noun / ~の noun:

• multilayered - four character idiom

noun:

• the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka) - four character idiom

noun:

• the large number of temples in Kyoto - four character idiom

noun:

• the long night of spiritual darkness - four character idiom

noun:

• both labor and management; both the workers and the employers - four character idiom

noun:

• (space) filler; fill-in (in magazines, newspapers, etc.) - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to see the light; to be awakened to the truth; to have the scales fall from one's eyes - idiom ➜ 目からウロコの落ちる

expression / noun:

• being kept in the dark (about); being excluded; being kept out of the loop; outside the mosquito net [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to change one's attitude quickly - idiom
• to flip over one's hand - たなごころをかえす is often used figuratively as an example of something easy

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to be quiet (due to lack of activity); to be in a slump (of a business) - idiom ➜ 閑古鳥

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to feel relieved; to forget about one's troubles; to settle into peace of mind - idiom

noun:

• matrimonial happiness; happy marriage - four character idiom

expression:

• (villains) of the same stripe; birds of a feather; badgers of the same hole [literal] - idiom

expression / adjectival noun:

• sour (expression); as if having swallowed a bitter bug [literal] - idiom ➜ 苦虫

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fail one step short of great success; to fall at the last hurdle - idiom

expression:

• intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be blind to one's shortcomings; to play innocent - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go with the flow; to go with the times - idiom

expression:

• each juncture; each turning point - four character idiom

noun:

• safe tile; tile that may be discarded without risking benefiting an opponent - Mahjong term
• no-risk choice; easily handled person - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take a lot of dealing with; to be a handful - idiom

expression:

• to be a quick worker - idiom ➜ 手の早い
• to be fast in forming relationships with women - idiom
• to be quick to resort to violence - idiom