noun:

• spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work - four character idiom

noun:

• the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis - four character idiom

expression:

• to catch a weasel asleep; to pluck out the eye of a live horse [literal] - idiom - sensitive - obsolete term

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom

prefix:

• surplus- (attaches to start of Sino-Japanese words); excess-; over-
• per- (chemical with more of a certain element than found in other compounds of the same constituents)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to do (something) to spite (someone); to rebuke indirectly; to make an insinuation; to have a dig at
• to make a display of affection (for each other); to show off a relationship

noun:

• circle (sometimes used for zero) ➜ 丸【まる】
• 'correct' (when marking) ➜ 二重丸【にじゅうまる】
• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship) ➜ 〇〇【まるまる】
• period; full stop ➜ 句点
• maru mark; semivoiced sound; p-sound ➜ 半濁点

expression:

• used to create a rhetorical question indicating that the speaker actually believes the opposite is true; emphasizes a determination not to do something by means of a rhetorical question - female language ➜ ものか

expression:

• (villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; badgers of the same hole [literal] - idiom

noun:

• times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel - four character idiom

noun:

• protagonist; main character; hero(ine) (of a story)
• head of household

noun:

• edge (of a knife or sword)
• prong (of an electrical plug)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• raising the curtain Antonym: 閉幕【へいまく】

noun / ~する noun:

• opening (of an event); start of a season Antonym: 閉幕【へいまく】

noun / ~する noun:

• requital of a favour (favor); repayment (of an obligation, kindness, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• repayment; settlement (of a debt); paying off; reimbursement (of expenses)

noun / ~の noun:

• origin of an illness; cause of a disease; pathogenesis; etiology

noun:

• impression of a seal over the joint of two papers; tally

expression / noun:

• six of one, half a dozen of the other; scant difference - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• implementation (e.g. of a feature); installation (of equipment); mounting; packaging

noun:

• a great variety of; all sorts or kinds of; multifarious - four character idiom

noun:

• font of purifying water placed at the entrance of a shrine

noun / ~する noun:

• vertical shaking (of an earthquake) ➜ 横揺れ
• pitching (of a boat, aircraft, etc.)

noun:

• the smoke of guns and a rain of bullets or shells - four character idiom

noun:

• daybreak sound of a crow
• (name of) poetry anthology

noun:

• pedantry; display of one's learning; being of a pedantic disposition - four character idiom