noun / ~する noun:

• being postponed; being shelved; being put on hold - idiom
• putting in storage; thing put in storage - lit. meaning

expression / noun:

• heavenly voice ➜ 天声
• off the record instructions; influential person's opinion; powerful person's verdict - idiom

expression / noun:

• (person who is) once bitten twice shy; someone who has become overly cautious due to a bad experience - idiom - four character idiom

noun:

• always conducting oneself as though one were on a battlefield; being combat ready at all times (of a person) - four character idiom

expression:

• having one's good intentions backfire dangerously; causing harm when trying to prevent it; trying to put out a fire while carrying kindling [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to put one's heart into; to completely devote oneself to - idiom

expression:

• crestfallen; dejected; shriveled (like a slug sprinkled with salt) - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stick one's nose into (someone else's business); to meddle; to interfere; to butt in - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be nauseating; to be disgusting; to be revolting - idiom
• to throw up; to vomit

expression / adjective:

• humble; modest; unassuming - idiom

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be laughable; to be unrealistic - idiom

expression / adjective:

• unable to move; held up; swamped; stuck between a rock and a hard place - idiom

expression:

• Keep improving day by day - idiom

expression / noun / ~の noun:

• (woman with) beautiful eyes and mouth - idiom ➜ 目元千両

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• one's prosperity being on the rise; one's fortune reaching its culmination - four character idiom

noun:

• stopgap measure; quick-fix solution - four character idiom

noun:

• different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes - four character idiom ➜ 同工異曲【どうこういきょく】

~の noun / noun:

• once in an emperor's reign; event that takes place only once in a sovereign's reign - four character idiom

noun:

• meagre sum of money - four character idiom

~の noun / noun:

• once in one's life; once in a lifetime - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• die; dice - four character idiom
• gambling with dice; playing hazard
• You can never tell what will pop up

noun:

• court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace - four character idiom

noun:

• military expedition deep into enemy territory - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• pursuing one overriding objective while forsaking all the others - four character idiom

noun:

• (falling into a) continuous decline; being on the wane - four character idiom