expression:

• to not be getting with the times; to be unaware that things are changing - from a fable in Master Lü's Spring and Autumn Annals - idiom

expression / noun:

• not getting with the times; being unaware of how things are changing - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to die; to become bones [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's liver [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to engrave in one's heart; to inscribe on one's bones [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs):

• to engrave in one's heart - idiom

expression:

• natural state; being unspoilt by human touch; willows are green, flowers are crimson [literal] - from a quote by Su Shi - idiom
• spring is beautiful - proverb
• things are different by nature; all things have their characteristics - proverb

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• for something unexpected to happen (to someone or something one is close to) - idiom

expression:

• (deciding to do something) abruptly; at the turn of a dime - usu. as 足元から鳥が立つように - idiom

expression:

• preaching to the deaf; wind (blowing) into a horse's ear [literal] - idiom ➜ 馬の耳に念仏

expression:

• putting the cart before the horse; putting the diapers on before (the baby) is born [literal] - idiom

expression / adjective:

• neither fish nor fowl; hard-to-predict - idiom

expression / noun:

• hard work gone unnoticed; thankless task; a dance under a veranda [literal] - idiom
• off-stage dance that used to be performed on the 22th of the 2nd month in the lunar calendar in Osaka's Tennouji - orig. meaning

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hold fast to one's ways; to be overly conservative; to not get with the times; to guard the tree stub [literal] - from a fable appearing in the Han Feizi - idiom

noun:

• feeble anger (that one cannot act on because one is powerless); the clenching teeth of a dried sardine [literal] - idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to do something foolhardy; to braid a tiger's whiskers [literal] - idiom - obscure term

godan ~つ verb:

• to let a fox into the henhouse; to do something dangerous; to let loose a tiger in the marketplace [literal] - idiom

expression / noun:

• empty eyes; thousand-yard stare; blank glaze; expressionless look; eyes of a dead fish [literal] - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look dead on the inside; to have a blank expression - colloquialism - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to twist a thread
• to put all one's skill (into doing something); to do something to the best of one's ability - idiom - abbreviation ➜ 腕によりをかける

expression:

• throwing good money after bad - idiom

expression:

• throwing good money after bad - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to cry wine and sell vinegar; to do deceptive advertisement; to put up a sheep's head and sell dog meat [literal] - idiom

expression / noun:

• soya bean; soybean - idiom ➜ 大豆

noun:

• happy-go-lucky person; dreamer; intracranial flower garden [literal] - slang - derogatory term - idiom

expression / noun:

• match made in heaven; perfect match; great coupling; bush warbler in a plum tree (a common motif in poetry and classical Japanese painting) [literal] - idiom