noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to say the same thing over and over again; to talk until one is blue in the face

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be lost in lust for riches; to throw all caution and conscience away in pursuit of riches ➜ 目が眩む

noun:

• Zhejiang financial clique; Sekko Zaibatsu; clique from Zhejiang and Jiangsu, influential in Shanghai finance from late 1920s through 1930s ➜ 財閥

noun:

• karaori; Chinese weave; cloth decorated with birds and flowers in silk
• noh theater costume made with karaori weave

noun:

• his-and-her watches; pair watches; couple watch set

expression:

• everybody doing well (e.g. purchaser, buyer and society); three-way satisfaction; all three parties doing well

~と adverb / adverb / ~の noun / adjectival noun / ~する noun:

• with a glitter; with a sparkle - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• brand new; shiny and new - onomatopoeia

noun:

• today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two - four character idiom

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be young; to be young and have a promising future

noun:

• valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear - four character idiom

noun:

• rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)

particle:

• endorsing and questioning the preceding statement - sentence ending particle
• lamenting reflections on the preceding statement - sentence ending particle

noun:

• chocolatedip chromis (Chromis dimidiata); half-and-half chromis; twotone chromis

noun:

• being thin and bony; bony body - archaism
• bony old man; bony old woman - derogatory term - archaism

expression:

• just you wait; just wait and see; I'll show you

noun:

• eye; eyeball
• pupil and (dark) iris of the eye - archaism
• insight; perceptivity; power of observation - archaism
• look; field of vision - archaism
• core; center; centre; essence - archaism

noun:

• distinguished person - four character idiom
• thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them - Mahjong term

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

noun:

• long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono

noun:

• formal paragraph (in opposition to a logical paragraph); paragraph as defined by its formal elements (e.g. line break and initial indentation) ➜ 意味段落

noun:

• white vinegar; plum vinegar made without perilla ➜ ホワイトビネガー・梅酢【うめず】
• dressing consisting of a dashi-diluted mixture of vinegar, ground sesame, tofu, sugar and salt - Food term

adverb / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• soft and flaky (pie, potatoes, squash, etc.); fluffy; crumbly; fresh-baked; fresh from the oven - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• being pleased with oneself; beaming happily; chuckling to oneself - onomatopoeia

noun:

• being preoccupied with immediate (superficial) differences without realizing that there are no differences in substance; six of one and half a dozen of another - four character idiom

noun:

• postcards with the bottom third of the front side reserved for an advertisement, and sold at a lower cost than regular postcards