expression / adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done; at the striped mullet's ultimate maturity (when the striped mullet is fully grown) [literal] ➜ 鯔【とど】

noun / adjectival noun:

• aggressive; active and bold (daring); resolute determination - four character idiom

noun:

• half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once

noun:

• Buddhist revelation through intuitive discernment; Spiritual awakening cannot be experienced with words and letters; Spiritual enlightenment can be attained only by means of communion of mind with mind (Zen Buddhism) - four character idiom ➜ 不立文字

noun:

• young woman strongly interested in pre-Edo history; young woman making use of speech and mannerisms of pre-industrial Japan; female history buff

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to throw; to toss; to cast
• to hit; to strike; to smash; to hammer in; to drive in
• to fire into (e.g. a crowd); to launch (e.g. missiles); to lob (e.g. grenades)
• to wear (sword, etc.); to carry

expression:

• day after day; day in and day out; every single day

noun:

• big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing - four character idiom

noun:

• between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing - also written as 間 - abbreviation ➜ 合い服

suffix:

• together
• condition; situation; state
• -ish

adjectival noun:

• worst; poor and boring; uncool

noun:

• head-to-head training; drill consisting of pushing and being pushed; battering practice - Sumo term

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to punch; to hit and hit; to stamp out
• to pierce; to bore into; to knock down walls

noun:

• Islamic State; IS; Islamic State of Iraq and Syria; ISIS; Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant; ISIL

expression / ~の noun:

• violent (fight); slashing and striking; hand-to-hand

ichidan verb:

• to keep talking; to go on and on; to talk non-stop

~と adverb / adverb:

• dangling heavily; swaying to and fro; swinging - onomatopoeia ➜ ぶらぶら

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• being majestic; with great pomp and circumstance; with an imposing air - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• ranging over or scouting out a territory; searching far and wide (for); reading extensively

expression:

• with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; with the force of surging waves [literal]

expression:

• firm; flexible and hard to break; persevering ➜ 腰の強い

noun:

• happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante - four character idiom

noun:

• married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair

prefix noun:

• his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman) ［めおと］ ➜ 夫婦茶碗

expression:

• now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease - four character idiom

expression:

• all men are alike; all lives are alike; all men live and die; we all bleed the same; a pike conger has one life, a shrimp does too [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• by a hair's breadth; in the nick of time; touch and go; close call; critical moment - four character idiom