noun:

• bombshell announcement (statement) - four character idiom

noun:

• imprudent (misguided) fellow - four character idiom

noun:

• writers and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• sabotage - four character idiom

noun:

• understanding (between the two) - four character idiom

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck - four character idiom

noun:

• coalition government - four character idiom

noun:

• industrial (labor-management) dispute (labour); industrial strife - four character idiom

noun:

• tepid water; lukewarm water

~の noun / noun:

• comfortable; easy; relaxed; complacent; cossetted; unstimulating; dull; uneventful ［ぬるまゆ］ - idiom

noun:

• quarter of a century - four character idiom

noun:

• duty of confidentiality (concerning private matters learned through one's business) - four character idiom

noun:

• eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to say in a round-about way (not to upset); to cushion the blow; to wrap in wafer paper [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to concede defeat; to surrender; to take one's hat off (to somebody) [literal] - idiom

noun:

• shabby clothes and plain foods - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• carrot and stick; candy and whip [literal] - idiom

noun:

• exoticism - four character idiom

noun:

• vagrant - four character idiom
• transient lifestyle

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom

expression:

• fortunate error; lucky break; fluke - idiom

expression / adjective:

• neither fish nor fowl; hard-to-predict - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to throw in a shrimp and pull out a whale; to use a sprat to catch a mackerel; to get big returns on a small investment - idiom

expression:

• to have a comeback (i.e. a reason, or rationalization) for every remark - idiom

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

noun:

• (in) custody; physical restraint (e.g. by police) - four character idiom