expression:

• blue are the hills that are far away; the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence; far away smells of flowers; close up smells of dung [literal] - proverb

noun:

• day of the ox in midsummer (during the hottest season); dog days of summer ➜ 丑の日

noun:

• panels, planks or plating on the hull of a ship or aircraft

noun:

• twenty-second of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• director of the Dazaifu ➜ 大宰府

noun:

• inside the gates Antonym: 門外

noun:

• (strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• leaving an online shopping session without purchasing the goods in the cart - IT term

noun:

• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

noun:

• the calamity of being killed by the sword

noun:

• flagstaff decorated with ivory carried by the emperor or a general

noun / ~の noun / adverb:

• on the way home from work; returning from work

noun:

• (paper) cord for tying the hair

noun:

• words and deeds of the people of yore - four character idiom

noun:

• meat, flesh, or muscles along the spine - archaism

expression:

• The world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea). - Chinese legend - four character idiom

noun:

• blow striking with the flat of the sword
• to slap ➜ 平手打ち
• metal flattened by striking
• tape; flat braid
• type of flat ornamental hairpin made of silver and inscribed with a clan's crest or patterns of birds and flowers ➜ 簪

noun / ~の noun:

• the best in the land; the best of its kind in the country; par excellence in the whole country - four character idiom

expression / adverb:

• whatever the case; under any circumstances - used in neg. sentences ➜ 如何しても

noun:

• the happiness (good fortune) of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor - four character idiom

expression / conjunction:

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

noun:

• back of the house

adjectival noun / noun:

• dissatisfaction with the work (role) given to one; feeling oneself above the given work (role)
• not up to the task; (being) out of one's depth - colloquialism ➜ 力不足【ちからぶそく】

noun:

• the flavor of Zen; the flavour of Zen; air or style of disinterestedness

noun:

• the (fast) pace at which life passes, and thus the nearness of death; promptitude of the changes of the times - four character idiom