noun:

• closely examining (questioning) the concrete circumstances of a crime - four character idiom

noun:

• retribution spanning the three temporal worlds (present, past, future) - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork - four character idiom

noun:

• (the two persons' sides) being evenly matched in ability - four character idiom

noun:

• (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• chiefly on the basis of someone's personal character - four character idiom

noun:

• avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth - four character idiom

noun:

• all the worldly (mundane) matters; everything in this world - four character idiom

noun:

• the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy - four character idiom

noun:

• uprising (during the Muromachi period) demanding debt cancellation orders - four character idiom

expression / interjection:

• Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝【さんぼう】

noun:

• according to circumstances; dependent on the state of things - four character idiom

noun:

• endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds - four character idiom

noun:

• krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)

noun:

• all the papers (documents) relating to a case; dossier

noun:

• Hydrangeaceae; family comprising the hortensias (hydrangeas) ➜ 紫陽花

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become the subject of rumours or conversations

noun:

• any fish of family Merlucciidae (which includes the hakes) - From Spanish "merluza"

expression:

• near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

noun:

• the opposite team in a two-turns work group

noun:

• question based on rearranging (words) into the correct order

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)

noun:

• legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century - archaism

noun:

• legendary military invasion of Korea in the 3rd century - obscure term

adverb / ~の noun:

• the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional