noun:

• gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• meat and matrimony (Buddhism); Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married - four character idiom

expression:

• (bringing up a child) with greatest care pampering (him, her) with material comforts of a rich family; (being brought up) in a hothouse atmosphere - four character idiom

noun:

• being deep in prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• very involved and troublesome situation; complicated twists and turns - four character idiom

noun:

• faraway lands; voyage to faraway lands - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking into a hearty laugh - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• reviling; vilification; abusive language; lashing somebody using abusive language; speaking abusively of somebody - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• overdone politeness; polite to a fault; feigned politeness - four character idiom

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• glasses and plates being scattered about after a party or banquet; articles lying about in a jumble - archaism - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• widely-read with a remarkable retentive memory - four character idiom

noun:

• incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister - four character idiom

noun:

• superficial knowledge; half knowledge - four character idiom

noun:

• stratagem for causing a rift in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• the return of the land and people from the feudal lords to the Emperor - four character idiom

noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• enraged outcry; loud protest; being bitterly criticized by others; being loudly denounced by others - four character idiom

expression:

• sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge - four character idiom

noun:

• fine wines and prized delicacies - four character idiom

expression:

• beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young - four character idiom

expression:

• so many men, so many ways; to each one's own; it takes all sorts to make a world - four character idiom

noun:

• splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• everlasting; eternal; immortal; imperishable; undying - four character idiom

noun:

• not sparing one's life for a worthy cause - four character idiom

noun:

• perpetual youth and longevity - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• very insolent; extremely audacious; reprehensible - four character idiom