noun / adjectival noun:

• having a gentle and sincere personality - four character idiom

noun:

• valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear - four character idiom

noun:

• imposing exacting (crushing, oppressive) taxes - four character idiom

expression:

• those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• nostalgia for the good old days; retro-culture - four character idiom

noun:

• unparalleled in the whole country - four character idiom

noun:

• being tough on the outside but soft at heart; a faint-hearted person pretending to be brave - four character idiom

noun:

• street gossips and idle rumors - four character idiom

noun:

• (beating someone) hands down; with a single blow - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• smooth-talking and polished; witty; free, easy, and urbane - four character idiom

noun:

• being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition - four character idiom

noun:

• welcome (beneficial) rain in a drought; realization of something eagerly looked for; a welcome relief - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / adverb:

• one's heart is filled with even deeper emotion; feeling the emotion all the more deeply - four character idiom

noun:

• (having, there being) a great number of books - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• simple and clear - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

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

noun:

• reading between the lines - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• having piercing eyes; eagle-eyed; having a penetrating insight (into) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• stubborn; obstinate; sticking to one's views or decisions - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• very strange (mysterious, weird); bizarre; monstrous; outrageous - four character idiom

noun:

• making one's attitude (position, stand) clear; unfurling and clearly showing one's banner [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• being very witty; very ingenious and resourceful - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• very resourcefully using tactics adapting oneself to the requirements of the moment; playing it by ear; acting according to circumstances - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• magnanimous in one's attitude of mind; grand in one's idea or mind-set - four character idiom