noun:

• criminal nature; criminality

noun:

• nature of one's position

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• evil nature; licentiousness; lewdness

noun:

• one's nature or personality

~の noun:

• inherent; innate

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• bosom of Nature

noun:

• "Does a dog have Buddha nature?" (classic Zen koan) - Buddhism term ➜ 公案

suffix:

• -like nature; -like disposition; -ish temperament

noun:

• nature conservation area

noun / ~の noun:

• (of a) poisonous nature; maliciousness; poisonous air

noun:

• dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness

noun:

• all things in nature; the whole creation - four character idiom

noun:

• destruction of nature

noun:

• the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism

expression:

• all things have the Buddha nature - from Nirvana sutra - Buddhism term ➜ 大般涅槃経

expression:

• all things have the Buddha nature - from Nirvana sutra - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 草木国土悉皆成仏

expression:

• nurture over nature; how one is brought up matters more than one's origins - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the laws of nature; to overstep the bounds of moderation

noun:

• dialectics of nature

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be true to nature; to be lifelike

~の noun / adverb:

• by nature; naturally; by birth; inborn

expression / adjective:

• tenderhearted by nature

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to conceal one's true nature or feelings; to feign friendliness; to play the hypocrite - idiom ➜ 猫をかぶる【ねこをかぶる】

noun:

• elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• belief that human nature is fundamentally good Antonym: 性悪説