noun:

• itinerant monk being on pilgrimages to many lands - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• admission of university graduates to an undergraduate program - four character idiom

noun:

• making an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (logical) consistency; coherence; unchanging from beginning to end - four character idiom

noun:

• rigid (stereotypical) thinking that adheres to preconceived notions - four character idiom

noun:

• (articles) imported to Japan by early European traders - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• being returned (sent back) to the drawing board - four character idiom

noun:

• winning streak; good time to make a profit

expression:

• contrary to expectations; or so we thought, but ...

~と adverb:

• shamelessly; acting brazenly unaffected - onomatopoeia
• being resigned to (disgrace)

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to have (break out into) a broad (suggestive) grin

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to gradually rise

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sit silently at a meeting ➜ 雁首揃える

expression / ichidan verb:

• to sit silently at a meeting ➜ 雁首を揃える

noun / ~する noun:

• act of entrance (to a facility); entering (premises)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to lead someone around by the nose

ichidan verb:

• to kick (into something, e.g. a goal)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to insert (usu. as part of sexual intercourse) - from 挿入 and 入れる - colloquialism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to turn one's back (on the enemy)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to beat someone at their own game

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be betrayed by a trusted follower - idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to celebrate one's recovery from illness

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to use somebody's (argument, attack) against them

noun / ~の noun:

• feeling one gets from listening to something - not to be confused with 耳障り