noun:

• being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• obstinate; stubborn; hard-headed; being incapable of making sound judgments because of a narrow, inflexible and obstinate mentality - four character idiom

expression:

• figuratively speaking; metaphorically speaking; so to speak; to use a figure of speech

noun:

• pulling out of a market; withdrawing from a market

noun:

• light emanating from a sword; shimmering of a sword

noun:

• the sense of being engulfed in a green, mountainous atmosphere

noun:

• buttocks of a horse being ridden or followed ➜ 尻馬に乗る
• blind imitation

noun / ~する noun:

• fulfilment of a vow; one's earnest prayer being answered - four character idiom

noun:

• having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers - four character idiom

noun:

• donothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation - four character idiom

noun:

• var. of pottery from Hyogo prefecture
• round balls made from eggs, flour, etc., (local food of Akashi)

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

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom

noun:

• passing a bone fragment from one pair of chopsticks to another while placing the remains of the deceased in a funerary urn; two people picking up the same bone fragment with chopsticks at the same time
• passing food from one pair of chopsticks to another (a breach of etiquette); two people picking up the same piece of food with chopsticks at the same time ➜ 拾い箸

expression:

• ... being the case; (precisely) because ...; as might be expected (from ...)

noun / ~の noun:

• being newly swept

noun:

• gathering silkworms from the egg paper

noun:

• derivative; derived function - Mathematics term

noun:

• darner (any dragonfly of family Aeshnidae); devil's darning needle
• dragonfly (esp. a large one)

noun:

• karamon; large gate with a karahafu gable (typically at a temple, shrine or castle) ➜ 唐破風

noun:

• large sake cup

noun / ~する noun:

• gulping down a drink; taking a swig at something

noun:

• ceremony performed by a sorcerer to protect a noble setting out on a trip
• walking in large steps
• walking with a disabled leg; someone with a disabled leg

noun:

• food set out on a stand; gift placed on a stand
• food brought on a large stand to a brothel by a red-light district caterer - archaism

noun:

• C4 plant (any plant, such as corn, that uses C4 carbon fixation)

noun:

• C3 plant (any plant, such as rice, that uses C3 carbon fixation)

noun:

• lace-leaf plant (Ouvirandra fenestralis, Aponogeton madagascariensis); lattice-leaf plant