adjectival noun / noun:

• subtle grace; hidden beauty; yugen; mysterious profundity; elegant simplicity; the subtle and profound; the occult

noun:

• problems caused by the elderly (esp. gerontocracy, and elderly people's control over the young)

noun:

• guide melody (karaoke melody to help the singer hold the tune)

noun:

• shrine receiving offerings from the provincial government (pre-Meiji) or the national treasury (post-Meiji) - obsolete term

expression:

• the wolf knows what the ill beast thinks; it takes one to know one - proverb

expression:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections - abbreviation

noun:

• the four elements (earth, water, fire, wind) - Buddhism term
• the human body
• Tao, heaven, earth and king

noun:

• pillow money; tip left by the pillow for the room maid ➜ 枕銭

expression / noun:

• leaving the remaining corrections up to the printer after having finished proofreading; OK with corrections ➜ 責了

noun:

• wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

noun:

• arranging beforehand to tell the same story; getting the stories straight; coordinating one's stories ➜ 口裏を合わせる

noun:

• ground; earth; the solid earth; the (vast) land

noun:

• the entire strength; all hands; all the members

noun / ~する noun:

• slap in the face; slap on the cheek

noun:

• inside-the-park home run; inside-the-parker - Baseball term - From English "running home run"

noun:

• in (the proper) order; in (the correct) sequence

adverb:

• along the east coast; along the eastern seashore

adverb:

• within the year; before the year is out

adverb:

• throughout the year; all the year round; always - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• spreading the legs (wide apart); opening the legs Antonym: 閉脚【へいきゃく】

expression:

• the former and the latter; A and B

noun:

• depending on the answer; hinging on the reply - four character idiom

noun:

• on the attack; on the offensive

expression:

• for the present; for the time being

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to read the situation; to sense the mood