expression:

• the minute (that) ...; no sooner than ...
• whether or not

noun:

• coach without a special assignment within the Sumo Association - Sumo term

noun:

• salt thrown to purify the ring before a bout - Sumo term

noun:

• quitting the tournament in progress due mostly to injury - Sumo term

noun:

• a row of training matches with the same opponent - Sumo term

noun:

• wrestler of grand champion quality but without the title - Sumo term

noun:

• training matches where the winner picks his next opponent

noun:

• blind date party, with the object of sex - slang

noun:

• amicable settlement; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• varying the tempo or speed (of something) at will - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• participating in something by merely following the leaders - four character idiom

noun:

• full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end - four character idiom

noun:

• the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters - four character idiom

noun:

• public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media - four character idiom

noun:

• having something of the old-time samurai about one - four character idiom

noun:

• closely examining (questioning) the concrete circumstances of a crime - four character idiom

noun:

• retribution spanning the three temporal worlds (present, past, future) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork - four character idiom

noun:

• (the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability - four character idiom

noun:

• (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• chiefly on the basis of someone's personal character - four character idiom

noun:

• avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth - four character idiom

noun:

• all the worldly (mundane) matters; everything in this world - four character idiom

noun:

• the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy - four character idiom

noun:

• uprising (during the Muromachi period) demanding debt cancellation orders - four character idiom