expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively - from the Disney movie Dumbo ➜ 耳がダンボ【みみがダンボ】

expression:

• between Japan and North Korea

expression:

• one's seniors and juniors
• seniority-based hierarchy

noun:

• the sun, the moon and the stars; the heavenly bodies - four character idiom

noun:

• pail-like wooden container typically lacquered in Japanese style, used for holding and serving hot liquids

noun:

• a foolish older brother and a smart younger - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat of the New Year)

noun:

• conferment of Court ranks and decorations - four character idiom

expression:

• line and staff

noun:

• person of lofty virtue and great wisdom - four character idiom

noun:

• busiest and most profitable business period; peak season

noun:

• combined living room, dining room and kitchen - abbreviation ➜ リビングダイニングキッチン

noun:

• the common run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• prompt decision and prompt execution; make swift decisions and take quick actions - four character idiom

noun:

• the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals - archaism ➜ 旗本【はたもと】

noun:

• alcohol and meat; food and drink

noun:

• unkempt hair and shabby clothes - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be ready and waiting for; to be on the alert for - from 手に薬煉を引く ➜ 薬煉

noun:

• honor and-or shame (honour)

noun:

• Collection of Poems of Ancient and Modern Times - abbr. of 古今和歌集

noun / ~する noun:

• casting and counting votes

noun / ~する noun:

• drying and hardening

noun:

• work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom

noun:

• person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

noun:

• closing argument and sentencing recommendation (of a prosecutor)