly happy and prosperous; wealth and happiness
[fukuryuuhousuu]
(n) gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person
whose talent is hidden under a bushel
[bugeihyappan]
(n) every martial art; all the martial arts
[bukedensou]
(n) Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court
[during the Muromachi and Edo periods]

 [bukeboukou]
(n) service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a
valet/chambermaid)
[fugenjikkou]
(n) action before words; no talk and all deeds; Action speaks louder than words.
[fugenfugo]
(n) without putting [needing to put] anything into words
[fukokukyouhei]
(n) wealth and military power of a nation; (a plan for) building "a rich country with a
strong army"
[fukokoroemono]
(n) imprudent fellow; misguided person; wrongheaded people
[bukotsuittetsu]
(adj-na,n) rustic; boorish; uncouth; adamantly sticking to being boorish
[fuzan'un'u]
(n) sexual liaison
[bushikatagi]
(n) samurai spirit; the common ethos of the samurai; the straitlaced temperament of a
samurai
[bujishuuryou]
(n,vs) ending without incident; being successfully brought to completion; finishing
something without a hitch
[fushisouden]
(n) transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son
[bujisokusai]
(n) safe and healthy; (living a) peaceful and healthy life
[bujitaihei]
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
[bujiheion]
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
[fushimefushime]
(n) critical juncture; turnning point; new phase (of one's life)

 [fushakushinmyou]
(n) not sparing one's life for the sake of Buddhism; not sparing oneself for a worthy
cause
[fujunbunshi]
(n) dissident [discontented] element
[fushoujikimono]
(n) dishonest person
[fushoujiken]
(n) disgraceful incident; scandalous affair; untoward [deplorable] event
[fushoubushou]
(adv,n) reluctantly; grudgingly; unwillingly
[fushoufuzui]
(n) way of life in which the wife follows the husband's lead
[bujinkatagi]
(n) martial [military] spirit; the spirit of true warriors
[fushinjinbutsu]
(n) a suspicious character [person, figure]
[fushinjinmon]
(n,vs) police questioning (of a suspicious person)
[fuseiryuuyou]
(n,vs) misappropriation [of funds, goods, etc.]
[fusokufuri]
(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
[fusodenrai]
(adj-no,n) hereditary; patrimonial; handed down from generation to generation
[fudaisouden]
(n) hereditary succession
[fudaidaimyou]
(n) daimyo in hereditary vassalage to the Tokugawas; hereditary daimyo (whose
ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)

 [butaidokyou]
(n) on-stage composure; confidence on stage
[futaitoko]
(n) second cousin
[futakotomikoto]
(n) a few words

[futamatagouyaku/futamatakouyaku]
(n) double-dealer; timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict
[buchouhoumono]
(n) clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts);
nondrinker; nonsmoker
[butsugisouzen]
(adj-t,adv-to) tumultuous public discussion; noisy public criticism
[butsujousouzen]
(adj-t,adv-to) public feeling and attitudes being in turmoil; seething with social unrest
[busshin'ichinyo]
(exp,n) Matter and mind are one.; body and mind as one
[busshinryoumen]
(n) both material and moral; both physically and psychologically [spiritually]
[futeishuuso]
(n) general malaise; unidentified complaint
[futekininsha]
(n) unqualified [incompetent] person; square peg in a round hole
[futoufukutsu]
(n) indefatigability; indomitableness; with unremitting tenacity
[futokuyouryou]
(adj-na,n) vague; ambiguous; noncommittal; missing the essential point; (things that
are) beside the point
[futodokisenban]
(adj-na) very rude [insolent]; extremely reprehensible; outrageous

 [fuhaidaraku]
(n) debasement; corruption; degradation
[fuheifuman]
(n) discontent and grumbling; complaints; gripes; dissatisfaction
[fuheibunshi]
(n) discontented element; discontented [grumbling] member
[fuhendatou]
(n) universal validity; fitting into any situation
[fuhenfutou]
(n) impartial and unbiased; neutral and impartial; nonpartisan
[fuhoushinnyuu]
(n,vs) intrusion; forcible entry; trespassing
[fumajime]
(adj-na,n) lack of sincerity [seriousness]; insincere; flippant
[fuminfukyuu]
(n) without sleep or rest; day and night
[buyuuzetsurin]
(adj-no,n) peerless bravery; matchless valor (in arms)
[fuyoufukyuu]
(adj-na,n) nonessential and nonurgent
[furachisenban]
(adj-na) very insolent; extremely audacious; reprehensible
[furikaekyuujitsu]
(n) compensatory holiday; substitute (transferred) national holiday
[furyuumonji/furitsumonji]
(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]
[buryoutougen]
(n) Arcadia; Elysium; lotus land; Shangri-la; Utopia; Xanadu

 [furyoukouyuu]
(n) getting mixed up with the wrong people; getting into bad company
[furyousaiken]
(n) nonperforming loan; bad loan
[furyounakama]
(n) gang of hoodlums [hooligans]; bad company; companion in gang activities
[furyourounen]
(n) old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle
unfettered by social taboos
[furin'aite]
(n) person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
[bureisenban]
(adj-na) extremely rude [impertinent, impolite]

(n) perpetual youth and longevity

[furouchouju]

[furoufushi]
(n) eternal youth and immortality
[fuwazuikou]
(n,vs) participating in something by merely following the leaders
[fuwahanmoku]
(n) discord and hostility; feud
[fuwaraidou]
(n,vs) assentation; following blindly; following suit without reflection; go along with
someone having no definite views or convictions of one's own
[funkiichiban]
(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
[funkotsusaishin]
(n,vs) exert oneself to the utmost; work oneself to the bone
[bunsanren'ai]
(n,vs) [generally of a woman] loving two or more partners without favor or reliance on a
particular one

 [bunshousahou]
(n) methods of writing; rules of good writing; writing style guide
[funshokukessan]
(n) window-dressing account settlements; fudging financial statements by window
dressing
[funshokouju]
(n) burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive

[bunjinbokkaku/bunjinbokkyaku]
(n) writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry,
literature, painting, and calligraphy
[funtoudoryoku]
(n,vs) try one's best; all-out effort; strenuous efforts
[bunbukenbi]
(n) well up in both literary and military [martial] arts; well skilled in wielding both the
sword and the pen
[bunbuhyakkan]
(n) all the officials, both military and civil
[bunburyoudou]
(n) well up in both literary and military [martial] arts; well skilled in wielding both the
sword and the pen
[bunfusouou]
(adj-na,n) inappropriate to one's lot in life; beyond one's means or position; above one's
station [circumstances]
[bunboushihou]
(n) the four important writing materials used in calligraphy (brush, ink stick, inkstone,
and paper)
[bunmeikaika]
(n) civilization and enlightenment; (slogan of) Japan's Westernization movement during
the Meiji era
[funreidoryoku]
(n,vs) strenuous exertions; making strenuous efforts; exerting oneself
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[heianbuji]
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
[heiihabou]
(n) shapeless cap and shabby clothes; having a neglected appearance with shabby
clothes
[heiihouhatsu]
(n) unkempt hair and shabby clothes
[heiimeikai]
(adj-na,n) simple and clear; plain and lucid
[heionbuji]
(adj-na,n) peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful
[heigetsushuuka]
(n) the charms of a rarely beautiful woman; [Literally: (so beautiful that) the Moon is
abashed and flowers wilt]
[heikoutonshu]
(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
[heisabanri]
(n) vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
[henshinteitou]
(n,vs) throw oneself at a person's feet; go down on one's knees; prostrate oneself
[heitaikanjou]
(n) Dutch treat; going Dutch
[heiheibonbon]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) very ordinary; mediocre; all-too-common; quite
commonplace
[heihoushinan]
(n) instruction in martial arts
[heibonchinpu]
(adj-na,n) commonplace and stale; humdrum and hackneyed

 [heimeitatsui]
(n) plain and lucid; articulate
[heimonchikkyo]
(n) house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
[hekigankoumou]
(n) blue eyes and red hair; a Westerner
[hekitoudaiichi]
(n) at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin [start] with; first and
foremost
[bekkyokekkon]
(n) commuter marriage
[herikutsuya]
(n) quibbler; sophist
[bengishugi]
(n) opportunism; expediency; timeserving
[hengenjizai]
(adj-na,n) protean; pantomorphic; capable of assuming ever-changing appearance;
appearing and disappearing like a phantom
[hengenshutsubotsu]
(n,vs) being protean and elusive; appear and disappear like a phantom
[hengensekigo]
(n) a few words; a single phrase
[hengensekku/hengensekiku]
(n) a few words; a single phrase
[henshinganbou]
(n) obsession with changing one's appearance; desire to change
[hentsuujizai]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) freely adaptable, very flexible, nimble in adaptation
[bentoujisan]
(n) bringing one's own lunch

 [hentoushidai]
(n) depending on the answer; hinging on the reply
[henboukankyaku]
(n) the four major types of radicals of Chinese characters [left-side, right-side, top, and
bottom]
[benmeikuchou]
(n) apologetic [defensive] tone of voice
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[bouakumurui]
(adj-no,n) incomparably ruthless; diabolical
[bouatsushudan]
(n) preventive measure
[bouinboushoku]
(n,vs) eating and drinking to excess; intemperance in eating and drinking
[houendan'u]
(n) the smoke of cannon and a hail of bullets; (in) the thick of battle
[bouonkoui]
(n) act of ingratitude
[houkaisunzen]
(n) on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
[bougaikousaku]
(n) obstructive tactics; harassing operation; sabotage
[bougaisenjutsu]
(n) obstructive tactics; harassing tactics
[houkairinki]
(n) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who
are in love with each other
[houkakougin]
(n,vs) singing at the top of one's voice; singing boisterously

 [houganbiiki/hanganbiiki]
(n) sympathy for a tragic hero; rooting for the underdog
[bougyakuhidou]
(adj-na,n) violent and cruel; tyrannical and atrocious
[boukenyarou]
(n) adventure lover
[houkoutenkan]
(n,vs) change of course; change of direction; turnabout; about-face
[boukohyouga]
(n) foolhardy courage; perilous adventure; daredevil attempt
[housakukikin]
(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
[housakubinbou]
(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
[boujakubujin]
(adj-na,n) insolent; outrageous; audacious; arrogant; impudent; overbearing; following
one's way in defiance of others
[houshokujidai]
(n) age of plentiful food; current era of excessive eating
[houshokudan'i]
(n) being well fed and warmly clothed
[houshinjoutai]
(n) being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
[bouzenjishitsu]
(n,vs) becoming stupefied [stunned, petrified]; being dumbfounded; trance; stupor;
standing aghast

(n,vs) becoming stupefied [stunned, petrified]; being dumbfounded; trance; stupor;
standing aghast

 [bouchuuyuukan]
(n) having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; finding an interval of leisure in the
midst of a busy life
[houteibanri]
(n) (over) a great distance; (a long journey [flight, voyage]) to [from] a faraway place
[bouten'yakusha]
(exp) Reading(s) added by translator.
[houtoukoumen]
(n) (with) unkempt hair and dirty face; being indifferent to one's personal appearance
[houtouzanmai]
(n) being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and
dissipation; living a thoroughly dissipated life; abandon oneself to wild ways
[houtouseikatsu]
(n) fast living; a dissipated life; a riotous life
[houtouburai]
(adj-no,n) being dissolute and unruly; ruining oneself by leading a fast life
[houtoumusuko]
(n) profligate [dissolute] son
[hounenmansaku]
(n) bumper crops of rice (and other grains); year of a full rice harvest
[hounouzumou]
(n) sumo exhibition match held in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
[houfukuzettou]
(n,vs) sidesplitting [gut-wrenching] laughter; laugh oneself to convulsions; roll about with
laughter
[houfukuzettou]
(n,vs) sidesplitting [gut-wrenching] laughter; laugh oneself to convulsions; roll about with
laughter
[houmatsukeiki]
(n) bubble boom; ephemeral boom
[houmatsukouho]
(n) no-hope candidate; frivolous candidate; candidate unworthy of serious consideration

 [houmatsumugen]
(n) transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent
[hourouseikatsu]
(n) (leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence
[bouryokuzata]
(n) (committing/resorting to) an act of violence
[bouryokushudan]
(n) violent means
[hokakuhakuchuu]
(n,vs) conservatives and reformists being neck and neck; balanced conservative and
progressive strengths
[bokukmetsuundou]
(n) exterminatory measure; eradication campaign
[boshokusouzen]
(adj-t,adv-to) somber light of a gathering dusk; dusky gray of evening twilight;
deepening gloom of the evening
[bokkonrinri]
(adj-t,adv-to) dripping ink marks; (a work of calligraphy being) written in bold and vivid
strokes
[botsufuuryuukan]
(n) prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine
[hon'unfukuu]
(n) fickle friendship
[honkaijouju]
(n,vs) realization of a great ambition; attainment of one's most cherished desire; one's
earnest prayer being answered
[honkehonmoto]
(n) original home; birthplace; originator; the original maker
[honzenkaigo]
(n,vs) feeling sudden remorse
[honzentaigo]
(n,vs) suddenly seeing the light; it suddenly dawning upon one

 [honninshidai]
(n) being up to the person himself
[honninfutan]
(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.
[bonnougusoku]
(n) possessing worldly desires and passions
[honpoujizai]
(adj-na,n) free and uncontrolled; behaving with abandon; freewheeling; totally
uninhibited
[honpoufuki]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) free-spirited and uninhibited; unfettered; freewheeling
[honmatsutentou]
(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
[bon'yougumai]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) ordinary and ignorant; mediocre and stupid
[honryouando]
(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]
[honryouhakki]
(n,vs) show [display] one's real ability; illustrate the distinctive character of (something)
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[maichimonji]
(adj-no,n) straight; strait line; in [forming] a straight line; as the crow flies
[makosouyou]
(n) things happening exactly as one pleases [wishes]; someone being very attentive to
one's wishes
[mataitoko]
(n) second cousin


[mataguragouyaku/matagurakouyaku]
(n) a double-dealer; a timeserver; moving back and forth between two sides in a conflict
[machiaiseiji]
(n) teahouse politics; back-room political dealings
[matsugoyoushi]
(n) deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person
adopted by someone on his deathbed
[man'etsushigoku]
(adj-na,n) highly delighted; very pleased; deeply satisfied; brimming over with
satisfaction
[man'in'onrei]
(exp,n) All Seats [Tickets] Sold, Thank you.
[manganjouju]
(n,vs) fulfillment of a vow; one's earnest prayer being answered
[mankuujouhou]
(n) information on space availability in a parking lot
[mangenhougo]
(n,vs) saying whatever one feels; speaking at random; making careless remarks;
rambling talk
[mangoumatsudai]
(n-t) eternity; through all eternity; for evermore; for many generations to come
[manjouicchi]
(n) the whole house [assembly, audience] being unanimous; with one voice; nemine
contradicente
[manjousouzen]
(adj-t,adv-to) the whole house [assembly, audience] being in uproar
[manshinsoui]
(n) having wounds all over one's body; being covered with cuts and bruises
[manchakushudan]
(n) ruse; trick; deception tactics

 [mannenseinen]
(n) man of perennial youth; man who never loses his youthful vigor
[manmen'egao]
(n) with one's face beaming with joy; smiling from ear to ear
[manmokukouryou]
(adj-t,adv-to) all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as
far as the eye can see
[manmokushoujou]
(adj-t,adv-to) all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as
far as the eye can see
[man'yougana]
(n) early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically
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[mikaiyaban]
(adj-na,n) primitive and barbarous; uncivilized and barbaric
() [mikakuonchi]
(n) having no sense of taste; person who has no sense of taste
[mikazukimayu]
(n) arched eyebrows
[migarasouken]
(n,vs) turning a suspect over to the public prosecutor's office; committing a suspect to
trial
[migarakousoku]
(n,vs) taking someone into custody; detaining someone; physical restraint
[mikkatenka/mikkadenka]
(n) short-lived rule; being in power only for a brief period; brief championship
[mikkabouzu]
(n) one who can stick to nothing; one who has no perseverance; an unsteady worker
[mibun'ishiki]
(n) status consciousness; perception of one's social status

 [mibunsashou]
(n) false personation; misrepresentation of one's social position
[mibunsouou]
(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
[mimotofumei]
(adj-no,n) [a person or body being] unidentifiable [unidentified]
[myoujitaitou]
(n) right to bear a surname and to wear a sword [during the Edo period]
[myoujitaitou]
(n) the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword [during the Edo period]

[myoumyougonichi/shiasatte]
(n-adv,n-t) two days after tomorrow; three days from now [hence]
[miraieigou]
(n-t) eternity; through all eternity; for evermore
[mirenmishaku]
(n) regret and sympathy; having lingering attachment and sympathy toward someone
[minkandenshou]
(n) folklore; folk tale; legend
[minzokujiketsu]
(n) self-determination of peoples; national self-determination
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[muishizen]
(n) doing nothing and taking things as they come; abandoning artifice and just being
oneself [Lao-tzu]
[muitoshoku]
(n,vs) idling one's time away; eating the bread of idleness; spending a useless life
[muiburyou/muimuryou]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) boredom; ennui; tedium; wearisomeness

 [muimukan]
(n) (a plain citizen) having no special rank or title; being a common citizen
[muimukan]
(n) (a plain citizen) having no special rank or title; being a common citizen
[muimusaku]
(n) donothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker
taking no steps to meet the situation
[muimunou]
(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
[muekiyuugai]
(adj-na,n) useless and harmful
[muenbochi]
(n) cemetery for those who died leaving no relatives to tend the graves; potter's field
[mugakumushiki]
(n) illiterate and ignorant; uneducated and lacking in wisdom and discernment
[mugakumuchi]
(adj-na,n) illiterate and ignorant
[mugakumonmou]
(adj-na,n) ignorant and illiterate; uneducated and illiterate
[mugamuchuu]
(n) being completely absorbed in; losing oneself in; being delirious with; self-absorption
[mukienki]
(n,vs) indefinite postponement; adjournment sine die
[mukuseijou]
(adj-na,n) pure and innocent; immaculate
[mugeitaishoku]
(n) lacking the talent to do anything but eat a lot; having no other merit than a sound
appetite
[mugeimunou]
(adj-na,n) talentless and incompetent; incompetent and unaccomplished

 [mugenjigoku/mukenjigoku]
(n) the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism
[mugennaraku/mukennaraku]
(n) the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism
[mugenhoumatsu]
(n) transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent
[muzaihoumen]
(n) acquittal; being found innocent and acquitted
[musakumui]
(n) donothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker
taking no steps to meet the situation

(n) everlastingness; eternity

[mushimushuu]

[mushashugyou]
(n) knight-errantry; traveling about to train oneself (in the martial arts)
[mujundouchaku]
(n,vs) self-contradiction
[mujoujinsoku]
(exp,n) promptitude of the changes of the times; Time and tide wait for no man.; Death
strikes suddenly and mercilessly.
[mushokutoumei]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) colorless and transparent
[musen'inshoku]
(n,vs) leave a restaurant without paying one's bill; skip out on a restaurant bill
[musenryokou]
(n) traveling without money; going on a penniless journey
[musoujitate]
(n) making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with
lining of the same fabric
[musoumunen]
(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

 [mudangaihaku]
(n,vs) staying out overnight without giving notice; spending night(s) away from home
without permission [leave]
[muchigumai]
(adj-na,n) unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B
[muchimoumai]
(adj-na,n) unenlightened; in the darkest ignorance; not knowing from A to B
[muchimonmou]
(adj-na,n) ignorant and illiterate
[muchakucha]
(adj-na,n) (1) absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent; (2)
extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton; (3) disorder; confusion; mess; wreck
[mutekatsuryuu]
(n) aiming at winning without fighting
[mutouhasou]
(n) independent voters; voters with no party affiliation
[munasakisanzun]
(n) one's mind; one's inner feelings; (a decision hinging on) how someone feels about it
[munimusan/munimuzan]
(adj-no,n) (1) in earnest; single-mindedly; with intense concentration; rushing headlong
into; (2) one and only; unique
[munensenban]
(adj-na) being really disappointed; feeling utterly mortified; being deeply vexed
[munenmusou]
(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
[munoumusaku]
(n) ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to
cope with the situation
[mubyousokusai]
(n) sound health; perfect state of health being untouched by accidents

 [mumikansou]
(adj-na,n) dull and uninteresting; dry-as-dust; flat and insipid; humdrum
[mumyoujouya]
(n) the long night of spiritual darkness
[muyokutentan]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to,n) being indifferent to worldly gain; being unattached and free
from desires
[muyokumushi]
(n) unselfish and impartial [disinterested]
[murioujou]
(n) forcing compliance; forcing someone to agree to something
[murisandan]
(n,vs) scraping together (a sum of money); raising (a sum of money) by straining one's
credit
[murishinjuu]
(n,vs) forced double suicide; murder-suicide
[murinandai]
(n) unreasonable [impossible] demand; asking the impossible; tall order
[murihidou]
(adj-na,n) unreasonable and unjust; unconscionable
[murimutai]
(adj-na,n) by force; forcibly; using strong-arm methods
[muriyari]
(adv,n) forcibly; against one's will; under compulsion
[muryoumuhen]
(adj-no,n) immense and limitless
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[meianryoumen]
(n) (both) the bright and dark sides

 [meikyoushisui]
(n) clear and serene; clear and serene mental state; mind uncluttered by evil thoughts
[meishokyuuseki]
(n) scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest
[meishokoseki]
(n) scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest
[meijinkatagi/meijinkishitsu]
(n) character [spirit, temperament] typical of a master artist

[meiseikakkaku/meiseikakukaku]
(adj-t,adv-to) of great renown; highly illustrious; at the zenith of one's fame
[meiseisakusaku]
(adj-t,adv-to) highly renowned; on everybody's lips; enjoying a high reputation
[meisoujouki]
(n) dustless desk by a well-lit window; well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
[meisouseikatsu]
(n) contemplative life; life of meditation
[meisouchishiki]
(n) great [learned] priest; celebrated priest who has attained spiritual enlightenment
[meiteihokou]
(n) drunken [staggering, tottering] gait; wide-based gait
[meitetsuhoshin]
(n) wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection
[meiboukoushi]
(n) starry eyes and beautiful white teeth [said of beautiful women]; a beautiful woman
with bright eyes and pearly teeth
[meimeihakuhaku]
(adj-na,adj-t,adv-to,n) clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt
[meimokugasshou]
(n,vs) closing one's eyes and joining one's hands together in prayer

 [meimokushugi]
(n) tokenism
[meiyokaifuku]
(n) restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
[meiyokison]
(n) defamation of character; libel; slander; character assassination
[meiyobankai]
(n,vs) restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
[meireiikka]
(adv) once the order is given; as soon as the order is given
[meireikuchou]
(n) tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
[meiroukaikei]
(n) clear accounting; honest accounting [billing]; transparent billing practices (in
restaurant and bar charges, etc.)
[meiroukaitatsu]
(adj-na,n) cheerful and openhearted
[meiroukattatsu]
(adj-na,n) upbeat and freehearted; cheerful and broadminded
[meirontakusetsu]
(n) sound and well-argued thesis; excellent opinions and theories; original opinion worth
listening to
[meiwakushigoku]
(adj-na,n) great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing
[meiwakusenban]
(adj-na) great nuisance; extremely annoying; quite embarrassing
[mesakisouba]
(n) the market trend in the near future
[medamashouhin]
(n) loss leader; price leader; eye-catcher; come-on

 [mechakucha]
(adj-na,n) (1) absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent; (2)
extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton; (3) disorder; confusion; mess; wreck
[mechamecha]
(adj-na,n) (1) absurd; unreasonable; nonsensical; preposterous; incoherent; (2)
extreme; senseless; reckless; wanton; (3) disorder; confusion; mess; wreck
[messhihoukou]
(n) selfless devotion to one's country; sacrificing one's personal interest to public good
[mettayatara]
(adj-na,adv) reckless; indiscriminate; haphazard; frantic; excessive; undue; absurd;
needless
[memotosenryou]
(n) beautiful eyes; bright-eyed; there being a sublime charm about one's eyes
[menkyokaiden]
(n) initiation into the secrets (of an art); full proficiency (in an art)
[menkoufuhai]
(n) beautiful from any angle; attractive when seen from either front or back; flawless
[menjuukougen]
(n) pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back
[menjuufukuhai]
(n) pretense of loyalty; feigned obedience; pretending to obey but secretly betraying
(someone)
[mensekitokken]
(n) privilege of immunity from prosecution; privilege of exemption from liability;
diplomatic immunity
[menbokushidai]
(n) face; honor; reputation
[menmitsushuutou]
(adj-na,n) detailed and careful; scrupulous; meticulous; elaborate

[menmokuisshin/menbokuisshin]
(n,vs) undergoing a complete change in appearance; changing something out of all
recognition; a rise in one's reputation

 [menmokuyakujo]
(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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[mougentasha/bougentasha]
(exp) Kindly excuse my reckless remarks.; Please excuse my thoughtless words. [used
deferentially, in a letter, etc.]
[moubosansen]
(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]
[mouretsushain]
(n) gung-ho organization [corporate] man [woman]; go-getter worker; hard-driving
worker
[mozukanjou]
(n) splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the
others into paying the whole bill
[mochuuketsurei]
(exp,n) refraining from offering the (New Year's) greetings during the period of mourning
[monomiyusan]
(n) going on a pleasure jaunt; going sightseeing; sightseeing excursion
[moyoushidai]
(n) according to circumstances; dependent on the state of things
[mongaifushutsu]
(n) never allowing something to be taken off the premises; (a treasure or secret) never
seeing the light of day
[monkokaihou]
(n) open door policy
[monzenjakura]
(n) (a house) looking deserted with few visitors

 [monzenseishi]
(n) having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers
[mondaishouhou]
(n) unscrupulous [crooked, fraudulent] business practices; pernicious sales methods
[mondaihatsugen]
(n) problematical statement; controversial statement
[mondoumueki]
(n) there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals
[mondoumuyou]
(n) there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals
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[yaeyae]
(adj-no,n) multilayered
[yakushakagyou]
(n) stage career; acting career
[yakushakatagi]
(n) characteristic temperament [spirit] of an actor
[yakushakodomo]
(n) skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways
of the world
[yakushaseimei]
(n) acting career; career as an actress
[yakushabaka]
(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
[yakushafuzei]
(n) (the likes of) a mere actor
[yakushamyouri]
(n) the happiness [good fortune] of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor

 [yakushoshigoto]
(n) red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
[yakusekimukou]
(n) neither medicines nor medical care having little effect on a patient
[yakuninkonjou]
(n) bureaucratism; officialism; typical mentality of a (petty) bureaucrat
[yakuwariengi]
(n) role-playing
[yakuwaribuntan]
(n,vs) division [distribution] of roles; role-sharing
[yakegimi]
(n) partially out of despair; partly in desperation; somewhat out of frustration
[yagouseiken]
(n) administration established through an unprincipled political coalition; a government
of convenience; cabinet created through an unholy alliance
[yajikita]
(n) comical pair; pair of buffoons
[yashinmanman]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) burning with ambition; highly ambitious
[yamatoshimane]
(n) the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles; (the land of) Yamato
[yamatonadeshiko]
(n) Japanese woman (with all the traditional graces); ideal Japanese woman
[yamanekosenjutsu]
(n) wildcat tactics
[yayuchoushou]
(n,vs) ridicule and sneer; (cast) ridicule and scorn (upon)
[yaroujidai]
(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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[yuuekimugai]
(adj-na,n) beneficial and harmless
[yuiitsufuji]
(adj-no,n) one and only; unique
[yuiitsumuhi]
(adj-no,n) one and only; unique
[yuiitsumuni]
(adj-no,n) one and only; unique
() [yuigadokuson]
(exp,n) (1) "I am my own Lord (throughout heaven and earth)." [Buddha]; (2) selfrighteousness; self-conceit; holier-than-thou attitude
[yuuoumaishin]
(n,vs) dash forward without flinching; push forward in full fling
[yuugaimueki]
(adj-na,n) doing more harm than good; being harmful and useless
[yuukanmuhi]
(n) being unmatched [unparalleled] for bravery
[yuukidoudou]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) with heroic drive and boundless energy
[yuukihyakubai]
(n,vs) inspire someone with fresh courage; with redoubled courage
[yuukirinrin]
(adj-t,adv-to) full of spirit; brimming with courage; high-spirited; mettlesome
[yuukeimukei]
(n) tangible and intangible; material and spiritual; moral and material
[yuugenjikkou]
(n,vs) carry out one's words; be as good as one's word; make good on one's promise
[yuukokugaisei]
(n) worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism


[yuuzaitairyaku/yuusaitairyaku]
(n) superior talent and strategic wisdom; outstanding abilities and abundant strategic
resourcefulness; outstanding abilities and a talent for developing and implementing
grand strategies
[yuushiichidou]
(exp,n) all those interested (in the matter); all those willing; (from) all of us; (from)
everyone concerned
[yuushiirai]
(n-t) since the dawn of history; within recorded history
[yuujuufudan]
(adj-na,n) shilly-shally; indecisiveness; wishy-washy; being weak and vacillating
[yuushoujakusotsu]
(exp,n) there are no cowardly soldiers under a brave general
[yuushoureppai]
(exp,n) The strong will win and the weak will lose; survival of the fittest
[yuuzuumuge]
(adj-na,n) free from restraints, unfettered and flexible; versatile; adaptable
[yuuzuumuge]
(adj-na,n) free from restraints, unfettered and flexible; versatile; adaptable
[yuuzeiryokou]
(n) stumping [electioneering] tour
[yuusokukojitsu]
(n) time-honored usages and practices of the court or in exalted military families; studies
in ancient court and military protocol
[yuudaimuhi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) unparalleled grandeur; the grandest; the most spectacular
[yuutairidatsu]
(n) out-of-body experience
[yuuchikassen]
(n) rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure [attract, invite]
(institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality

 ) [yuutouzanmai]
(n) being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and
dissipation
[yuumoushoujin]
(n,vs) engage in ascetic practices with dauntless spirit
[yuumeimujitsu]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) in name but not in reality; only in name and not in substance; titular;
nominal
[yuumeimumei]
(adj-no,n) well-known and unknown; somebodies and nobodies; both famous and
humble
[yuumoukakan]
(adj-na,n) daring and resolute; having dauntless courage
[yuumoumuhi]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) most brave; as brave as any; unmatched for valor
[yuuyuukankan]
(adj-t,adv-to) composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence
[yuuyuukankan]
(adj-t,adv-to) composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence
[yuuyuukankan]
(adj-t,adv-to) composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence
[yuuyuujiteki]
(n,vs) living a life of leisure with dignity; living quietly and comfortably free from worldly
cares; otium cum dignitate
[yuuryokukouho]
(n) major contender; strong [leading] candidate; front runner
[yuureigaisha]
(n) bogus [dummy] company [corporation, firm]
[yuureishain]
(n) bogus [phantom] employee
[yuureijinkou]
(n) ghost [bogus] population; fraudulently registered population

 [yuuwarosen]
(n) policy of reconciliation
[yukuefumei]
(adj-no,n) missing; lost; unaccounted for; one's whereabouts being unknown
[yudantaiteki]
(exp,n) Unpreparedness is one's greatest enemy; He that is too secure is not safe;
Overconfidence can be dangerous.
[yuchakutaishitsu]
(n) tendency to form collusive ties; predisposition to generate cozy [collusive]
relationships
[yumiyahachiman]
(n) the God of War; the God of Arms; the Japanese Mars
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[yoinjoujou]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (sound) lingering in the air; trailing notes [of a bell, etc.]
[youishuutou]
(adj-na,adj-no,n) meticulous in everything; painstaking preparedness; exhaustively
careful in one's preparation
( [youibantan]
(n) every preparation possible; all aspects of the preparation; everything being fully
prepared
[yougaikengo]
(n) (a fortress being) impregnable; unassailable; (taking to an) impregnable fastness
[youkaihenge]
(n) apparition (in animal form); goblins and monsters
[youganbirei]
(adj-na,n) beautiful face; attractive features
[youshiengumi]
(n) adoption

 [youshitanrei]
(adj-na,n) attractive face and figure; having a graceful figure; lovely to look-at; beautiful
in appearance; fare of face and figure
[youshitsukohi]
(n) a sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no
substance
[youjinkengo]
(adj-na,n) very cautious [watchful, vigilant]; taking every possible precaution
[youshaeshaku]
(n) pardon; forgiveness; mercy; making allowances
[youshoyousho]
(n) every important point; points of strategic importance; all the right places
[yousushidai]
(n) according to circumstances; depending on the state of things; according to how the
situation develops
[youtenhaaku]
(n) grasping the (main) point; seizing the essence (of a matter)
[youtoukuniku]
(n) using a better name to sell inferior goods; crying wine and selling vinegar
[youdousakusen]
(n) feint operation; diversionary tactic [operation, activities]
[youboukaii]
(adj-na,n) (a man) having a commanding face and a powerful physique; (a man of)
formidable appearance
[youboutansei]
(adj-na,n) having handsome and clean-cut features
[yokuyasenri]
(n) vast expansion of fertile land; vast stretch of rich plain

(n) frustration; unsatisfied desires

[yokkyuufuman]

[yomeiridouchuu]
(n) nuptial procession

 [yometoome]
(n) seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark
of night or at a distance
[yomoyamabanashi]
(n) talk about various topics; chatting about all sorts of things
[yoyuushakushaku]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) calm and composed; having enough and to spare
[yoriaijotai]
(n) congeries of many households; scratch [combined] team; hodgepodge of parties
[yoronsousa]
(n) manipulation of public opinion
[yowakisouba]
(n) weak [bear(ish)] market
[yowagoshigaikou]
(n) weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
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[raiseshinkou]
(n) belief in the next world; belief in the hereafter
[rairairakuraku]
(adj-na,n) openhearted; unaffected; free and easy
[rakuchuurakugai]
(n) in and around the city of Kyoto
[rakutenshugi]
(n) optimism
[rakuruibouda]
(adj-t,adv-to) tears streaming down one's cheeks; shedding copious tears
[rachikankin]
(n,vs) abduction and (unlawful) confinement
[rakkafunpun]
(adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) (the sight of) blossoms falling in confusion

 [rakkaryuusui]
(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
[rakkarouzeki]
(n) running amuck; utter disorder; things being in a shambles; committing violence on (a
woman)
[rarikoppai]
(n) being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
[ran'ishain]
(n) blue-collar; blue-collar worker [employee]
[ranshinzokushi]
(n) rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious [treacherous] subject; traitor
[ranshinranryou]
(n) unnecessary medical tests and treatments; overprescription of drugs
[ranbaikassen]
(n) price war; cutthroat competition
[ranpitsuranbun]
(n) (my) poor writing; scribbling; hasty writing
[ranbourouzeki]
(n) riotous [rampageous] behavior; violence and lawlessness; committing an outrage
[ranmyakukeiei]
(n) chaotic [irresponsible] management of a company
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[rigaikankei]
(n) an interest (in); a vested interest; a stake (in); concern
[rigaitokushitsu]
(n) advantages and disadvantages; gains and losses; pros and cons
[rikakaden]
(exp,n) Be careful not to invite the least suspicion; Leave no room for scandal.

 [rikisenfuntou]
(n,vs) fighting with all one's might; fighting up against; making strenuous efforts
[rikutousanryaku]
(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
[rikuryokukyoushin]
(n,vs) combined [concerted] efforts; solidarity; joining forces (with)
[rikendantai]
(n) special-interest group
[rigoushuusan]
(n,vs) meeting and parting; gathering and scattering; alignment and realignment;
alternating alliance and rupture; alternating cooperation and defection
[risanshuugou]
(n,vs) meeting and parting; gathering and scattering; alignment and realignment;
alternating alliance and rupture; alternating cooperation and defection
[risonkeikou]
(n) trend to move away from rural areas; rural depopulation
[risshin'eitatsu]
(n,vs) success in life; advancement in life; rising in the world
[risshinshusse]
(n,vs) success in life; advancement in life; rising in the world
[rihikyokuchoku]
(n) sense of right and wrong; rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)
[rimenkousaku]
(n) behind-the-scenes maneuvering; backstairs deal; clandestine work; string-pulling
[ryuuankamei]
(n) (1) beautiful scenery of spring; (2) red-light district
[ryuuijikou]
(n) points to note; points of concern; matters to keep in mind; matters that require
attention
[ryuukanrinri]
(adj-t,adv-to) profuse perspiration; heavy sweating; dripping with sweat

 [ryuuketsuzata]
(n) bloodshed; bloody event
[ryuuketsurinri]
(adj-t,adv-to) dripping with fresh blood
[ryuugenhigo]
(n) false [wild, groundless] rumor; canard
[ryuukoukagai]
(n) red-light district; pleasure quarter
[ryuutoudabi]
(n) a strong beginning and a weak ending; starting out with a bang but fizzling toward
the end; an anticlimax
[ryuuryuushinku]
(n,vs) toil and moil; working assiduously for; tireless hard work; painstaking labor
[ryuuryokukakou]
(n) red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty
of nature
[ryuurenkoubou]
(n) spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in selfindulgent pleasures
[ryousaikenbo]
(n) (being) a good wife and wise mother
[ryoukaijikou]
(n) something that is understood between the parties; an understood item
[ryoukishousetsu]
(n) bizarre story [novel]
[ryoukibungaku]
(n) bizarre literature; the literature of the bizarre
[ryouchiryounou]
(n) one's innate intelligence and ability
[ryoufuubizoku]
(n) fine customs and manners; good morals and manners; good and beautiful custom

 [ryoumenkachi]
(n) ambivalence
[ryoumensakusen]
(n) operations [a strategy] on two fronts; two-pronged strategy
[riroseizen]
(adj-t,adv-to) well-reasoned; logical (manner); articulate; coherent
[rironbusou]
(n,vs) be prepared for a theoretical [ideological] argument; be armed with theoretical
backing
[rinkiouhen]
(adj-na,n) adaptation to circumstances; adapting oneself to the requirements of the
moment; playing it by ear; as the occasion may demand
[ringiseido]
(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
[rinsentaisei]
(n) state of war readiness [preparedness]; preparation for action
[rinnetenshou]
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the
circle of transmigration
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[ruienkankei]
(n) (having) a close relationship (with)
[ruisuisuiri]
(n,vs) reasoning by analogy; analogical inference; analogism
[rusukazoku]
(n) family members left at home
[rutenshouji]
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the
circle of transmigration

 [rutenrinne]
(n,vs) all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the
circle of transmigration
[rurumenmen]
(adj-t,adv-to) going on and on in tedious detail

[reikansanto]
(n) breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared; feeling extremely
abashed
[reikanshouhou]
(n) fraudulent sale of goods or services claimed to bring good luck to the purchaser
[reigikankaku]
(n) sense of decorum; attention to the common civilities of life
[reigisahou]
(n) good manners; civility and rules of etiquette; decorum; arts of gracious etiquette
[reikyakukikan]
(n) cooling-off period
[reikokumuzan]
(adj-na,n) cruel and heartless; merciless; implacable; cold-blooded
[reikokumujou]
(adj-na,n) cold-hearted; callous; merciless; implacable; ruthless
[reikonfumetsu]
(n) immortality of the soul
[reishishouhou]
(n) fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are
possessed by evil spirits)
[reiseiichiban]
(n) giving cries of encouragement at a critical moment
[reiseishitta]
(n,vs) cries of encouragement; shouting encouragement

 [reiseichinchaku]
(adj-na,n) calm, cool, and collected; level and calm
[reitanmujou]
(adj-na,n) cold-hearted; callous; pitiless; unsympathetic
[reitekikoukan]
(n) spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion
[reitekikouryuu]
(n) spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion
[reinikuicchi]
(n) unity [oneness] of body and soul; harmony of body and soul
[reirikoukatsu]
(adj-na,n) cunning; crafty; shrewd; guileful
[retsujakuishiki]
(n) inferiority complex; a sense of inferiority
[ren'aishinan]
(n) instruction in the ways of love
[ren'aihenreki]
(n) history of one's love affairs
[ren'aiyuugi]
(n) playing at love relationships; trifling with a person's affections
[renjitsuren'ya]
(n-t) every day and every night; day(s) and night(s)
[rensenrenshou]
(n,vs) succession [series] of victories; winning battle after battle; winning every game
[rensenrenpai]
(n,vs) succession [series] of defeats; losing battle after battle; losing every game
[rentaisekinin]
(n) collective responsibility; joint liability
[renmenfudan]
(adj-no,n) long and uninterrupted [unbroken]

 [renritsuseiken]
(n) coalition government [cabinet]
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[roakushumi]
(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
[roushikoushou]
(n) labor-management negotiation
[roushisouhou]
(n) both labor and management; both the workers and the employers
) [roushifunsou]
(n) labor-management dispute; industrial strife
[roujousakusen]
(n) strategy of holing oneself up in a castle [house, building]
[roushoufujou]
(exp,n) Death comes to old and young alike.; uncertainty of life
[rounyakunannyo]
(n) men and women of all ages; young and old, men and women alike
[roubaigimi]
(adj-na,n) being rather confused; looking somewhat dismayed [perturbed]
[roubashinsetsu]
(n) grandmotherly solicitude for another's welfare; excessive solicitude
[rourakushudan]
(n) means of cajolement [trickery]
[rokugoukiji]
(n) (space) filler; fill-in [in magazines, newspapers, etc.]
[rokukouyonmin]
(n) a land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 60 percent of
the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 40 percent

 [rokushinkenzoku]
(n) all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin
[rokudourinne]
(n) endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
[rokuharamitsu/ropparamitsu]
(n) the six virtues [perfections] a Buddha Elect practices to attain supreme
enlightenment
[rojisaibai]
(n,vs) raising flowers and vegetables outdoors without using a greenhouse or a cold
frame; garden farming; open-field culture
[rojougoutou]
(n) mugging; mugger
[rojouseikatsu]
(n,vs) living on the street; life on the streets; homelessness
[rosentenkan]
(n,vs) policy change [reversal]
[rosenhenkou]
(n,vs) (1) change in a bus route; (2) change in policy; policy change [reversal]
[rokkonshoujou]
(n) purification of the six roots of perception; purification of one's mind and body through
emancipation from all worldly desires and worries
[roppyakurokugou]
(n) Salvarsan 606
[rotenburo]
(n) open-air bath; hot spring bath set in the open
[rohendanwa]
(n) fireside chat
[ronkoukoushou]
(n) granting rewards according to achievements; conferring honors according to merit
[ronshifumei]
(adj-na,n) the point of an argument being unclear; the tenor of an argument being poorly
reasoned

 [ronshimeikai]
(adj-na,n) the point of an argument being clearly stated; the tenor of an argument being
well-reasoned
[ronnankougeki]
(n,vs) attacking by argument; denunciation; condemnation; heated controversy
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[wakiaiai]
(adj-na,adj-no,adj-t,adv-to) harmonious; peaceful; congenial
[wakimiunten]
(n,vs) looking aside while driving; taking one's eyes off the road ahead while driving
[wakugaisaiyou]
(n) hiring someone beyond the limits of the employment quota
[wakeiseijaku]
(n) harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea
ceremony
[wakoudoujin]
(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
[wakonkansai]
(n) the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
[wakon'yousai]
(n) the Japanese spirit imbued with Western learning
[washokukaiki]
(n) revival of Japanese food
[wadaifuttou]
(n) being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
[wachuukyoudou]
(n,vs) harmonious cooperation; in close cooperation

 [waheikousaku]
(n) peace [overtures, initiative, moves]; maneuvering for peace; putting out peace
feelers
[wayousecchuu]
(n) a blending of Japanese and Western styles
[warimaekanjou]
(n) each paying for his own account; sharing the expenses; Dutch treat
[waretadataruoshiru]
(exp) I am content with what I am [have].; Rich is the person who is content with what
he is.
[wanpakukozou]
(n) naughty [mischievous] boy, little rascal [devil]; brat
[wanpakunakama]
(n) group [gang] of naughty [mischievous] boys
[wanpakubouzu]
(n) naughty [mischievous] boy, little rascal [devil]; brat
[wanryokuzata]
(n) resorting [coming] to fisticuffs; coming to blows