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因循姑息【いんじゅんこそくinjunkosoku】

noun:

  • dilly-dallying and temporizing (temporising) - four character idiom
地蔵顔【じぞうがおjizougao】

noun:

  • gentle and round face; cheerful face; face like the Boddhisattva Jizo [literal] ➜ 地蔵

借りるkariru時tokiのno地蔵顔jizougao、返すkaesu時tokiのno閻魔顔gao。 A person will have the face of an angel when borrowing something, but the face of the devil when returning it.

吐瀉【としゃtosha】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • vomiting and diarrhea (diarrhoea)
可惜身命【あたらしんみょうatarashinmyou】

noun:

  • valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear - four character idiom
煮しめ【にしめnishime】煮染め・煮〆

noun:

  • dish of vegetables, konnyaku, etc. simmered in soy sauce and water until the liquid is almost gone - Food term
人品骨柄【じんぴんこつがらjinpinkotsugara】

noun:

  • personal appearance and physique; person's appearance and physique giving a feeling of respectable character - four character idiom
杯盤狼藉【はいばんろうぜきhaibanrouzeki】 Inflection

~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
黄吻【こうふんkoufun】

noun:

  • young and inexperienced person
有識経験者【ゆうしきけいけんしゃyuushikikeikensha】

noun:

  • knowledgeable and experienced person
墨場【ぼくじょうbokujou】

noun:

  • meeting place for calligraphers and painters - archaism
弓馬槍剣【きゅうばそうけんkyuubasouken】

noun:

  • archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general - four character idiom
豪放粗野【ごうほうそやgouhousoya】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun:

  • bold and boorish - four character idiom
櫛風浴雨【しっぷうよくうshippuuyokuu】

noun:

  • struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships - four character idiom
知徳合一【ちとくごういつchitokugouitsu】

noun:

  • the unity of knowledge and virtue - four character idiom
半挿【はんぞうhanzou・はにそうhanisouobs.・はにぞうhanizouobs.】楾【はんぞうhanzou】��old【はんぞうhanzou・はにそうhanisouobs.】匜old【はんぞうhanzou・はにぞうhanizouobs.】

noun:

  • teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
  • basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥
ヤリサーYARISAA

noun:

  • (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them
風土気候【ふうどきこうfuudokikou】

noun:

  • climate and natural features (of a region) - four character idiom
楽市楽座【らくいちらくざrakuichirakuza】

noun:

  • free markets and open guilds (policy enacted by daimyo in the Azuchimomoyama Period (1573-1598) that weakened the strict regulations surrounding business establishment in market places and important cities, allowing new businesses to open in Joka-machi market places)
無色透明【むしょくとうめいmushokutoumei】 Inflection

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

  • colorless and transparent - four character idiom
阿房払い【あほうばらいahoubarai】 Inflection

noun / ~する noun:

  • stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)
おかきokaki《お欠き・御欠き・御掻・御欠・御搔old》

noun:

  • mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried ➜ 欠き餅
両バッテリー【りょうバッテリーryouBATTERII】

noun:

  • pitcher and catcher - Baseball term
棄背【きはいkihai】

noun:

  • giving up and turning back
位官【いかんikan】

noun:

  • rank and official position
破邪顕正【はじゃけんしょうhajakenshou】

noun:

  • (sense of) crushing evil and spreading the truth - Buddhism term
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