noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom ➜ 輪廻転生

noun:

• person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well - four character idiom
• person who can drink much alcohol without becoming tipsy

noun:

• sexual position where the man lies flat on his back and the woman sits on top; cowgirl position - vulgar

noun:

• Fifteen Years' War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)

suffix:

• -ness (nominalizing suffix, esp. of sensory or subjective adjectives) - also written with the ateji 味 ➜ 甘み
• nominalizing suffix indicating location ➜ 深み
• (as ...mi ...mi) alternating between ... and ... ➜ 降りみ降らずみ

noun:

• the three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children ➜ 三柱の神

noun:

• hakama without gussets (worn by female students and later male students in the Meiji period); hakama without gores - archaism

noun:

• vessel for replenishing inkstone water ➜ 水滴【すいてき】
• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

noun:

• the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom

noun:

• three wise monkeys (who "see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil") ➜ 見猿・言わ猿・聞か猿

expression:

• see no evil, hear no evil, and speak no evil; the three wise monkeys

noun:

• made-to-order production; job order production; production to order

noun / ~する noun:

• omitting crucial steps; cutting corners; skimping
• intentional negligence
• tenuki; taking the initiative by ignoring the opponent's last move and playing somewhere else (in go)

expression / noun:

• person of high standing facing no opposition and with a warped view of reality
• The Emperor's New Clothes (tale by Hans Christian Andersen) - orig. meaning

noun:

• large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods); oversized garbage; bulky rubbish
• useless man about the house; husband that is retired and considered a nuisance - colloquialism - derogatory term

noun:

• Argument for Leaving Asia; editorial written in 1885 by Fukuzawa Yukichi arguing that Japan should align itself with the West rather than China and Korea; Datsu-A Ron

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time

noun:

• give water to a dying person; water given to a dying person

noun:

• favorite snack to have with drinks; favourite snack to have with drinks

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to put out one's tongue; to stick out one's tongue

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to wait for a favorable chance; to wait for a favourable chance

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have one's wish realized; to have one's wish realised

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to shake each other's hands; to shake hands with each other