expression:

• dancing fool, watching fool; you're a fool if you dance, and a fool if you just look on; all fools, so let's all dance

noun:

• standard datum of geographic coordinates; point of origin of longitude and latitude; geodetic datum

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• reddish; tinged with red; rufous

expression:

• by far; far and away; by all odds

noun:

• crawling on all fours; getting on one's hands and knees; falling flat

noun:

• host in a bar for male homosexuals; effeminate man who talks and dresses like a woman; young male homosexual - From English "gay boy"

noun:

• logic unit; arithmetic and logic unit; ALU - IT term

noun:

• peacherine; hybrid of a peach and a nectarine; cross between a peach and a nectarine

expression:

• look carefully where your own footsteps fall; seek enlightenment by knowing yourself and not by watching others; know thyself

noun / ~する noun:

• going about immersed or absorbed; pacing back and forth meditatively; being deep in thought

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be lonely at the top; to be left high and dry by one's friends; to have the ladder pulled out from under one [literal]

noun:

• going concern; stocks and all; goods and furniture included

noun:

• video intercom; intercom with a video camera and display; video doorphone - From English "television door phone"

noun:

• diver's exposure suit; body suits, wet suits, and dry suits; suit which protects divers from exposure and abrasion

ichidan verb:

• to be at a loss; to think and think but get nowhere; to fail to come up with a good idea

noun:

• between-season wear; spring and autumn clothing; spring and fall clothing

expression:

• 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

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

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring a traffic light; red-light violation; jaywalking

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