expression:

• sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge - four character idiom

noun:

• fried finely minced daikon, great burdock, carrot and shiitake mushrooms wrapped with crumbled tofu in dried beancurd and deep-fried
• Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder - abbreviation ➜ 巻繊汁
• black soybean sprouts fried in sesame seed oil wrapped in dried beancurd and stewed - orig. meaning - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have both the looks and the substance; to be a compassionate and just person; to be interesting and instructive - idiom

expression:

• Where there is a will, there is a way

expression:

• where there's a will, there's a way - proverb

expression:

• where there's a will, there's a way - proverb

noun:

• shower effect (theory that placing high-selling items on the upper floors of a department store will lead to increased sales in the lower floors) ➜ 噴水効果

expression:

• spoiling someone's work; useless effort; laboring in vain; labouring in vain; if a peasant sows seeds, the crows will dig them up [literal]

expression:

• he has not lived that lives not after death; the great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it - proverb

noun:

• real intention; true motive; true will
• original intention; original purpose; original hope

expression:

• the flame that burns twice as bright burns half as long; the well with sweet water will be the first to run dry [literal] - proverb

expression:

• mixture of wheat and chaff; mixture of the good and bad; jumble of wheat and tares - four character idiom

noun:

• God's will; heaven's decree; mandate of Heaven; fate; karma; destiny
• one's life; one's lifespan

~と adverb / adverb / ~する noun:

• pleasantly warm; nice and warm - onomatopoeia
• repeatedly (hitting someone); again and again; over and over - onomatopoeia

noun:

• the passage of people and horses; coming and going of people and horses - four character idiom

noun:

• having an open hand and no end or honor tiles (yaku, not allowed in some rules); having only suited tiles between 2 and 8 inclusive and having called tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 断ヤオ九

noun / ~する noun:

• undulation
• ups and downs; highs and lows

noun / ~する noun:

• high and low; rise and fall

noun / ~する noun:

• loan; debit and credit; lending and borrowing

noun / ~する noun:

• getting on and off; embarking and disembarking

noun / ~する noun:

• bending and stretching (exercise); flexing and extending

noun / ~する noun:

• deposit and withdraw; taking in and out

noun / ~する noun:

• raising and lowering; praising and blaming; modulation

noun:

• gods and Buddha
• Shinto and Buddhism ［しんぶつ］

noun:

• host and guest; principal and auxiliary