expression:

• for money; just for money; by means of money; by force of money

noun:

• a number of interesting stories; book containing a number of interesting stories

noun:

• invoking the coercive power of the state; calling upon the power of the state

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

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb

noun:

• both extremities ➜ 両極端
• North and South Poles
• positive and negative poles

noun:

• sending and receiving; transception

~する noun:

• to transceive; to send and receive

noun:

• loveliness; charm; allure; beauty
• colour and scent; color and scent

noun:

• half asleep and half awake; trance
• dream and reality

adverb / ~の noun:

• equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck

noun / adjectival noun:

• free and easy; frank, easy, and openhearted; sophisticatedly refined - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• self-control and close application; self-denial and diligent devotion - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• regret and sympathy; having lingering attachment and sympathy toward someone - four character idiom

noun:

• discrimination between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad ➜ 正邪の区別

noun:

• humans and animals; humans and beasts
• beast in human form ➜ 人面獣心

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to go out (of a fire, etc.); to die out (before burning to ash) ➜ 立ち消え
• to fall through (of plans, etc.); to fizzle out; to come to nothing ➜ 立ち消え【たちぎえ】

noun:

• nest (of boxes); nesting
• concealed information
• adopting a child after one's own has died; child adopted in this manner ［入れ子］
• cavity in an oar (fitted onto a peg as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 櫓杭

noun:

• miniature shrine with double doors (used to store important Buddhist items such as sutras, etc.)
• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子棚
• (in Okinawa) carved and decorated stone container for storing the bones of one's ancestors ➜ 厨子甕

noun / suffix noun:

• taking; taker; collecting; collector; remover; removal

noun:

• last performer of the day (usu. the star performer); last performance of the day
• active partner (e.g. in judo demonstration)

prefix:

• emphatic or formal prefix - before a verb