noun:

• décolleté; décolletage; the part of a woman's chest and back exposed by a low neckline - From French
• robe décolletée; low-cut dress - abbreviation - From French ➜ ローブデコルテ

noun / ~の noun:

• low-cut (neckline style); décolleté - From French

expression:

• being in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision - four character idiom

noun:

• constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• being average (capacity, looks) (as good as anyone); mediocrity

noun / adjectival noun:

• stubbornly sticking to one's own convictions; being stubbornly independent - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• being as free as the air; active without any restraint - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• very reasonable; being perfectly consistent with reason; standing to reason - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• many points; many dots; being interspersed in countless numbers - obscure term

noun:

• marginal village; depopulated village with most inhabitants being senior citizens

expression / ~よい adjective:

• glib; slick (sounds good but no substance); all talk - derogatory term
• in good form; in great shape; having things progress well

noun:

• Jupiter (Roman god) ➜ ゼウス
• Jupiter (planet) - Astronomy term ➜ 木星【もくせい】
• Jupiter Symphony; Symphony No. 41 by Mozart - abbreviation

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have no time to lose; to fight with every minute and every second - idiom

adverb:

• no matter what; anyhow; in any case; at any rate; in any event; anyway - archaism

noun:

• omen; sign of luck
• origin; history; causation
• dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing - orig. meaning - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 因縁生起

noun:

• central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); mainstay; chief support; leader
• chief; boss; leader; head
• master carpenter
• beams and ridge supports of a roof - orig. meaning

noun:

• inner sanctuary; inner shrine; sanctum sanctorum; holy of holies; place behind main hall of a temple enshrining temple founder, miraculous Buddhas, hidden statues, etc. - Buddhism term

noun:

• rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance ➜ 大手【おおて】
• one who arrests
• force attacking the rear of a castle ➜ 大手【おおて】
• (opponent's) weak point

noun / ~する noun:

• digestion (of food)
• digestion (of information); assimilation; thorough understanding
• consumption; absorption; using up; meeting (e.g. a quota); completion
• losing one's form and turning into something else - orig. meaning - archaism

noun:

• a show; blood-stained mucus discharge that happens during pregnancy up to two weeks before delivery ➜ 破水
• signature mark (crest) used by members of the Imperial family to mark their belongings
• a sign (with honorific 'o') ➜ しるし

expression:

• people may bring about their demise for love (like a deer coming forth when it hears a hunter's whistle in mating season); it is easy to have one's weak points taken advantage of - obscure term

noun:

• (a) mood; (a) smile or a frown - four character idiom

expression:

• a dime a dozen; two a penny

noun:

• the empress, the empress dowager and the grand empress dowager ➜ 三后
• emperor's second consort
• empress; palace of the empress
• building of a Shinto shrine built on middle ground
• demesne of the imperial palace ➜ 皇居

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to spill; to fall out of; to overflow
• to peek through; to become visible (although normally not)
• to escape (of a smile, tear, etc.)

noun:

• the teachings of Buddha (as likened to the Dharmachakra, originally a wheel-like weapon used to destroy the evils of mankind); Buddhist doctrine - Buddhism term ➜ 輪宝・転法輪