noun:

• nematomorph; horsehair worm; gordian worm; hair worm (any of the parasitic nematode-like worms of phylum Nematomorpha)

noun:

• performing solo (by oneself); having the stage to oneself; being in sole command; eclipsing (outshining) the others; field of activity in which one is unrivaled (unrivalled) - four character idiom

noun:

• someone who has a title but no real duty; useless person ➜ 取り巻き
• actor playing a daimyo who merely sets the scene as part of the background (in kabuki) - original meaning ➜ 大名

noun / adjectival noun:

• infirmities of old age
• young and old; all ages - obsolete term ➜ 老若

noun:

• collected papers; collected works; collection of articles and essays

expression / noun:

• conjugal property; joint ownership property of husband and wife

noun:

• One Thousand and One Nights (collection of Arabic stories)

noun:

• colloquial grammar; grammar of modern spoken and written japanese

noun:

• middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades) ➜ 低学年・高学年

noun:

• men and women; man and woman; both sexes; both genders

noun / adjectival noun / ~たる adjective:

• pure and clear

noun:

• "clear and bright" solar term (approx. April 5) ➜ 二十四節気

noun:

• gaining some and losing some; (something having its) advantages and disadvantages - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews - four character idiom

noun:

• goodwill guide; volunteer guide and interpreter for foreign residents and tourists - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• as fierce and nimble as any; daring and agile without equal - four character idiom

noun:

• Japanese league; ri; old Japanese unit of distance, approx. 3.927km or 2.44 miles
• neighbourhood (under the ritsuryo system; orig. of 50 homes) ➜ 郷里制・国郡里制
• unit of area (approx. 654m by 654m) ➜ 条里制

expression / noun:

• how it came about; how it originated; how it happened; the origins of the imbroglio

expression:

• one cannot shake the will of even the lowliest man; a person's will should be respected; even a menial deserves his convictions - proverb

adverbial noun / noun:

• here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over

noun / ~する noun:

• meat and matrimony (Buddhism); Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and scattering - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• upright and clean-handed; pure in heart and with a clean conscience - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• prompt decision and prompt execution; make swift decisions and take quick actions - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb ➜ 聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥