noun:

• comedian who plays a lover's part; man who is both handsome and fun - halfway between 二枚目 and 三枚目 - four character idiom

expression:

• genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

expression:

• a matter of course; what is to be expected; par for the course

noun / ~の noun:

• acting cool; pretending to be a better person that one is; pretentious (person) - colloquialism - Kansai dialect

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; matrilocal marriage ➜ 婿入り婚

expression:

• it is none of one's business; it is not one's place to say (do) something - idiom

noun:

• the public; the street (e.g. "word on the street")
• street; district; quarters
• location (e.g. of a battle); scene (e.g. of carnage)
• divide (e.g. between life and death)
• fork (in a road); crossroads - orig. meaning

noun:

• first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north) ➜ 九星
• white patch on one foot of a horse; horse with such a patch
• surface (landscape) that is white all over; pure white

noun:

• (possibly) defective item; as-is item; item sold as is

expression:

• one's word is worth 1,000 pieces of gold; a promise should be kept at all cost - four character idiom

expression:

• there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes - proverb

expression:

• the word of a wise man is worth the words of one thousand fools; one thousand chirps of sparrows, one cry of a crane [literal] - proverb

expression / noun:

• what one has a mind to do; what one feels like (doing); being so minded; (with) that in mind

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

noun:

• headliner
• latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) ➜ 初座

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage ➜ 婿入

expression:

• the die is cast; there is no going back; point of no return; alea iacta est; alea jacta est

expression:

• when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]

expression / adjective:

• it is no exaggeration to say; it is not too much to say

expression:

• it is better to; it is best to; there's nothing better than

expression:

• man is not made of stone; man is made of flesh and blood - proverb

expression:

• what is it exactly?; what is it precisely

expression:

• if one is unlucky; if one is careless ➜ 下手すると

noun:

• hardship now, pleasure later; seeking pleasure only after dealing with difficulties; seeking pleasure only after the happiness of the people is assured (a precept to be observed by a ruler) - four character idiom