noun:

• a fast (dissolute) life; a life of follies; a life given to dissolute pleasures - four character idiom

noun:

• Man'yōshū; 8th century anthology of Japanese poetry; Collection of Ten Thousand Leaves [literal]

noun:

• someone without a fixed occupation; man of leisure; playboy ➜ あそびにん・遊客・道楽者

noun:

• people who share an interest; people of similar tastes; kindred minds

noun:

• grimoire; book of magic; book of sorcery

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally / ~と adverb:

• whistling sound; wheezing sound; sound of the wind; wuthering; howling; soughing; moaning - onomatopoeia

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb

noun:

• mountain range; cluster of mountains; mountainous region

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to draw on one's experience; to make good use of one's experience; to turn one's experience to good account

noun:

• cumulonimbus; gigantic columns of clouds (in summer); thunderhead ➜ 積乱雲

expression / noun:

• daytime; noon period of the day; matinee

expression:

• the law has holes large enough for the most wicked men to slip through; the long arm of the law doesn't reach everywhere; fishes big enough to eat boats aren't caught by the net [literal] - proverb

adverb:

• anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means ➜ 何でもかでも

noun:

• refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo - four character idiom

noun:

• promissory note; written acknowledgment of debt; IOU

expression:

• that's not a nice thing to say; that's not a nice way of putting it; there was no need to say that ➜ 言うに事欠いて【いうにことかいて】

adjectival noun / noun:

• poor correspondent; apparent disdain of (or trouble with) writing; someone who appears to dislike (or be poor at) writing

noun:

• administration established through an unprincipled political coalition; government of convenience; cabinet created through an unholy alliance - four character idiom

adverb:

• earlier than usual; ahead of time; in good season

noun / ~の noun:

• the two views (of an object) referring to the same thing; being inseparable like the two sides of an object; two sides of the same coin - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• getting oil; extraction of oil (e.g. from seeds); drilling for oil

noun:

• sumo management stock; one of the 105 titled trusteeships in the Japan Sumo Association; tradable share that entitles the holder to take part in the management of sumo - Sumo term

noun:

• practical person; man of action; doer

noun:

• small present; small token of appreciation; with compliments (e.g. written on small gift)

noun:

• examination method; method of investigation; search procedure