noun:

• mass production of inferior goods - four character idiom

noun:

• palpitations (of the heart) - four character idiom

noun:

• putting the officials and bureaucrats above the people; treating the governors as more important than the governed; statism - four character idiom

noun:

• peace initiative; peace overture - four character idiom

noun:

• the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning - four character idiom

noun:

• with no one upon whom to depend; utter loneliness; the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin - four character idiom

expression:

• in complete harmony - four character idiom

noun:

• trusting to chance; having a go at something - four character idiom

noun:

• smiling face - four character idiom

noun:

• lacking the talent to do anything but eat - four character idiom

noun:

• free from worldly or worthless thoughts - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun / adjectival noun:

• forced compliance; coercion; compulsion - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• by force - four character idiom

noun:

• indefinite postponement - four character idiom

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism; Buddhist hell of uninterrupted suffering - four character idiom

noun:

• on-stage composure - four character idiom

noun:

• vilification; vituperation; abusive language - four character idiom

adjectival noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun / ~の noun:

• clearly evident; quite obvious; as clear as day; beyond any doubt; strikingly apparent - four character idiom

noun:

• clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water) - four character idiom

noun:

• emptiness is form; illusion of the reality of matter - four character idiom - Buddhism term ➜ 色即是空

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• vast; boundless; empty; vague - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• impractical or useless theory - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• attractive face and figure - four character idiom

noun:

• public order and morals; social standards; public policy - four character idiom