noun:

• recruiting (inviting application for) through personal connections - four character idiom
• private (stock) offering (subscription)

expression:

• How can a small bird (a sparrow, a petty person) understand the aspirations of a great bird (a phoenix); Only a hero can understand a hero - four character idiom

noun:

• humorous erotic literature - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• killing oneself out of despair (disgust with life) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• oratorical tone - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• giving a charming (bewitching) smile - four character idiom

noun:

• feeling of war-weariness - four character idiom

noun:

• extension of a straight line; (conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument) - four character idiom

noun:

• extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night) - four character idiom

noun:

• deep design and forethought; farsighted and deeply-laid plan - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• amicable resignation (retirement); resigning (retiring) from one's job of one's free will - four character idiom

noun:

• health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster - obscure term - four character idiom ➜ 息災延命

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• somewhat reserved (diffident); shyly; timidly; retiringly; in a retiring (reserved) manner - four character idiom

noun:

• Failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term - four character idiom

noun:

• secrets; mysteries; secret formula; essence; esoterica (of an art, martial arts, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• forking the rook while checking the king - four character idiom - Shōgi term

noun / ~する noun:

• anguish; agony - four character idiom

noun:

• ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment - four character idiom

noun:

• relocation of wild animals to a remote location - four character idiom

noun:

• legend concerning a fugitive clan - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• clear one's name; redeem oneself; clear (vindicate) one's honor (reputation) - four character idiom

noun:

• moderate line; middle-of-the-road line (in politics) - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• gentle and reticent - four character idiom

expression:

• invoking disaster upon one's mortal enemy; Confusion to the enemy! - four character idiom

noun:

• covert action (behavior); espionage activities - four character idiom