expression:

• Life and death are the two faces of the same coin - four character idiom

expression:

• killing three birds with one stone - four character idiom ➜ いっせきにちょう

ichidan verb:

• to leave a space (between words)

noun:

• leaf; petal; piece of paper; snowflake; something flat and thin

noun:

• without intermission for ten (long) years; with constancy of purpose for ten (long) years; in the same old rut for years on end - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be hard to deal with; to be sinister-looking; to be idiosyncratic

noun:

• women in general

expression / adverb:

• one more; another; the other ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• not quite ➜ 今一つ【いまひとつ】
• close run; just falling short of success

noun:

• 1st course at a banquet

noun:

• blanket order - IT term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to laugh (someone) down

noun:

• (a) year or two

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to compete for the first place; to be one of the best

expression:

• without saying a word

noun:

• primary succession

noun:

• Ekadasamukha (eleven-faced Avalokitesvara) ➜ 観世音

noun:

• new method

noun:

• lump-sum payment; paying in a lump sum

noun / ~する noun:

• thoroughly wash away

noun / ~する noun:

• nap; short sleep ➜ 一睡
• first sleep of silkworms

noun:

• mere slip by someone who is usually very careful; simple mistake by a wise person; point overlooked by a cautious person - four character idiom

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• singlemindedly devoted to work - four character idiom

noun:

• Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)

noun:

• at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin (start) with; first and foremost - four character idiom