##title=4-Character Idiomatic Compounds (四字熟語) #3 (n)
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相手次第	あいて　しだい	(n) being up to the other party; one's attitude or response being dependent on the character, attitude, or move(s) of the other party
哀悼痛惜	あいとう　つうせき	(n) condolence; mourning; sorrow; lamentation
愛別離苦	あいべつ　りく	(n) the agony of separation from loved ones
合間合間	あいま　あいま	(n) (in) one's spare time; (at) intervals; (in) pauses (of conversation, etc.); (in between) periods of doing something
青空市場	あおぞら　いちば	(n) open-air market; outdoor market; outdoor bazaar
青田売買	あおた　ばいばい	(n) dealing in unharvested rice crop
悪行三昧	あくぎょう　ざんまい	(n) committing every evil; being given to evil ways; following the path of evil
悪徳商法	あくとく　しょうほう	(n) unscrupulous [crooked, fraudulent] business practices; pernicious sales methods
握髪吐哺	あくはつ　とほ	(n) (a statesman making) extraordinary efforts to find and employ capable persons [persons of great wisdom]
足軽大将	あしがる　たいしょう	(n) samurai in command of a troop of foot soldiers
可惜身命	あたら 　しんみょう	(n) valuing one's body and life; holding one's life dear
悪鬼羅刹	あっき　らせつ	(n) man-eating fiend
跡目相続	あとめ　そうぞく	(n) taking over as (the) head of a family; succession to the position of family head; successorship
阿鼻叫喚	あび　きょうかん	(n) agonizing cries; pandemonium; two of the eight burning hells in Buddhism
阿鼻地獄	あび　じごく	(n) the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism
雨傘番組	あまがさ　ばんぐみ	(n) substitute for a scheduled live broadcast of a sporting event that was rained out
甘辛両党	あまから　りょうとう	(n) person who likes alcohol and sweets equally well
蛙鳴蝉噪	あめい　せんそう	(n) annoying noise; fruitless argument; useless controversy
暗雲低迷	あんうん　ていめい	(n) dark clouds hanging low; dark clouds gathering ominously (over)
暗送秋波	あんそう　しゅうは	(n) giving an amorous sidelong look; casting an amorous glance (at); playing up to someone behind the scenes
安寧秩序 (あんねい　ちつじょ	(n) peace and order; law and order
安否不明	あんぴ　ふめい	(n) fate [safety] of a person [persons] being unknown
安眠妨害	あんみん　ぼうがい	(n) disturbance of sleep; a nuisance in the middle of the night
衣冠束帯	いかん　そくたい	(n) full Japanese court dress of traditional fashion
意気衝天	いき　しょうてん	(n) in high spirits; in top form
異曲同工	いきょく　どうこう	(n) different in appearance but essentially the same in content; equal in skills or workmanship but different in style or artistic flavor; the same for all practical purposes
意向尊重	いこう　そんちょう	(n) respecting the intention/wishes of someone
意向打診	いこう　だしん	(n) sounding out the intension/wishes of someone
意向無視	いこう　むし	(n) ignoring/overriding the intention/wishes of someone
異国趣味	いこく　しゅみ	(n) taste for the exotic; infatuation with a foreign way of life; exoticism
異国情緒	いこく　じょうちょ	(n) exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
異国情調	いこく　じょうちょう	(n) exotic mood; exotic atmosphere; exoticism
遺恨試合	いこん　しあい	(n) grudge match
意識不明	いしき　ふめい	(n) unconscious; senseless; in a coma
意志疎通	いし　そつう	(n) mutual understanding; reciprocal communication
異字同訓	いじ　どうくん	(n) a (Chinese) character with the same reading [pronunciation] as another but a different written form; characters read the same but written differently
石部金吉	いしべ　きんきち	(n) man of incorruptible probity; strait-laced and inflexible man
意趣遺恨	いしゅ　いこん	(n) grudge; spite; malice; rancor
意匠惨憺	いしょう　さんたん	(n) taxing one's ingenuity in devising something; agonizing over designing or creating something; making strenuous efforts to devise good ways and means to do something
衣装道楽	いしょう　どうらく	(n) love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing
居候生活	いそうろう　せいかつ	(n) living in another person's house without paying for food and lodging; sponging on other people for accommodation
異体同心	いたい　どうしん	(n) being two in body, but one in mind; harmony of mind between two persons; two persons acting in one accord
悪戯小僧	いたずら　こぞう	(n) mischievous boy
悪戯坊主	いたずら　ぼうず	(n) mischievous boy　　
異端邪説	いたん　じゃせつ	(n) heretical doctrine [thought, faith]
一行知識	いちぎょう　ちしき	(n) one-line fact; one-line information; information [explanation] provided in a few scanty words
一芸一能	いちげい　いちのう	(n) (excelling in) one area or skill; (being skilled or gifted in) one certain area
一芸入試	いちげい　にゅうし	(n) entrance exam for a university giving preference to persons who excel in one special field [skill]; one-talent oriented entrance examination
一言一行	いちげん　いっこう	(n) just a word or an act; every word and act; a casual [inadvertent] word or act
一伍一什	いちご　いちじゅう	(n) full particulars; the whole story; from beginning to end
一語一句	いちご　いっく	(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word
一期末代	いちご　まつだい	(n) this world [life] and the next; eternity
一言一句	いちごん　いっく	(n) every single word and phrase; each and every word
一字一字	いちじ　いちじ	(n) letter by letter; character by character
一字一句	いちじ　いっく	(n) word for word; verbatim; a single word and a single phrase
一字千金	いちじ　せんきん	(n) precious [greatly prized] (word/writing)
一字半句	いちじ　はんく	(n) a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable
一汁一菜 	いちじゅう　いっさい	(n) meal consisting of rice, one soup and one other dish; a simple meal
一新紀元	いち 　しんきげん	(n) marking (the beginning of) a new era [epoch]
一族郎党	いちぞく　ろうとう	(n) one's family and followers; one's whole clan
一大旋風	いちだい　せんぷう	(n) great sensation; taking something by storm; making a splash
一大鉄槌	いちだい　てっつい	(n) dealing a hard [heavy, crushing] blow (to)
一大転機	いちだい　てんき	(n) significant turning point
一諾千金	いちだく　せんきん	(n) one's word is worth a thousand pieces of gold; a promise that is worth its weight in gold
一日一善	いちにち　いちぜん	(n) doing a good deed each day; doing one good turn a day
一年有半	いちねん　ゆうはん	(n) one year and a half
一罰百戒	いちばつ　ひゃっかい	(n) punishing a crime to make an example for others; punishing one while giving a warning to hundreds
一番勝負	いちばん　しょうぶ	(n) contest decided by a single round [bout]; contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game [contest]; make-or-break game
一番風呂	いちばん　ぶろ	(n) freshly drawn bath; (taking) a bath before anyone else　　　
一分一厘	いちぶ　いちりん	(n) (not even) a bit of; (not even) a hint of; (not) an iota of; (not) the slightest
一木一草	いちぼく　いっそう	(n) a single tree or blade of grass; every stick and stone (of a place)
一枚看板	いちまい　かんばん	(n) the shining star (of a troupe); the central figure; the best item one has to show; the only thing that can be boasted of
一味同心	いちみ　どうしん	(n) (people) working together with one mind
一味徒党 	いちみ　ととう	(n) the whole party to a plot; the whole gang; fellow conspirators
一目十行	いちもく　じゅうぎょう	(n) outstanding reading ability (lit. one glance, ten lines)
一文半銭	いちもん　はんせん	(n) meager sum of money
一夜乞食	いちや　こじき	(n) person who has become penniless overnight
一夜大尽	いちや　だいじん	(n) overnight millionaire
一利一害	いちり　いちがい	(n) (something) having its advantages but also not without its disadvantages; advantage and its (accompanying) disadvantage
一両日中	いち　りょうじつ　ちゅう	(n) in a day or two; within the next couple of days
一六銀行	いちろく　ぎんこう	(n) pawnshop
一六勝負	いちろく　しょうぶ	(n) dice gambling game; staking all on one throw; all-or-nothing gamble; risky attempt
一路順風	いちろ　じゅんぷう	(n) sailing before the wind; everything is going well
一路平安 (いちろ　へいあん	(n) (wishing someone) bon voyage; safe [uneventful, smooth] voyage
一回勝負	いっかい　しょうぶ	(n) contest decided by a single round [bout]; contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game [contest]; make-or-break game
一家眷属 (いっか　けんぞく	(n) one's family, relatives and followers
一気呵成	いっき　かせい	(n) (finishing/writing) work at a stroke [stretch]; dashing off; knocking off
一虚一実	いっきょ　いちじつ	(n) constantly changing phase and being highly unpredictable　　　　
一挙両全	いっきょ　りょうぜん	(n) killing two birds with one stone; serving two ends
一件書類	いっけん　しょるい	(n) all the papers [documents] relating to a case; dossier
一国一城	いっこく　いちじょう	(n) (the lord of) a feudal domain; (the ruler of) an independent territory; (someone) working independently; (only) one castle (allowed) in one feudal domain [edict issued by the shogunate in 1615]
一切衆生	いっさい　しゅじょう	(n) all living creatures
一子相伝	いっし　そうでん	(n) transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to only one child
一視同仁	いっし　どうじん	(n) loving every human being with impartiality; universal brotherhood; universal benevolence; equality without discrimination
一死報国	いっし　ほうこく	(n) dying for one's country
一瀉千里	いっしゃ　せんり	(n) one swift effort; rushing through one's work; (with) rushing speed; lucid and fluent way of talking [writing]; without faltering
一宿一飯	いっしゅく　いっぱん	(n) a night's lodging and a meal; (being beholden to someone for the favor of) a night's lodging and a meal
一生不犯	いっしょう　ふぼん	(n) (strict) observance of the Buddhist precept of lifelong celibacy
一所不住	いっしょ　ふじゅう	(n) vagrancy; transient lifestyle; itinerant life; being without a fixed abode
一世一元	いっせい　いちげん	(n) the practice of assigning one era name to one emperor
一世風靡	いっせい　ふうび	(n) ruling the times; holding sway over the minds of the people
一知半解	いっち　はんかい	(n) superficial knowledge; half knowledge
一定不変	いってい　ふへん	(n) invariable; constant; fixed (and unchangeable); permanent; immutable; unwavering
一擲千金	いってき　せんきん	(n) being lavish with one's money; spending a huge sum of money at once on a treat
一点一画	いってん　いっかく	(n) the i's and the t's; (not neglecting) the slightest detail
一天四海	いってん　しかい	(n) the whole world; the universe
一天万乗	いってん　ばんじょう	(n) (the throne or realm of) a sovereign [an emperor]
一得一失	いっとく　いっしつ	(n) gaining some and losing some; (something having its) advantages and disadvantages; merits and demerits
一発回答	いっぱつ　かいとう	(n) first and final offer in labor-management negotiations
一発勝負	いっぱつ　しょうぶ	(n) contest decided by a single round [bout]; contest decided by a single roll of dice; one-shot game [contest]; make-or-break game
一発必中	いっぱつ　ひっちゅう	(n) success on the first try [attempt]
一般常識	いっぱん　じょうしき	(n) plain old common sense; common knowledge; what everybody knows
一般庶民	いっぱん　しょみん	(n) the ordinary common people; the ordinary citizens
一顰一笑	いっぴん　いっしょう	(n) a smile or frown; one's mood [caprice]
一夫一妻	いっぷ　いっさい	(n) monogamy
一夫一婦	いっぷ　いっぷ	(n) monogamy
一夫多妻	いっぷ　たさい	(n) polygyny
逸楽生活	いつらく　せいかつ	(n) a life given up to pleasure; pleasure-seeking lifestyle
以毒制毒	いどく　せいどく	(n) using poisonous medication to control poison; fighting evil with evil; fighting fire with fire
田舎気質	いなか　かたぎ	(n) rusticity; provincialism
田舎大尽	いなか　だいじん	(n) provincial [country] millionaire
意馬心猿	いば　しんえん	(n) the clamorous demands of (uncontrollable) passions; (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions
夷蛮戎狄	いばん　じゅうてき	(n) the barbarians beyond the borders of old China
異聞奇譚	いぶん　きたん	(n) strange stories and curious tales
異類異形	いるい　いぎょう	(n) strange-looking creatures; spirits and goblins
色恋沙汰	いろこい　ざた	(n) romantic entanglement; love affair
岩戸景気	いわと　けいき	(n) the economic boom of 1958-1961
因果因縁	いんが　いんねん	(n) cause and effect; karma; retribution; an evil cause producing an evil effect
因果関係	いんが　かんけい	(n) cause-and-effect relationship; causality
因果覿面	いんが　てきめん	(n) the swiftness of retributive justice
隠居仕事	いんきょ　しごと	(n) postretirement job; work done by a retired person where earning an income is not a primary concern
淫祠邪教	いんし　じゃきょう	>(n) evil heresies
因習道徳	いんしゅう　どうとく	(n) conventional morality [morals]
隠遁生活	いんとん　せいかつ	(n) a reclusive life; living secluded from the world; leading a sequestered life
陰陽和合	いんよう　わごう	(n) the harmony of yin and yang energies
有為転変	うい　てんぺん	(n) mutability (of worldly affairs); perpetual shifts and changes (of human life)
羽化登仙	うか　とうせん	(n) a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air)
雨奇晴好	うき　せいこう	(n) scenery being beautiful in both rainy and sunny weather
有情無情	うじょう　むじょう	(n) sentient and nonsentient beings
有象無象	うぞう　むぞう	(n) pack of riffraff; the small fry; motley crowd of ordinary or undistinguished persons; mere anybodies; the common ruck
宇宙開闢	うちゅう　かいびゃく	(n) (since) the beginning of the universe; (since) the dawn of time
有頂天外	うちょうてん　がい	(n) beside oneself with joy; in raptures; in an ecstasy of delight
内輪喧嘩	うちわ　げんか	(n) family quarrel; internal squabble; fight among ourselves [themselves]
雨天順延	うてん　じゅんえん	(n) rescheduled in case of rain; to be postponed to the first subsequent fine day in case of rain
有髪俗体	うはつ　ぞくたい	(n) (a Buddhist monk or priest or nun) without head shaven and not wearing religious garb
盂蘭盆会	うらぼん　え	(n) Bon Festival; Feast of Lanterns (around the 15th of July or August depending on local customs)
雲雨巫山	うんう　ふざん	(n) sexual liaison
雲煙過眼	うんえん　かがん	(n) not being obsessed with something very long (just as clouds and haze pass swiftly before one's eyes)
雲煙万里	うんえん　ばんり	(n) limitless expanse of clouds and smoke
雲水行脚	うんすい　あんぎゃ	(n) itinerant monk being on pilgrimages to many lands
運勢判断	うんせい　はんだん	(n) fortune-tellling
雲泥万里	うんでい　ばんり	(n) being poles apart; (there being) all the difference in the world
運動音痴	うんどう　おんち	(n) having slow reflexes; being nonathletic; person who is not athletic
運否天賦	うんぷ　てんぷ	(n) trusting to chance; having a go at something
永久欠番	えいきゅう　けつばん	(n) retired (uniform) number
営業路線	えいぎょう　ろせん	(n) (1) railroad [bus] lines [routes] in operation; (2) business plan [policy]
永劫回帰	えいごう　かいき	(n) eternal recurrence; Nietzsche's "ewige Wiederkunft"
永字八法	えいじ　はっぽう	(n) the eight basic brush strokes in writing Chinese characters
映像文化	えいぞう　ぶんか	(n) visual culture; culture of visual images; (screen) image culture
永代供養	えいたい　くよう	(n) services performed in perpetuity by a Buddhist temple for the repose of a departed soul
英雄豪傑	えいゆう　ごうけつ	(n) hero; warrior of matchless valor; heroic character
栄養過多	えいよう　かた	(n) overnutrition; excessive nutritional intake
栄養不足	えいよう　ふそく	(n) malnutrition; undernourishment
栄養満点	えいよう　まんてん	(n) highly nourishing [nutritious]; earning top marks nutrition-wise
笑顔千両	えがお　せんりょう	(n) beautiful smile; there being a great charm about one's smile
易姓革命	えきせい　かくめい	(n) revolution [change of dynasty] decreed by Heaven when the incumbent emperor is found lacking in moral virtue [old Chinese political thought]
駅弁大学	えきべん　だいがく	(n) minor local college; small-time [two-bit] university; jerkwater college
似非学者	えせ　がくしゃ	(n) pseudo-scholar; fake scholar; would-be expert
似非理屈	えせ　りくつ	(n) sophism; sophistry; spurious reasoning [argument]
越権行為	えっけん　こうい	(n) exceeding [abusing] one's legal authority; acting beyond the powers or legal authority (of a person, etc.); acting ultra vires
恵比寿顔	えびす　がお	(n) smiling [beaming] face
宴会政治	えんかい　せいじ	(n) politicking by wining and dining
遠交近攻	えんこう　きんこう	(n) policy of cultivating distant countries while working to conquer ones nearby [Originally, an ancient Chinese military strategy]
縁故政治	えんこ　せいじ	(n) crony politics; nepotistic government
縁故募集	えんこ　ぼしゅう	(n) (1) recruiting [inviting application for] through personal connections; (2) private (stock) offering [subscription]
縁者贔屓	えんじゃ　びいき	(n) nepotism
艶笑小話	えんしょう　こばなし	(n) amorous anecdote [conte]
艶笑文学	えんしょう　ぶんがく	(n) humorous erotic literature
演説口調	えんぜつ　くちょう	(n) oratorical tone
厭戦気分	えんせん　きぶん	(n) feeling of war-weariness
延長線上	えんちょう　せんじょう	(n) the extension of a straight line; (a conclusion) following as an extension of (an argument)
延長保育	えんちょう　ほいく	(n) extended-hours childcare (in day-care centers for parents working into the night)
縁日商人	えんにち　しょうにん	(n) festival vendor; keeper of a street stall at a temple [shrine] fair
炎熱地獄	えんねつ　じごく	(n) burning hell; roaring inferno; flames of hell
遠謀深慮	えんぼう　しんりょ	(n) deep design and forethought; farsighted and deeply-laid plan
円満解決	えんまん　かいけつ	(n) amicable solution [settlement]; settling the case leaving no parties dissatisfied
延命息災	えんめい　そくさい	(n) health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
遠慮近憂	えんりょ　きんゆう	(n) Failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term.
花魁道中	おいらん　どうちゅう	(n) parade of oiran [licensed high-class prostitutes] in the Yoshikawa pleasure district of Edo
桜花爛漫	おうか　らんまん	(n) cherry blossoms in full bloom; riot of cherry blossoms
奥義秘伝	おうぎ　ひでん	(n) secretes; mysteries; secret formula; essence; esoterica (of an art, martial arts, etc.)
王侯貴族	おうこう　きぞく	(n) royalty and titled nobility
王政復古	おうせい　ふっこ	(n) restoration of imperial [royal] rule; the Restoration [in English history]
王手飛車	おうて　びしゃ	(n) forking the rook while checking the king
王道楽土	おうどう　らくど	(n) realm of peace and prosperity; land of simple pleasure and quiet life ruled by a virtuous king
応変能力	おうへん　のうりょく	(n) ability to take proper steps to meet the situation; ability to adapt oneself to (the requirement of) the moment
大関陥落	おおぜき　かんらく	(n) demotion from oozeki [the second highest rank in sumo wrestling] ranking
大馬鹿者	おお　ばかもの	(n) great [utter] fool; complete idiot; absolute moron
屋上架屋	おくじょう　かおく	(n) gilding the lily; adding redundant things; (being like) putting a fifth wheel on a carriage
奥山放獣	おくやま　ほうじゅう	(n) relocation of wild animals to a remote location
落人伝説	おちゅうど　でんせつ	(n) legend concerning a fugitive clan
御披露目	お　ひろめ	(n) formal (public) announcement [of a wedding, the succession to a stage name, etc.]; unveiling [of a new singer, etc.]; debut [of a new geisha, etc.]
穏健路線	おんけん　ろせん	(n) moderate line; middle-of-the-road line (in politics)
温情主義	おんじょう　しゅぎ	(n) paternalism; philosophy of dealing with others benignly
隠密行動	おんみつ　こうどう	(n) covert action [behavior]; espionage activities
開巻第一	かいかん　だいいち	(n) at the very beginning of a book; The book opens with ...
開眼供養	かいげん　くよう	(n) ceremony to consecrate a newly made Buddhist statue or image by inserting the eyes [thereby investing it with soul]
外交手腕	がいこう　しゅわん	(n) diplomatic finesse; skill(s) in diplomacy
外交辞令	がいこう　じれい	(n) diplomatic language; lip service; empty praise or flattery
外剛内柔	がいごう　ないじゅう	(n) tough on the outside but soft at heart; faint-hearted person pretending to be brave
戒告処分	かいこく　しょぶん	(n) punishment by formal warning; punishing someone by a reprimand
懐古趣味	かいこ　しゅみ	(n) nostalgia for the good old days; retro-culture
会社人間	かいしゃ　にんげん	(n) company [organization] man [person]; corporate soldier
鎧袖一触	がいしゅう　いっしょく	(n) (beating someone) hands down; (beating) with a single blow
懐柔作戦	かいじゅう　さくせん	(n) operation to win over someone by using a tactic of gentle persuasion
快食快便	かいしょく　かいべん	(n) good appetite and good bowel　movements; enjoying one's food and having regular stools
快食快眠	かいしょく　かいみん	(n) good appetite and pleasant sleep; enjoying one's food and sleeping well
慨世憂国	がいせい ゆうこく	(n) worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
凱旋公演	がいせん　こうえん	(n) performance given after a successful tour abroad
海内無双	かいだい　むそう	(n) unparalleled in the whole country; without peer in the land
街談巷語	がいだん　こうご	(n) street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay
街談巷説	がいだん　こうせつ	(n) street gossips and idle rumors; hearsay
海底撈月	かいてい　ろうげつ	(n) totally useless [fruitless] effort; wasting time on an impossible task [like trying to scoop up a reflected moon from the bottom of the sea]
外的生活	がいてき　せいかつ	(n) material life; material aspects of life
該当事項	がいとう　じこう	(n) relevant [applicable] information [items]
傀儡政権	かいらい　せいけん	(n) puppet government [regime]
偕老同穴	かいろう　どうけつ	(n) being united as man and wife for life; happy life partnership
価格破壊	かかく　はかい	(n) collapse in prices; market-destructive price-slashing (tactics)
鍵穴趣味	かぎあな　しゅみ	(n) voyeurism
餓鬼大将	がき　だいしょう	(n) leader of a group of children; leader of a gang of little rascals (in the neighborhood); the most domineering child in a group of children
蝸牛角上	かぎゅう　かくじょう	(n) trifling (fight); storm in a teacup; (conflict) between small countries
画一思考	かくいつ　しこう	(n) uniformity of thought; uniform thinking.
学業不振	がくぎょう　ふしん	(n) poor academic performance; underachievement
学士入学	がくし　にゅうがく	(n) admission of university graduates to an undergraduate program
各自負担	かくじ　ふたん	(n) individuals being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc.
学者馬鹿	がくしゃ　ばか	(n) scholar who knows but little of the ways of the world
各種各様	かくしゅ　かくよう	(n) individual [different] ways of doing things; being different (varied) for each item [type]
各種学校	かくしゅ　がっこう	(n) vocational school; trade school; school for nonacademic subjects
学生気質	がくせい　かたぎ	(n) student temperament; students' way of thinking.
拡大路線	かくだい　ろせん	(n) expansion policy; road to expansion
学閥意識	がくばつ　いしき	(n) strong feelings of loyalty to one's old school; the old school tie
格物致知	かくぶつ　ちち	(n) deepening one's wisdom by gaining a thorough knowledge of natural laws
攪乱戦術	かくらん　せんじゅつ	(n) disturbance tactics
攪乱戦法	かくらん　せんぽう	(n) disturbance strategy
学歴詐称	がくれき　さしょう	(n) false statement [misrepresentation] of one's academic career
学歴偏重	がくれき　へんちょう	(n) overstressing academic background
家系伝説	かけい　でんせつ	(n) family legend
加減乗除	か　げん　じょう　じょ	(n) the four arithmetical operations (addition, subtraction, multiplication, division)
花紅柳緑	かこう　りゅうりょく	(n) red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
家財一切	かざい　いっさい	(n) complete set of household goods
家事一切	かじ　いっさい	(n) all the domestic [housekeeping] chores
餓死寸前	がし　すんぜん	(n) be on the verge of starvation; be about to starve
家常茶飯	かじょう　さはん	(n) everyday occurrence; commonplace of life; nothing out of the ordinary
過剰防衛	かじょう　ぼうえい	(n) excessive [unjustifiable] self-defense
雅俗折衷	がそく　せっちゅう	(n) blending of the classical and colloquial styles
片言英語	かたこと　えいご	(n) halting [broken] English
画蛇添足	がだ　てんそく	(n) making an unnecessary addition (to); gilding the lily
活気横溢	かっき　おういつ	(n) being full of vitality [energy]; in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient
割鶏牛刀	かっけい ぎゅうとう	(n) using a meat ax when a knife would suffice; taking a sledgehammer to crack a nut; using a grand-scale measure [a massive instrument] to deal with an insignificant problem
確固不動	かっこ　ふどう	(n) being firm and unshakable [unwavering, unswerving, steadfastly resolute]
確乎不抜	かっこ　ふばつ	(n) being firm and unshakable [unwavering, unswerving, steadfastly resolute]
活字世論	かつじ　せろん	(n) public opinion (sentiment) as reflected in the print media
活字中毒	かつじ　ちゅうどく	(n) addiction to the printed word; reading addict; book [print] junkie
活字文化	かつじ　ぶんか	(n) (the culture of) the printed word; book culture
家庭円満	かてい　えんまん	(n) family happiness; household harmony
家内一同	かない　いちどう	(n) all one's family; one's whole family
仮名草子	かな　ぞうし	(n) story book written in kana (or in kana mixed with Chinese characters) in the early Edo period [primarily for the enlightenment and entertainment of women and children]
仮名文学	かな　ぶんがく	(n) kana literature; works written in kana in the Heian period
可否両説	かひ　りょうせつ	(n) arguments for and against
可否両論	かひ　りょうろん	(n) arguments for and against
歌舞音曲	かぶ　おんきょく	(n) public music and dancing; performance of song and dance entertainment
歌舞伎者	かぶき　もの	(n) a dandy; a peacock; the early-17th-century equivalent of present-day yakuza; Edo-period eccentric who attracted public attention with their eye-catching clothes, peculiar hairstyle, and weird behavior
仮面夫婦	かめん　ふうふ	(n) couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife
仮面浪人	かめん　ろうにん	(n) college student who is merely marking time to get into a better college
臥竜鳳雛	がりょう　ほうすう	(n) gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel
苛斂誅求	かれん　ちゅうきゅう	(n) imposing exacting [crushing, oppressive] taxes
夏炉冬扇	かろ　とうせん	(n) summer fires and winter fans; useless [untimely] things
川施餓鬼	かわ　せがき	(n) Buddhist services in memory of those drowned in a river; offering to suffering spirits at the river
閑雲野鶴	かんうん　やかく	(n) life in natural setting, free　from worldly cares
鰥寡孤独	かんか　こどく	(n) the lonely and the helpless; people who have no kith or kin
官紀紊乱 	かんき 　びんらん	(n) laxity in official discipline; civil service corruption
汗牛充棟	かんきゅう　じゅうとう	(n) (having/there being) a great number of books
関係省庁	かんけい　しょうちょう	(n) the concerned government agencies; the ministries and agencies that are relevant to the matter at hand; the relevant authorities
関係当局	かんけい　とうきょく	(n) the authorities concerned; the competent authorities
眼光紙背	がんこう　しはい	(n) reading between the lines; reading with penetrating insight
眼高手低	がんこう　しゅてい	(n) able to criticize but not to create; high critical but low creative ability
頑固親父	がんこ　おやじ	(n) stubborn [obstinate] father; pig-headed old man
冠婚葬祭	かん　こん　そう　さい	(n) important ceremonial occasions in family relationships; the ceremoniesof coming-of-age, marriage, funeral, and ancestor worship
閑寂枯淡	かんじゃく　こたん	(n) an aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasizing quiet simplicity and subdued refinement
寛仁大度	かんじん　たいど	(n) being generous and magnanimous in disposition
勧進相撲	かんじん　ずもう	(n) fund-raising sumo tournaments of Edo period held in aid of a temple or a shrine
官尊民卑	かんそん　みんぴ	(n) respecting the authorities and denigrating ordinary citizens; putting government officials above the people
勧善懲悪	かんぜん　ちょうあく	(n) rewarding good and punishing evil; poetic justice; didactic theme in a novel or drama
艱難苦労	かんなん　くろう	(n) trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
官能小説	かんのう　しょうせつ	(n) amorous [erotic] novel; pornographic novel
姦夫姦婦	かんぷ　かんぷ	(n) adulterer and adulteress; adulterous couple
玩物喪志	がんぶつ　そうし	(n) forgetting one's serious objectives by becoming engrossed in trivial pursuits; being distracted by trivial objects and losing sight of one's original goal
官民格差	かんみん　かくさ	(n) disparity (of income [pensions, etc.]) between public and private employees
顔面紅潮	がんめん　こうちょう	(n) one's face turning red; with a flush on one's face
顔面蒼白	がんめん　そうはく	(n) one's face turning pale [ashen]; the color being drained from one's face
慣用表現	かんよう　ひょうげん	(n) idiomatic expression; idiom
官僚主導	かんりょう　しゅどう	(n) initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills [rather than by politicians]
偽悪趣味	ぎあく　しゅみ	(n) propensity to put oneself in as bad a light as possible; being prone to act bad
気韻生動	きいん せいどう	(n) being animated [vivid] with grace [elegance, refinement]
気炎万丈	きえん　ばんじょう	(n) in very high spirits; talking big
機械馬鹿	きかい　ばか	(n) skilled engineer [mechanic] who is clumsy in all other matters; person who gets a great kick out of tinkering with anything mechanical
起居挙動	ききょ　きょどう	(n) behavior; bearing; deportment; manners; demeanor
起居動作	ききょ　どうさ	(n) behavior; bearing; deportment; manners; demeanor; one's daily life
規矩準縄	き 　く　 じゅん 　じょう	(n) rules and standards; norms; criteria
機嫌気褄	きげん　きづま	(n) humor; temper; mood
機嫌上戸	きげん　じょうご	(n) merry drinker
貴顕紳士	きけん　しんし	(n) gentlemen of (high) eminence; notables; dignitaries
貴顕紳商	きけん　しんしょう	(n) merchant prince　　
機嫌奉伺	きげん　ほうし	(n) inquiring into the health [frame of mind] of someone; paying one's respects to someone
気候風土	きこう　ふうど	(n) climate and natural features (of a region)　
疑獄事件	ぎごく　じけん	(n) bribery scandal [case]
擬古主義	ぎこ　しゅぎ	(n) archaism; classicism; pseudoarchaism; pseudoclassicism
旗幟鮮明	きし　せんめい	(n) making one's attitude [position, stand] clear; taking a definite stance [Literally, unfurling and clearly showing one's banner]
希少価値	きしょう　かち	(n) very precious; scarcity value
机上空論	きじょう　くうろん	(n) impractical desktop theory [proposition]; unworkable idea; an idea that isn't worth the paper it's written on
疑似恋愛	ぎじ　れんあい	(n) pseudo-romance; pseudo [mock] love affair
既成概念	きせい　がいねん	(n) preconceived idea; old [established] notions; fixed [established] ideas
規制緩和	きせい　かんわ	(n) easing of restraints [regulations]; relaxation of controls; deregulation
既成事実	きせい　じじつ	(n) established fact; accomplished reality; fait accompli
貴賤貧富	きせん　ひんぷ	(n) high and low, and rich and poor
偽装難民	ぎそう　なんみん	(n) fake [phony] refugee; illegal migrant disguised as a refugee
帰属意識	きぞく　いしき	(n) sense of belonging; (a feeling of) identification (with)
吉凶禍福	きっきょう　かふく	(n) fortune and misfortune; weal and woe; prosperity and adversity; ups and downs (of life)
既定路線	きてい　ろせん	(n) established [existing] policy [procedure(s)]
木戸御免	きど　ごめん	(n) being given free admission to; having free access to
昨日今日	きのう　きょう	(n) 1 yesterday and today; 2 (something that happened) only yesterday [just recently]
気分一新	きぶん　いっしん	(n) complete change of mood; thoroughly refreshing one's spirits
気分次第	きぶん　しだい	(n) according to [depending on] the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates
気分爽快	きぶん　そうかい	(n) feeling great [refreshed]
気分高揚	きぶん　こうよう	(n) feeling exhilarated
気分転換	きぶん　てんかん	(n) change of pace; change of mood; mental diversion; refreshment of the spirit; a break
鬼面仏心	きめん　ぶっしん	(n) having the face of a devil and the heart of Buddha; having a stern face but a tender heart
疑問氷解	ぎもん　ひょうかい	(n) one's doubts being cleared away [dispelled, resolved]
救国済民	きゅうこく　さいみん	(n) saving a nation and providing relief to people
旧婚旅行	きゅうこん　りょこう	(n) second honeymoon
急転悪化	きゅうてん　あっか	(n) suddenly turning for the worse; sudden deterioration
旧幕時代	きゅうばく　じだい	(n) the shogunate period; the days of the shogunate regime
弓馬槍剣	きゅうば　そうけん	(n) archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
弓馬刀槍	きゅうば　とうそう	(n) archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general
旧弊打破	きゅうへい　だは	(n) breaking down antiquated notions; abandoning old-time ways; correcting long- standing abuses
牛歩戦術	ぎゅうほ　せんじゅつ	(n) snail's-pace tactics; snail's-pace shuffling walk adopted by opposition members of the Diet as a tactic for stalling a vote
今日明日	きょう　あす	(n) 1 today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two; 2 (something that may happen) very soon [any day now]
強圧手段	きょうあつ　しゅだん	(n) coercive [high-handed] measure; strong-arm method
鏡花水月	きょうか　すいげつ	(n) flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words
行儀作法	ぎょうぎ　さほう	(n) good manners; etiquette; decorum; the rules of good behavior
今日昨日	きよう　きのう	(n) 1 today and yesterday; 2 (something that happened) only yesterday [just recently]
行儀見習	ぎょうぎ　みならい	(n) learning good manners through apprenticeship (to an upper-class family)
挟撃作戦	きょうげき　さくせん	(n) pincer operation [tactic]
狂言綺語	きょうげん　きご	(n) [a derogatory term for] fiction; story; novel [Literally, make-believe and fancy talk]
狂言強盗	きょうげん　ごうとう	(n) fake [staged] robbery
狂言自殺	きょうげん　じさつ	(n) mock [sham, fake] suicide
強権発動	きょうけん　はつどう	(n) invoking the (coercive) power of the state; calling upon the (strong) power of the state
狂言誘拐	きょうげん　ゆうかい	(n) fake [staged] kidnapping
競合関係	きょうごう　かんけい	(n) competitive relationship; rivalry
強硬手段	きょうこう 　しゅだん	(n) tough measure; firm step; strong measure
強硬路線	きょうこう　ろせん	(n) firm [strong] stand; hard [tough] line
行商稼業	ぎょうしょう　かぎょう	(n) the peddling trade
行政手腕	ぎょうせい　しゅわん	(n) skill at administration; one's administrative skills
競争場裡	きょうそうじょう　り	(n) an [the] arena of competition
兄弟弟子	きょうだい　でし	(n) fellow pupil [apprentice]
共同戦線	きょうどう　せんせん	(n) common [united] front
共同謀議	きょうどう　ぼうぎ	(n) conspiracy
強迫観念	きょうはく　かんねん	(n) obsession; compulsion
共犯関係	きょうはん　かんけい	(n) complicity (in a crime); collusion
教養小説	きょうよう　しょうせつ	(n) novel of education [formation]; novel which traces the intellectual, spiritual, moral, psychological, or social development and growth of the main character from (usually) childhood to maturity; Bildungsroman [German]
享楽気分	きょうらく　きぶん	(n) enjoyable [pleasant] feeling [atmosphere]
享楽生活	きょうらく　せいかつ	(n) leading a life of pleasure; pleasure-seeking lifestyle
狂瀾怒涛	きょうらん　どとう	(n) raging billows [waves]; tumultuous sea; maelstrom; the state of affairs being in great turmoil
協力態勢	きょうりょく　たいせい	(n) readiness to cooperate; framework for cooperation
局外中立	きょくがい　ちゅうりつ	(n) neutrality; staying above the fray
曲学阿世	きょくがく　あせい	(n) prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times
玉砕主義	ぎょくさい　しゅぎ	(n) the principle of honorable death and no surrender
旭日昇天	きょくじつ　しょうてん	(n) full of vigor and vitality [like the rising sun]; being in the ascendant
局面一転	きょくめん　いってん	(n) sudden reversal in the tide of events; the situation taking a new turn
局面打開	きょくめん　だかい	(n) breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation
拒絶反応	きょぜつ　はんのう	(n) rejection (symptom); strong reaction (against)
挙措言動	きょそ　げんどう	(n) speech and behavior; words and deeds
挙措進退	きょそ　しんたい	(n) behavior; bearing; demeanor
虚脱状態	きょだつ　じょうたい	(n) state of lethargy; absolute bewilderment; daze; mental numbness
挙動不審	きょどう　ふしん	(n) suspicious behavior; acting suspiciously
許認可権	きょにんか　けん	(n) ministerial authority to grant permits and approvals
拒否反応	きょひ　はんのう	(n) adverse reaction; negative response to; strong reaction (against)
毀誉褒貶	きよ　ほうへん	(n) praise and censure; differing views of someone's achievements; one's public reputation, both good and bad
気力横溢	きりょく　おういつ	(n) being full of vitality [energy]; in exuberant spirits; effervescent; ebullient
議論百出	ぎろん　ひゃくしゅつ	(n) endless [fierce] arguments; diverse arguments arising in great numbers
槿花一日	きんか　いちじつ	(n) evanescent glory; passing prosperity
槿花一朝	きんか　いっちょう	(n) evanescent glory; passing prosperity
緊急事態	きんきゅう　じたい	(n) state of emergency; exigency; crisis
緊急動議	きんきゅう　どうぎ	(n) urgent motion
勤倹貯蓄	きんけん　ちょちく	(n) thrift and saving
金言名句	きんげん　めいく	(n) golden [wise] saying; aphorism; maxim
近郷近在	きんごう　きんざい	(n) surrounding country; neighboring villages
金枝玉葉	きんし　ぎょくよう	(n) (1) member of the Imperial family; royalty; (2) beautiful clouds
錦上添花	きんじょう　てんか	(n) adding a crowning touch of beauty (to); giving added luster (to); crowning beauty [honor, grace] with even greater glory
金城湯池	きんじょう　とうち	(n) impregnable fortress; impassable moat [bulwark]; unassailable territory
近所合壁	きんじょ　がっぺき	(n) immediate neighborhood
近所迷惑	きんじょ　めいわく	(n) nuisance [annoyance, inconvenience] to (people in) the neighborhood
金銭感覚	きんせん　かんかく	(n) sense for (how to use) money; money sense
金銭哲学	きんせん　てつがく	(n) one's philosophy of making, saving, and spending money
金銭問題	きんせん　もんだい	(n) money matter; question of money; money trouble
緊張緩和	きんちょう　かんわ	(n) detente; easing [relation] of tension
金殿玉楼	きんでん　ぎょくろう	(n) magnificent palace; palatial residence.
金波銀波	きんぱ　ぎんぱ	(n) sparkling waves; waves sparkling in the moonlight or with the light of the rising [setting] sun
禁欲生活	きんよく　せいかつ	(n) an ascetic existence; (leading) a continent life; abstinence
金襴緞子	きんらん　どんす	(n) gold-brocade satin damask; expensive silk fabrics
近隣公害	きんりん　こうがい	(n) (noise/smell/air/water) pollution in the neighborhood
空中楼閣	くうちゅう　ろうかく	(n) castle in the air; pie in the sky
空転国会	くうてん　こっかい	(n) stalled session of the Diet [Japanese Parliament]
空理空論	くうり　くうろん	(n) an impractical [empty] theory; vain speculation; unrealistic and useless arguments
愚兄賢弟	ぐけい　けんてい	(n) a foolish older brother and a smart younger
九尺二間	くしゃく　にけん	(n) (tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep
九寸五分	くすん　ごぶ	(n) dagger (with a blade approx. 29 cm long)
口三味線	くち　じゃみせん	(n) humming a samisen tune; (con someone with) clever lies [slick talk]
熊公八公	くまこう　はちこう	(n) the average Joe; your average nice guy; Joe Blow; Joe Bloggs
雲助根性	くもすけ　こんじょう	(n) predatory nature; rapacious disposition
愚問愚答	ぐもん　ぐとう	(n) silly questions and silly answers; silly dialogue
玄人気質	くろうと　かたぎ	(n) professionalism; the temperament of a professional
黒田売買	くろた　ばいばい	(n) dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest before seedlings are set out
黒物家電	くろもの　かでん	(n) black goods; consumer electronics products
軍紀弛緩	ぐんき　ちかん	(n) lack of [slackness in] military discipline; demoralization
軍紀漏洩	ぐんき　ろうえい	(n) disclosure [leakage, betrayal] of military secrets
訓民正音	くんみん　せいおん	(n) Hunmin-jongum; the Hankul [Hangul] alphabet (of Korea); the Onmun [Enmun]
形影一如	けいえい　いちにょ	(n) being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart
鶏群一鶴	けいぐん　いっかく	(n) a swan among ducklings; a diamond among stones; a great figure among the common run of men
経国済民	けいこく　さいみん	(n) governing a nation and providing relief to people　
傾国傾城	けいこく　けいせい	(n) a beauty for whom a king would neglect his realm; glamorous woman who brings ruin to a realm as the king is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale
警察沙汰	けいさつ　ざた	(n) a matter for the police; with the police involved; a brush with the law
芸術家肌	げいじゅつか　はだ	(n) be something of an artist; have something of the artist in one
傾城傾国	けいせい　けいこく	(n) a beauty for whom a king would neglect his realm; glamorous woman who brings ruin to a realm as the king is captivated by her beauty; femme fatale
経世済民	けいせい　さいみん	(n) governing a nation and providing relief to people　
軽薄才子	けいはく　さいし	(n) shallow, glib and obsequious person
鶏鳴狗盗	けいめい　くとう	(n) person who resorts to petty tricks; person of small caliber who is only capable of petty tricks
経歴詐称	けいれき　さしょう	(n) misrepresentation [falsification] of one's past record [personal history]
戯作三昧	げさく　ざんまい	(n) being absorbed in writing popular novels [cheap fictions]; being absorbed in writing something to amuse oneself
下司野郎	げす　やろう	(n) low [crude/coarse] person; boor
外題学問	げだい　がくもん	(n) putting on a knowing air when one only knows the title of the book [play, etc.]; pretending to understand the nature of something when one only knows its name
血縁関係	けつえん　かんけい	(n) blood relationship; blood relations; being genetically related
月下推敲	げっか　すいこう	(n) polish; elaboration; repeatedly working over one's writing; being very scrupulous in the choice of diction
結跏趺坐	けっか　ふざ	(n) sitting with crossed legs; the lotus position [in Zen meditation]
月下老人	げっか　ろうじん	(n) go-between; matchmaker　　　
月給泥棒	げっきゅう　どろぼう	(n) freeloader; slacker; lazy worker who does not deserve his salary
月卿雲客	げっけい　うんかく	(n) court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace
血族関係	けつぞく　かんけい	(n) kinship; relationship by blood; blood ties; consanguinity 　　　
血族結婚	けつぞく　けっこん	(n) consanguineous marriage
懸念材料	けねん　ざいりょう	(n) cause [grounds] for concern [anxiety]; reason for uneasiness
衒学趣味	げんがく　しゅみ	(n) pedantry; display of one's learning; being of a pedantic disposition
喧嘩沙汰	けんか　ざた	(n) beginning [developing into] a quarrel [a fight, an altercation]
懸軍万里	けんぐん　ばんり	(n) military expedition deep into enemy territory
権限委譲	けんげん　いじょう	(n) delegation of authority [power]; devolution; empowerment
言行齟齬	げんこう　そご	(n) inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches
現実認識	げんじつ　にんしき	(n) accepting [acknowledging] the reality
現実路線	げんじつ　ろせん	(n) (following) a pragmatic (policy) line [approach]
現状維持	げんじょう　いじ	(n) maintenance [preservation] of the status quo
現状打破	げんじょう　だは	(n) abandonment of the status quo; destroying the status quo; overthrowing the present situation
現状把握	げんじょう　はあく	(n) grasping the present situation; having an accurate grasp of the situation
現状否定	げんじょう　ひてい	(n) refusal to accept the present situation; denial of the existing situation; negation of the status quo
牽制作戦	けんせい　さくせん	(n) diversionary operations
減点主義	げんてん　しゅぎ	(n) demerit [points-off] system
堅忍持久	けんにん　じきゅう	(n) dogged perseverance; untiring patience
堅忍不抜	けんにん　ふばつ	(n) indomitable perseverance; invincible fortitude
堅白同異	けんぱく　どうい	(n) sophism; sophistry; quibbling
原発銀座	げんぱつ　ぎんざ	(n) area where a string of nuclear power plants are located
言文一致	げんぶん　いっち	(n) unification of the written and spoken forms of a language; written in the spoken, as contrasted to the literary, language; colloquial style of writing
権謀術策	けんぼう　じゅっさく	(n) trickery; wiles; intriguing strategy cleverly designed to fool others; Machiavellism
見聞覚知	けん　もん　かく　ち	(n) perception through the six senses (of sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch, and consciousness)
原野商法	げんや　しょうほう	(n) the selling of waste land [worthless property] by unscrupulous real-estate developers
原理原則	げんり　げんそく	(n) rules and principles
高位高官	こうい　こうかん	(n) (person of) high rank and office [exalted station]; persons in high positions
行雲流水	こううん　りゅうすい	(n) living naturally unmindful of mundane affairs; taking life as it comes; [metaphorically] floating with the tide
綱紀紊乱	こうき　びんらん	(n) laxity in official discipline; public order being in disarray
恒久不変	こうきゅう　ふへん	(n) permanent and immutable
交互作用	こうご　さよう	(n) (mutual) interaction; reciprocal action; interplay
恍惚状態	こうこつ　じょうたい	(n) state of ecstasy [rapture]; trance; senile dementia
甲骨文字	こうこつ　もじ	(n) ancient inscriptions of Chinese characters on oracle bones and carapaces
交際場裡	こうさいじょう　り	(n) social circles; the arena of (fashionable) society
高山流水	こうざん　りゅうすい	(n) 1 high mountains and running water; the beauty of nature; (2) beautifully [skillfully] played music
黄塵万丈	こうじん　ばんじょう	(n) rising cloud of (yellowish) dust; clouds of yellow dust
攻勢防御	こうせい　ぼうぎょ	(n) attack as a form of defense; attacking [active] defense
膠着状態	こうちゃく　じょうたい	(n) state of deadlock; standstill; stalemate
郷鎮企業	ごうちん　きぎょう	(n) township and village enterprise in China
行動原理	こうどう　げんり	(n) behavioral principle; principle [value] governing one's conduct
紅灯緑酒	こうとう　りょくしゅ	(n) (nights of) fun, food, and drink; bright-light district; nightlife district
狡兎三窟	こうと さんくつ	(n) very shrewd in preparing a means of escape; being very good at escaping danger
興奮気味	こうふん　ぎみ	(n) being somewhat excited [agitated]
紅毛碧眼	こうもう　へきがん	(n) red-haired and blue-eyed (person); a Westerner
交友関係	こうゆう　かんけい	(n) one's (friendly) relationships; the people one knows [goes around with]
高論卓説	こうろん　たくせつ	(n) excellent opinion; brilliant exposition; outstanding argument; insightful view
互角勝負	ごかく　しょうぶ	(n) equal contest; close game; well-matched game; even match
小刀細工	こがたな　ざいく	(n) (1) carving done with a knife; (2) cheap trick; simple trickery; petty strategem
国威発揚	こくい　はつよう	(n) enhancing national prestige; expanding national influence
国際感覚	こくさい　かんかく	(n) cosmopolitan [international] way of thinking; feeling for the wider world
国際場裡	こくさい　じょうり	(n) the international arena
国際力学	こくさい　りきがく	(n) dynamics of international [foreign] relations
国士無双	こくし　むそう	(n) person of great caliber unparalleled in the land; person of unsurpassed distinction
極楽蜻蛉	ごくらく　とんぼ	(n) happy-go-lucky fellow; an easygoing and indifferent person; a pococurante
此処一番	ここ　いちばん	(n)the crucial moment; the moment of truth; a do-or-die situation; a crucial juncture [stage]
五公五民	ごこう　ごみん	(n)land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took half of the year's crop and the farmers kept the other half
五穀豊穣	ごこく　ほうじょう	(n) bumper [abundant] crop; huge harvest (of cereals)
五言絶句 	ごごん ぜっく	(n) poem of four lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
古今独歩	ここん　どっぽ	(n) unsurpassed in history
古今無双	ここん　むそう	(n) unparalleled in history
古今無類	ここん　むるい	(n) unequaled in history
五言律詩	ごごん　りっし	(n) poem of eight lines, each of five (Chinese) characters
腰掛仕事	こしかけ　しごと	(n) stopgap job; just a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time
乞食根性	こじき　こんじょう	(n) mercenary [mean] spirit; greediness; covetous disposition; base [mean] spirit of seeking freeloading [cadging] opportunities wherever possible
故事成語	こじ　せいご	(n) idiom derived from historical events or classical literature of China
五十音順	ごじゅうおん　じゅん	(n) the order of the Japanese syllabary; kana order; (in) a-i-u-e-o order
後生一生	ごしょう　いっしょう	(n) extremely important or once in a lifetime (request); only once in one's lifetime
弧城落月	こじょう　らくげつ	(n) feeling apprehensive; feeling [looking] lone and helpless; being down-and-out [ruined]; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
孤城落日	こじょう　らくじつ	(n) feeling apprehensive; feeling [looking] lone and helpless; being down-and-out [ruined]; helplessness of those in reduced circumstances
故事来歴 	こじ　らいれき	(n) origin and history of things handed down from ancient times; historical particulars
牛頭馬頭	ごず　めず	(n) a type of demons in the Buddhist hell with a human body and the head of a bull or horse
御前試合	ごぜん　じあい	(n) game [contest] held in the presence of a lord [daimyo, shogun]　
五臓六腑	ごぞう　ろっぷ	(n) the bowels and other internal organs; the vital organs
誇大妄想	こだい　もうそう	(n) delusions of grandeur; megalomania
固着観念	こちゃく　かんねん	(n) a fixation; fixed idea; obsession
国家存亡	こっか　そんぼう	(n) the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis
酷寒猛暑	こっかん　もうしょ	(n) bitter cold and fierce heat
滑稽諧謔	こっけい　かいぎゃく	(n) smooth-talking and humorous; with jocose and comical airs
骨肉相食	こつにく　そうしょく	(n) blood feud; domestic [family] discord
固定観念	こてい　かんねん	(n) stereotype; prejudice; fixed idea
後手後手	ごて　ごて	(n) ending up behind with everything; being always too late [never in time]
五風十雨	ごふう　じゅうう	(n) seasonable rains and winds; rains and winds suitable for growing; halcyon weather; halcyon times of peace
五分五分	ごぶ　ごぶ	(n) evenly matched; on even [equal] terms; tie; toss-up; on a 50-50 basis
古武士然	こぶし　ぜん	(n) having something of the old-time samurai about one
胡麻塩頭	ごましお　あたま	(n) salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray
御用学者	ごよう　がくしゃ	(n) a scholar beholden to the government; scholar who curries favor with persons in power; self-serving academic
御用組合	ごよう　くみあい	(n) a company union; a sweetheart union; a company-run labor [trade] union
御用商人	ごよう　しょうにん	(n) purveyor to the government; merchant who enjoys government patronage
御用新聞	ごよう　しんぶん	(n) newspaper that follows the government line; newspaper that curries favor with the government
狐狸妖怪	こり　ようかい	(n) foxes and badgers [which were believed to bewitch humans] and all sorts of bogies; sly fellow who does evil by stealth; tricksters
強面談判	こわもて　だんぱん	(n) aggressive negotiations; hard-line bargaining
根気仕事	こんき　しごと	(n) laborious task; work that requires a lot of patience
困苦窮乏	こんく　きゅうぼう	(n) hardships and privations
困苦欠乏	こんく　けつぼう	(n) hardships and privations
欣求浄土	ごんぐ　じょうど	(n) seeking rebirth in the Pure Land; the aspiration to be reborn in Paradise
金剛堅固	こんごう　けんご	(n) firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
金剛不壊	こんごう　ふえ	(n) firm and solid; sturdy and indestructible; unshakable; adamantine
金剛力士	こんごう　りきし	(n) the guardian gods (at a temple gate)
混雑具合	こんざつ　ぐあい	(n) the state [degree] of congestion; how bad traffic jams are
渾然一体	こんぜん　いったい	(n) individual units blending into a uniform whole; separate units forming a harmonious whole; in complete harmony
蒟蒻問答	こんにゃく　もんどう	(n) irrelevant and incoherent dialogue; incoherent questions and answers; meaningless [off-the-beam] debate; dialogue at cross purposes
根本原理	こんぽん　げんり	(n) fundamental [underlying] principle; ground rules; keystone
昏迷状態	こんめい　じょうたい	(n) befuddled [bewildered, confused] state; stupor
混迷状態	こんめい　じょうたい	(n) chaotic state; turmoil; disarray; labyrinth
再起不能	さいき　ふのう	(n) be beyond [have no hope of] recovery
最後通牒	さいご　つうちょう	(n) ultimatum
才子佳人	さいし　かじん	(n) a talented man and a beautiful woman; well-matched pair; the quick-witted and the beautiful; wit and beauty
妻子眷属	さいし　けんぞく	(n) one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family
罪状糾明	さいじょう　きゅうめい	(n) closely examining [questioning] the concrete circumstances of a crime
祭政一致	さいせい　いっち	(n) unity of church and state; government of a country by religious leaders; theocracy
祭政分離	さいせい　ぶんり	(n) separation of church and state; separation of religious ritual and government administration
裁判沙汰	さいばん　ざた	(n) law suit; litigation; court fight; legal wangle
西方浄土	さいほう　じょうど	(n) Buddhist paradise; the Western Pure Land
在野精神	ざいや　せいしん	(n) spirit of defiance of the opposition party; antiestablishment mindset
錯乱状態	さくらん　じょうたい	(n) state of (mental) confusion [agitation]
五月雨式	さみだれ　しき	(n) intermittent [off and on] manner; dragging on and on
左右一対	さゆう　いっつい	(n) left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair
小夜時雨	さよ　しぐれ	(n) light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter
三猿主義	さんえん　しゅぎ	(n) the principle [philosophy] of see no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil; the policy of "see-not, hear-not, and speak-not"
三界流転	さんがい　るてん	(n) endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences
三角関係	さんかく　かんけい	(n) love triangle; eternal triangle
産学協同	さんがく　きょうどう	(n) cooperation between industrial enterprises and universities
三行広告	さんぎょう　こうこく	(n) three-line [classified] advertisement
三号雑誌	ざんごう　ざっし	(n) short-lived magazine [periodical]; periodical that lasts for only a few issues
三者三様	さんしゃ　さんよう	(n) each of the three being different from the other two; each of the three having his [her] own way
三者鼎立	さんしゃ　ていりつ	(n) three parties [forces] opposing one another; three-cornered contest
三世因果	さんぜ　いんが	(n) retribution spanning the threes temporal worlds [the present, the past, and the future]
三千世界	さんぜん　せかい	(n) the whole wide world; the great universe (of one billion worlds) that Buddha enlightened
山川万里	さんせん　ばんり	(n) being far away across mountains and rivers
三番勝負	さんばん　しょうぶ	(n) three-game match; three-bout contest; a rubber (in a card game)
三本勝負	さんぼん　しょうぶ	(n) a set of three bouts; three-game match; three-bout contest
三百代言	さんびゃく　だいげん	(n) pettifogging lawyer; shyster
散歩日和	さんぽ　びより	(n) ideal weather for a walk
三無主義	さんむ　しゅぎ	(n) the "three no principle" of no drive (indolence), no interest (indifference), and no sense of responsibility　(irresponsibility), the term describing the temperament of the Japanese youth of the 1970s
三面記事	さんめん　きじ	(n) human-interest stories; local news; police news [in a newspaper]
三面六臂	さんめん　ろっぴ	(n) being competent and active in many fields; versatile; one person doing the work of many
三文小説	さんもん　しょうせつ	(n) cheap [dime] novel
三文文士	さんもん　ぶんし	(n) hack writer; literary hack; scribbler; pulp writer
三文役者	さんもん　やくしゃ	(n) third-rate actor
山容水態	さんよう　すいたい	(n) scenic beauty of mountains and streams; fresh and clear beauty of nature's splendor
三割自治	さんわり　じち	(n) the "thirty-percent autonomy" of local governments
詩歌管弦	しいか　かんげん	(n) Chinese and Japanese poetry and instrumental music; poetry and music; literature and music
私怨私欲	しえん　しよく	(n) personal grudges and selfish desires
四海兄弟	しかい　けいてい	(n) people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood [fraternity]
四海同胞	しかい　どうほう	(n) people in the whole world being all brothers; universal brotherhood [fraternity]
死活問題	しかつ　もんだい	(n) matter [question] of life or death; vital question
自家本位	じか　ほんい	(n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity
自家薬籠	じか　やくろう	(n) (something that is) available for use at any time; (someone who is) at one's beck and call; (something over which) one has complete mastery
時機到来	じき　とうらい	(n) a good chance coming along; the time has come (for/to/when...); opportunity knocking
持久作戦	じきゅう さくせん	(n) strategy of engaging in position warfare; strategy of turning a game into an endurance contest; playing a waiting game
至近距離	しきん　きょり	(n) close range; point-blank range
時雨模様	しぐれ　もよう	(n) showery sky; [it is] looking showery
舳艫千里	じくろ　せんり	(n) a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation
事件記者	じけん　きしゃ	(n) crime reporter; police reporter
試験地獄	しけん　じごく	(n) examination hell; the ordeal of children preparing for highly competitive entrance examinations
四公六民	しこう　ろくみん	(n) land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%
自己犠牲	じこ　ぎせい	(n) self-sacrifice; self-renunciation
地獄絵図	じこく　えず	(n) painting of a scene in Hell; a picture of Hell
自己疎外	じこ　そがい	(n) self-alienation; self-estrangement
自己中心	じこ　ちゅうしん	(n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egoism; egotism; egocentricity
仕事人間	しごと　にんげん	(n) fiend for work; workaholic; career-minded person
仕事一筋	しごと　ひとすじ	(n) living only for one's work; a life with no other interest than one's work
自己肥大	じこ　ひだい	(n) self-aggrandizement; self-glorification; something becoming large by feeding upon itself
自己保全	じこ　ほぜん	(n) self-protection; self-preservation
自己満足	じこ　まんぞく	(n) self-satisfaction; (self-)complacency
士魂商才	しこん　しょうさい	(n) having a samurai's spirit and a merchant's business sense; gentlemanly spirit combined with business acumen
時差出勤	じさ　しゅっきん	(n) staggered working hours; flextime; flexitime
屍山血河	しざん　けつが	(n) heaps of bodies and streams of blood; fierce battle
支持基盤	しじ　きばん	(n) one's support [power] base; the base of one's support in an electorate
四肢五体	しし　ごたい	(n) the [one's] whole body
獅子身中	しし　しんちゅう	(n) treacherous friend; snake in one's bosom; treacherous insider
師資相承	しし　そうしょう	(n) generation-to-generation instruction from master to disciple
事実関係	じじつ　かんけい	(n) all the facts [essentials, circumstances] of a (particular) case
四十九日	しじゅうく　にち	(n) a period of morning lasting seven weeks; the forty-ninth day (after someone's death); memorial service held on the forty-ninth day after the death of someone
四十八手	しじゅうはっ　て	(n) the 48 basic sumo techniques; every trick in the book
自主独往	じしゅ　どくおう	(n) independent way of life
自浄作用	じじょう　さよう	(n) self-purification; nature's self-cleansing functions
自浄能力	じじょう　のうりょく	(n) self-cleansing power; being capable of purifying oneself
至上命令	しじょう　めいれい	(n) supreme directive; unconditional command; overriding necessity; an absolute must; categorical imperative
史上唯一	しじょう　ゆいいつ	(n) the first in history; only once in history
至上要求	しじょう　ようきゅう	(n) overriding necessity; absolute requirement; an absolute must
地所観念	じしょ　かんねん	(n) the orientation of time and place; awareness of the existing situation
四書五経	ししょ　ごきょう	(n) the Nine Chinese [Confucian] Classics
四神相応	しじん　そうおう	(n) an ideal topography for the four Taoist gods, with a river in the east, a broad avenue in the west, a basin in the south, and a hill in the north
時世感覚	じせい　かんかく	(n) sense of the times; sensitivity to the times
時勢感覚	じせい　かんかく	(n) sense of the trend of the times; sensitivity to the changing times
事前工作	じぜん　こうさく	(n) preparatory operations; measure taken in advance; doing the groundwork
思想信条	しそう　しんじょう	(n) one's thought and beliefs
時代感覚	じだい　かんかく	(n) sense of the times; sensitivity to the times; trend of the times
時代思潮	じだい　しちょう	(n) the trends [current(s)] of the times
事大根性	じだい　こんじょう	(n) slavish submission to power; sycophancy; flunkeyism; toadyism
事大思想	じだい　しそう	(n) sycophancy; toadyism; following the powerful for self-protection
事大主義	じだい　しゅぎ	(n) sycophancy; toadyism; following the powerful for self-protection
時代精神	じだい　せいしん	(n) spirit of an [the] age; a [the] Zeitgeist [German]
舌先三分	したさき　さんぶ	(n) a glib tongue (with fair words); fluent talk designed to deceive; talk something away
下町情緒	したまち　じょうちょ	(n) the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
下町人情	したまち　にんじょう	(n) the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods
七公三民	しちこう　さんみん	(n) a land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 70 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 30 percent
七言絶句	しちごん　ぜっく	(n) poem of four lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
七言律詩	しちごん　りっし	(n) poem of eight lines, each of seven (Chinese) characters
七堂伽藍	しちどう　がらん	(n) the seven standard buildings of a major Buddhist temple complex
七難八苦	しちなん　はっく	(n) trials and tribulations; a series of endless misfortunes; the Seven Misfortunes and Eight Pains
七分三分	しちぶ　さんぶ	(n) seven to three (chances); (a proportion of) seven to three; (split) seventy-thirty
死中求活	しちゅう　きゅうかつ	(n) finding a way out of a potentially fatal situation; seeking a way out of a desperate situation
四柱推命	しちゅう　すいめい	(n) Four Pillar astrology; originally Chinese method of fortune-telling based on the time, date, month and year of a person's birth
十死一生	じっし　いっしょう	(n) (1) narrow escape from the jaws of death; (2) there being barely a chance of escaping death
実践道徳	じっせん　どうとく	(n) practical ethics [morality]
実践倫理	じっせん　りんり	(n) practical ethics [morality]
失地回復	しっち　かいふく	(n) the recovery of lost territory; recovering [regaining] lost ground [one' former position]; fence-mending
七珍万宝	しっちん　まんぽう	(n) the seven treasures and many other precious things; all the treasures in the world
疾風迅雷	しっぷう　じんらい	(n) with lightning speed; like a whirlwind
疾風怒濤	しっぷう　どとう	(n) Sturm und Drang [German]; storm and stress; violent wind and angry waves
櫛風沐雨	しっぷう　もくう	(n) struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
櫛風浴雨	しっぷう　よくう	(n) struggling through wind and rain; undergoing hardships
執務心得	しつむ　こころえ	(n) guide to office routine; guide to the performance of official duties
実力伯仲	じつりょく　はくちゅう	(n) (the two persons/sides) being evenly matched in ability
実力次第	じつりょく　しだい	(n) according to [depending on] one's ability; if one is good [competent, talented] enough
任手相場	して　そうば	(n) speculators' [speculative] market
詩的正義	してき　せいぎ	(n) poetic justice; retributive justice
詩的破格	してき　はかく	(n) poetic license
指導原理 	しどう　げんり	(n) ruling [guiding] principle
士農工商	し　のう　こう　しょう	(n) the hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society
地場産業	じば　さんぎょう	(n) local industry
四半世紀	しはん　せいき	(n) quarter of a century; quarter century
地盤沈下	じばん　ちんか	(n) (1) land subsidence; (2) a decline in influence, popularity, etc.
字引学問	じびき　がくもん	(n) merely knowing the meanings of a large number of individual words; superficial learning
四百四病	しひゃくし　びょう	(n) every type of disease; every disease under the sun
自分自身	じぶん　じしん	(n) oneself; one's self
士分取立	しぶん　とりたて	(n) raising someone to the status of samurai
自分本位	じぶん　ほんい	(n) self-centeredness; selfishness; egotism; egocentricity
島国根性	しまぐに　こんじょう	(n) insularism; insularity; island country mentality
使命意識	しめい　いしき	(n) sense of (one's) mission; awareness of one's duty [calling]
七五三縄;注連縄;標縄	しめなわ	(n) rope used to cordon off consecrated areas or as a talisman against evil [Shinto]
視野狭窄	しや　きょうさく	(n) narrowing of visual field; narrow-mindedness; lack of vision
社交辞令	しゃこう　じれい	(n) polite or diplomatic way of putting things; lip service; empty compliment
寂光浄土	じゃっこう　じょうど	(n) Buddhist paradise [heaven]
社内不倫	しゃない　ふりん	(n) adulterous love affair with someone at work
羞月閉花	しゅうげつ　へいか	(n) the charms of a rarely beautiful woman; [Literally: (so beautiful that) the Moon is abashed and flowers wilt]
自由裁量	じゆう　さいりょう	(n) latitude; (at one's) discretion; discretionary powers; a free hand
十字砲火	じゅうじ　ほうか	(n) cross fire; (drawing) a barrage of [flak, criticism] (from)
秋霜烈日	しゅうそう　れつじつ	(n) harshness; severity (of punishment, authority, will, etc.)
集中砲火	しゅうちゅう　ほうか	(n) concentrated fire; (drawing) intensive fire [flak, criticism] (from)
柔軟思考	じゅうなん　しこう	(n) a flexible way of thinking
柔軟路線	じゅうなん　ろせん	(n) (taking) a flexible approach (to)
秋風落莫	しゅうふう　らくばく	(n) forlorn and helpless; lonely and desolate
十分条件	じゅうぶん　じょうけん	(n) a sufficient condition
自由放題	じゆう　ほうだい	(n) as freely as one pleases; at will; to one' heart's content
自由放任	じゆう　ほうにん	(n) noninterference; nonintervention; permissiveness; laissez-faire
重要案件	じゅうよう　あんけん	(n) important matter (for discussion [deliberations])
主義主張	しゅぎ　しゅちょう	(n) one's principles and position
主従関係	しゅじゅう　かんけい	(n) the relation of master to servant
衆生済度	しゅじょう　さいど	(n) enlightenment of the masses; leading the masses on the path of enlightenment
朱唇皓歯	しゅしん　こうし	(n) (exp,n) red lips and pearly white teeth (said of beautiful women)
首鼠両端	しゅそ　りょうたん	(n) being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence
酒池肉林	しゅち　にくりん	(n) sumptuous feast [banquet]
出処進退	しゅっしょ　しんたい	(n) one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it
出世街道	しゅっせ　かいどう	(n) highway to success
守秘義務	しゅひ　ぎむ	(n) duty of confidentiality; confidentiality [secrecy] obligation
純愛路線	じゅんあい　ろせん	(n) (going) the pure love stories route (in movie making)
春花秋月	しゅんか　しゅうげつ	(n) spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season
春秋戦国	しゅんじゅう　せんごく	(n) the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period [Chinese history]
準備万端	じゅんび　ばんたん	(n) every preparation [arrangement]; all sorts of preparations
叙位叙勲	じょい　じょくん	(n) conferment of Court ranks and decorations
硝煙弾雨	しょうえん　だんう	(n) the smoke of powder and hail of bullets; (in) the thick of the raging battle
上下関係	じょうげ　かんけい	(n) a relationship of higher and lower; (a relationship of) rank; hyponymy
上下左右	じょうげ　さゆう	(n) up and down [top and bottom], left and right
状況把握	じょうきょう　はあく	(n) one's grasp of the situation; knowing how matters stand
状況判断	じょうきょう　はんだん	(n) one's assessment of the situation; judging according to the circumstances; circumstantial judgment
証拠隠滅	しょうこ　いんめつ	(n) destruction of evidence
小国寡民	しょうこく　かみん	(n) a small country with a small population [The Chinese philosopher Lao-tzu's ideal of a state]
常識判断	じょうしき　はんだん	(n) commonsense judgment
情実人事	じょうじつ　じんじ	(n) personnel changes through favoritism
上昇気流	じょうしょう　きりゅう	(n) (1) ascending air current; updraft; (2) upward trend; rise in popularity, influence, etc.; being on a rise
上手下手	じょうず　へた	(n) differences in skill
消息不明	しょうそく　ふめい	(n) untraceable; long lost; one's whereabouts being unknown
冗談気味	じょうだん　ぎみ	(n) being somewhat [half] joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
冗談半分	じょうだん　はんぶん	(n) being somewhat [half] joking; half seriously; half in jest; in a jocular vein
消長盛衰	しょうちょう　せいすい	(n) prosperity and decay; rise and fall; ebb and flow; vicissitudes (of fortune) 　　　　
祥月命日	しょうつき　めいにち	(n) anniversary of a person's death
常套表現	じょうとう　ひょうげん	(n) conventional [stock] phrase; hackneyed expression; platitude; cliche
商人根性	しょうにん　こんじょう	(n) mercenary spirit; commercial motives; a nose for profit; moneygrubbing disposition
焦熱地獄	しょうねつ　じごく	(n) burning hell; inferno
商売往来	しょうばい　おうらい	(n) business handbook (with glossary) of Edo period
商売気質	しょうばい　かたぎ	(n) mercantile mind-set; mercenary spirit; being intent on making a profit
常用手段	じょうよう　しゅだん	(n) one's usual practice; one's old trick; one's usual modus operandi; the same old tactic
生老病死	しょう　ろう　びょう　し	(n) the four inevitables in human life -- birth, aging, sickness, and death
昭和元禄	しょうわ　げんろく	(n) the flourishing mid-Showa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease
昭和一桁	しょうわ　ひとけた	(n) (member of the generation born in) the first nine years of the Showa period (from 1926 to 1934)
書画骨董	しょが　こっとう	(n) objects of art and curios
贖罪意識	しょくざい　いしき	(n) a sense of atonement
職住一体	しょくじゅう　いったい	(n) having one's workplace at home; living and working at the same location [independent farmers, home workers, storekeepers, etc.]
職住近接	しょくじゅう　きんせつ	(n) having one's workplace near one's home
職人根性	しょくにん　こんじょう	(n) the spirit of a true artisan; (a craftsman's) pride in one's work
植物人間	しょくぶつ　にんげん	(n) comatose person; person in a vegetative state
職務怠慢	しょくむ　たいまん	(n) neglect [dereliction] of duty; negligence
女系天皇	じょけい　てんのう	(n) matrilineal emperor (male or female) of Japan; emperor whose mother is [was] a member of the Imperial family but whose father is [was] not
女工哀史	じょこう　あいし	(n) sad [tragic, pathetic] story [history] of factory girls in pre-WWII Japan
徐行戦術	じょこう　せんじゅつ	(n) go-slow tactics (of Japanese railway workers)
処士横議	しょし　おうぎ	(n) wayward [irresponsible] criticisms of political matters by private citizens
諸事万端	しょじ　ばんたん	(n) everything; all things; all affairs; all matters
諸子百家	しょし　ひゃっか	(n) the general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period in Chinese history
女性天皇	じょせい　てんのう	(n) female emperor of Japan
女性遍歴	じょせい　へんれき	(n) one's history of love affairs with women
所属不明	しょぞく　ふめい	(n) of unknown affiliation
女尊男卑	じょそん　だんぴ	(n) placing women above men; respect for women at the expense of men
女中奉公	じょちゅう　ぼうこう	(n) domestic service; working as a housemaid
職権乱用	しょっけん　らんよう	(n) abuse of (one's) authority; abuse of (one's) public office
庶民感覚	しょみん　かんかく	(n) sensibilities [feelings, way of thinking] of the common people; popular sentiment
諸役御免	しょやく　ごめん	(n) being excused from various levies and taxes during the age of militarist [shogunate] government
自力本願	じりき　ほんがん	(n) salvation by one's own efforts; self-reliance
白湯文字	しろ　ゆもじ	(n) ordinary woman secretly engaged in prostituion [Edo period]
素人細工	しろうと　ざいく	(n) amateurish work
素人判断	しろうと　はんだん	(n) layperson's judgment [opinion]
素人療法	しろうと　りょうほう	(n) home remedy; medical treatment by a layperson
白田売買	しろた　ばいばい	(n) dealing in rice speculating on the year's harvest while the paddies are still covered with snow
白物家電	しろもの　かでん	(n) white goods; large household appliances
心猿意馬	しんえん　いば	(n) (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions
人海戦術	じんかい　せんじゅつ	(n) human-wave tactics; the strategy of throwing large numbers of troops into an attack; throwing (overwhelming) human resources at a problem
人外魔境	じんがい　まきょう	(n) ominous place outside the human world; mysterious place where no human being lives; uninhabited area
陣笠議員	じんがさ　ぎいん	(n) backbench member [of Parliament, Congress, the Diet]; backbencher
真贋論争	しんがん　ろんそう	(n) argument as to [about] the authenticity (of...)
心悸亢進	しんき　こうしん	(n) palpitation(s) (of the heart)
仁義忠孝	じん　ぎ　ちゅう　こう	(n) humanity, justice, loyalty, and filial piety
仁義道徳	じんぎ　どうとく	(n) humanity and justice; benevolence and righteousness
真偽不明	しんぎ　ふめい	(n) dubious; doubtful; of unknown authenticity
神機妙算	しんき　みょうさん	(n) inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
辛苦艱難	しんく　かんなん	(n) trials and tribulations; adversities; suffering hardships and troubles
神経衰弱	しんけい　すいじゃく	(n) nervous [emotional] breakdown
人権蹂躙	じんけん　じゅうりん	(n) human rights violation; blatant infringement upon a person's rights
人権擁護	じんけん　ようご	(n) protection of human rights; safeguarding [defending] human rights
信仰箇条	しんこう　かじょう	(n) article of faith; article of belief
人材登用	じんざい　とうよう	(n) selecting of fit [talented] persons for higher positions
辛酸甘苦	しんさん　かんく	(n) hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world
神算鬼謀	しんさん　きぼう	(n) inscrutable stratagem; ingenious scheme
人事考課	じんじ　こうか	(n) merit [ability, efficiency] rating; employee performance evaluation
真実一路	しんじつ　いちろ	(n) the straight path of sincerity and truthfulness; living a life in all sincerity and truthfulness
人事不省	じんじ　ふせい	(n) unconsciousness; loss of consciousness
神社仏閣	じんじゃ　ぶっかく	(n) (Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples
身上調書	しんじょう　ちょうしょ	(n) personal information form; dossier on an individual
心情吐露	しんじょう　とろ	(n) expression of one's feelings; pouring out one's heart
信賞必罰	しんしょう　ひつばつ	(n) sure punishment or reward; a clear-cut system of rewards and punishments
心象風景	しんしょう　ふうけい	(n) imagined landscape; scenery in one's mind's eye
人心安定	じんしん　あんてい	(n) stabilizing the feelings of the people; inspiring confidence among the people
心身一如	しんしん　いちにょ	(n) body and mind as one
身心一如	しんしん　いちにょ	(n) body and mind as one
人心一新	じんしん　いっしん	(n) radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel
人身攻撃	じんしん　こうげき	(n) personal attack [abuse]; character assassination
人心刷新	じんしん　さっしん	(n) radically change public sentiment; leading the thought of the people to an entirely different channel
人心収攬	じんしん　しゅうらん	(n) winning the hearts of the people; capturing public sentiment
心身創痍	しんしん　そうい	(n) being wounded in mind and body
心身爽快	しんしん　そうかい	(n) feeling refreshed in mind and body
心神喪失	しんしん　そうしつ	(n) of unsound mind; temporary insanity
人生行路	じんせい　こうろ	(n) the journey [path] of life; one's passage through life
人生模様	じんせい　もよう	(n) facets [aspects] of (human) life; the pattern of (one's) life
親戚眷属	しんせき　けんぞく	(n) one's family and relatives; one's kith and kin
臣籍降下	しんせき　こうか	(n) [of members of the Imperial family] becoming a commoner; to be reduced from royal status to that of a commoner
親戚故旧	しんせき　こきゅう	(n) relatives and old friends
親戚知己	しんせき　ちき	(n) relatives and acquaintances
人跡未踏	じんせき　みとう	(n) untrodden; pathless; untraversed; where no human being has ever set foot
真相究明	しんそう　きゅうめい	(n) probe into the truth (of the matter); dig into the real facts of the case; get at the root of a matter
深層心理	しんそう　しんり	(n) the deep psyche
進退去就	しんたい　きょしゅう	(n) one's course of action; deciding what to do with oneself, whether staying in the present position or leaving it
身体髪膚	しんたい　はっぷ	(n) the entire human body; every inch of one's body
進退問題	しんたい　もんだい	(n) a question of whether or not someone should resign
進退両難	しんたい　りょうなん	(n) be driven to the wall; find oneself between the devil and the deep blue sea; a rock and a hard place
尽忠報国	じんちゅう　ほうこく	(n) loyalty and patriotism
慎重居士	しんちょう　こじ	(n) very cautious [prudent, discreet] person
慎重吟味	しんちょう　ぎんみ	(n) scrutiny; careful [close] examination [investigation]; careful inquiry; careful selection
新陳代謝	しんちん　たいしゃ	(n) the body's metabolism; replacement of the old with the new; regeneration
心的状態	しんてき　じょうたい	(n) one's mental state; state of mind; mentality
震天動地	しんてん　どうち	(n) earth-shaking; astounding; startling; phenomenal
人道蹂躙	じんどう　じゅうりん	(n) outrage against humanity
人馬一体	じんば　いったい	(n) unity of rider and horse
人馬往来	じんば　おうらい	(n) the passage of people and horses; coming and going of people and horses
親藩大名	しんぱん　だいみょう	(n) the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch
人品骨柄	じんぴん　こつがら	(n) a person's appearance and physique; a person's bearing [presence]
人物月旦	じんぶつ　げったん	(n) character sketch; comments on personalities
神仏混淆	しんぶつ　こんこう	(n) mixture [synthesis] of Buddhism and Shintoism
神仏分離	しんぶつ　ぶんり	(n) separation of Buddhism and Shintoism
新聞学問	しんぶん　がくもん	(n) knowledge gained [information acquired] from newspapers
新聞辞令	しんぶん　じれい	(n) Appointment conjecturally reported in a newspaper; announcement of an appointment which is [turns out to be] mere press speculation
神武景気	じんむ　けいき	(n) the economic boom of the mid-1950s
信頼関係	しんらい　かんけい	(n) relationship of mutual trust; trusting each other deeply
深慮遠謀	しんりょ　えんぼう	(n) deep design and forethought; a farsighted and deeply-laid plan
人倫道徳	じんりん　どうとく	(n) ethics and morality
親類縁者	しんるい　えんじゃ	(n) one's family and relations; one's relatives by blood and marriage [in blood and law]
推進母体	すいしん　ぼたい	(n) a nucleus (of a project proposal/of a social movement, etc.)
酔生夢死	すいせい　むし	(n) idling one's life away; dreaming away one's life accomplishing nothing significant
垂涎三尺	すいぜん　さんじゃく	(n) avid desire; drooling over (something); watering at the mouth
衰退一途	すいたい　いっと	(n) (falling into a) continuous decline; being on the wane
垂直思考	すいちょく　しこう	(n) rigid [stereotypical] thinking that adheres to preconceived notions
随伴現象	ずいはん　げんしょう	(n) a concomitant [an accompanying] phenomenon
水平思考	すいへい　しこう	(n) liberated thinking that is not bound to fixed ideas
酔歩蹣跚	すいほ　まんさん	(n) tipsy lurch; reeling [staggering] gait
数的優勢	すうてき　ゆうせい	(n) superiority in number; numerical superiority
頭寒足熱	ずかん　そくねつ	(n) keeping the head cool and feet warm
助平根性	すけべい　こんじょう	(n) lewd disposition, lecherous nature; greedy motives
杜撰脱漏	ずさん　だつろう	(n) careless [slipshod] and with many omissions
頭脳流出	ずのう　りゅうしゅつ	(n) brain drain; loss of highly trained or qualified people to other countries
寸借詐欺	すんしゃく　さぎ	(n) swindling someone [a stranger] by borrowing money with no intention of returning it
政界工作	せいかい　こうさく	(n) currying of political favor; buying political influence
政界再編	せいかい　さいへん	(n) political realignment; a realignment of political parties
政界余聞	せいかい　よぶん	(n) tidbits of political gossip
性格美人	せいかく　びじん	(n) woman with a wonderful personality
性格描写	せいかく　びょうしゃ	(n) character portrayal; characterization.
臍下丹田	せいか　たんでん	(n) the center of the abdominal region; point below the navel [thought to be the focal point of human body's energy in Oriental medicine]
生活信条	せいかつ　しんじょう	(n) one's philosophy of life
生活不安	せいかつ　ふあん	(n) worry [uncertainty, uneasiness, insecurity] about one's life [future]
政教一致	せいきょう　いっち	(n) unity of church and state
政教分離	せいきょう　ぶんり	(n) separation of church and state
税金泥棒	ぜいきん　どろぼう	(n) person living off other people's taxes; tax parasite; [a derogatory term for] public servants
整形美人	せいけい　びじん	(n) a plastic-surgery beauty
政権構想	せいけん　こうそう	(n) planning a new government; plan for a new administration
政権交代	せいけん　こうたい	(n) change of government [administration]
政権亡者	せいけん　もうじゃ	(n) one who is obsessed with [getting into, holding on to] political power; one who is obsessed with the idea of taking over government
晴好雨奇	せいこう　うき	(n) the scenery being beautiful in both sunny and rainy weather
西高東低	せいこう　とうてい	(n) a weather pattern in which the high pressure area lies to the west and the low pressure area to the east
成功報酬	せいこう　ほうしゅう	(n) fee contingent upon success; contingency fee; completion bonus
政策不況	せいさく　ふきょう	(n) policy-induced slump; stagnation resulting from poor economic policies
生殺与奪	せいさつ　よだつ	(n) wielding absolute power (over); the power to spare or to take the lives and property of the people
政治家肌	せいじか　はだ	(n) be something of a politician; have something of the politician in one
政治感覚	せいじ　かんかく	(n) sense of politics; feeling for politics
政治決着	せいじ　けっちゃく	(n) a political settlement; settling (a dispute) politically (without resorting to force)
政治工作	せいじ　こうさく	(n) political maneuvering; politicking; political machinations
政治抗争	せいじ　こうそう	(n) political strife [antagonism, conflict]
政治姿勢	せいじ　しせい	(n) one's political career [life]
政治主導	せいじ　しゅどう	(n) initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) [rather than by bureaucrats]
政治生命	せいじ　せいめい	(n) political stance
政治風土	せいじ　ふうど	(n) political climate
政治不信	せいじ　ふしん	(n) (public) distrust of politics; loss of faith in politics [politicians]; estrangement from politics
正邪曲直	せいじゃ　きょくちょく	(n) right and [or] wrong
正邪善悪	せいじゃ　ぜんあく	(n) right and [or] wrong
青春群像	せいしゅん　ぐんぞう	(n) youthful crowd; crowd of young people coming into their own
青春時代	せいしゅん　じだい	(n) one's youth; one's youthful days [years]; the flower of one's youth; the springtime of one's life
政情不安	せいじょう　ふあん	(n) the instability of a political situation; political instability
政治力学	せいじ　りきがく	(n) political dynamics; dynamics of political forces; the balance of political power
精神一到	せいしん　いっとう	(n) concentration of mind; mental concentration (on some task); determined mind　
聖人君子	せいじん　くんし	(n) person of lofty virtue; man of noble character; perfect person; saint　
聖人賢者	せいじん　けんじゃ	(n) person of lofty virtue and great wisdom
精神構造	せいしん　こうぞう	(n) one's mental makeup [structure]; emotional makeup; mentality
精神作用	せいしん　さよう	(n) operation [working] of the mind
成人指定	せいじん　してい	(n) rated for "adults only"
精神風土	せいしん　ふうど	(n) the spiritual climate
盛衰興亡	せいすい　こうぼう	(n) rise and fall; ups and downs; waxing and waning; prosperity and decline; vicissitudes
成績不振	せいせき　ふしん	(n) poor (academic) performance; poor (business) results [showing]
清濁併呑	せいだく　へいどん	(n) being so broad-minded as to accept all sorts of things, both good and evil; being broad-minded enough to be tolerant of people of all shades
成長過程	せいちょう　かてい	(n) growth process; (in the) process of growing
成長小説	せいちょう　しょうせつ	(n) novel of character development; novel of formation [education]; novel which traces the intellectual, moral, spiritual or social development and growth of a young person; Bildungsroman [German]
性的逸脱	せいてき　いつだつ	(n) sexual deviation; sexual anomaly
正当防衛	せいとう　ぼうえい	(n) (legitimate) self-defense
清風明月	せいふう　めいげつ	(n) refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon
姓名判断	せいめい　はんだん	(n) fortunetelling based on writing or pronunciation of one's name; onomancy
政略結婚	せいりゃく　けっこん	(n) (political) marriage of convenience; marriage forced by political expediency
勢力拡大	せいりょく　かくだい	(n) expansion of one's sphere of influence; increase in one's power [strength, influence]
勢力関係	せいりょく　かんけい	(n) power relations; balance of power (between)
勢力圏内	せいりょくけん　ない	(n) within the sphere of influence (of)
勢力範囲	せいりょく　はんい	(n) sphere of influence; one's territory
勢力分野	せいりょく　ぶんや	(n) the respective [relative] strength of political parties; distribution of the number of parliamentary seats held by each of the political parties　　
世界思潮	せかい　しちょう	(n) main currents [the trend] of thinking in the world
赤手空拳	せきしゅ　くうけん	(n) barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) [when embarking on something]
責任問題	せきにん　もんだい	(n) a question [an issue] of where responsibility [liability] lies; a question of who is responsible [to blame]
世間周知	せけん　しゅうち	(n) (a matter of) common knowledge; widely known; known to everybody
世事一切	せじ　いっさい	(n) all the worldly matters
世上万般	せじょう　ばんぱん	(n) all the worldly [mundane] matters; everything in this world
是正措置	ぜせい　そち	(n) corrective action [measure]; rectification
世代交代	せだい　こうたい	(n) change of generation; transition of power between generations
世態人情	せたい　にんじょう	(n) (contemporary) customs and behavior; the picture of people's life in the contemporary world
舌禍事件	ぜっか　じけん	(n) scandal [trouble] caused by a slip of the tongue
接客業務	せっきゃく　ぎょうむ	(n) customer relations; serving [helping, attending to, waiting on] customers
接客態度	せっきゃく　たいど	(n) the way one waits on customers; one's behavior toward [attitude to] customers [visitors]
説教調子	せっきょう　ぢょうし	(n) (in a) preaching tone
説教泥棒	せっきょう　どろぼう	(n) preaching burglar; burglar who preaches at the victim about the methods of preventing similar crimes
説教坊主	せっきょう　ぼうず	(n) tub-thumping preacher; preacher [priest] who is good at delivering a sermon; pulpiteer [usually with contemptuous implication]
積極財政	せっきょく　ざいせい	(n) expansionary fiscal policy
殺生禁断	せっしょう　きんだん	(n) prohibition against hunting and fishing
絶対安静	ぜったい　あんせい	(n) complete bed rest; complete rest and quiet
絶対服従	ぜったい　ふくじゅう	(n) absolute obedience; complete submission
雪隠大工	せっちん　だいく	(n) lousy carpenter
窃盗行為	せっとう　こうい	(n) theft; act of larceny
刹那主義	せつな　しゅぎ	(n) (the principle of) living only for the present [moment]; settling for momentary pleasures
絶滅寸前	ぜつめつ　すんぜん	(n) the point [edge, verge, brink] of extinction
説話文学	せつわ　ぶんがく	(n) legendary literature; narrative literature
世道人心	せどう　じんしん	(n) (public) morals and sentiments
是非曲直	ぜひ　きょくちょく	(n) rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
是非判断	ぜひ　はんだん	(n) discrimination of right and wrong; distinguishing between right and wrong
是非善悪	ぜひ　ぜんあく	(n) rights and wrongs; the relative merits (of a case); propriety
世話女房	せわ　にょうぼう	(n) devoted and caring wife
善意銀行	ぜんい　ぎんこう	(n) center for collecting charitable contributions [money, goods, and/or services] and distributing them to people in need
戦意高揚	せんい　こうよう	(n) raising one's/the soldiers' fighting spirit
善意通訳	ぜんい　つうやく	(n) goodwill guide; volunteer guide and interpreter for foreign residents and tourists
全員一致	ぜんいん　いっち	(n) unanimity
前衛芸術	ぜんえい　げいじゅつ	(n) avant-garde art
浅学寡聞	せんがく　かぶん	(n) shallow learning and limited information; ignorant and badly informed
前官礼遇	ぜんかん　れいぐう	(n) (being granted) the privileges of one's former (official) post
専業主婦	せんぎょう　しゅふ	(n) full-time housewife
専業主夫	せんぎょう　しゅふ	(n) full-time house-husband; stay-at-home dad
千軍万馬	せんぐん　ばんば	(n) vast and powerful army; veteran of many battles; (a person who is) rich in life's experience, having overcome much adversity
先決問題	せんけつ　もんだい	(n) question to be settled first; matter calling for prior settlement; the first consideration
前言往行	ぜんげん　おうこう	(n) words and deeds of the people of yore
千言万語	せんげん　ばんご	(n) a great number of words; long and tedious (explanation, description, etc.)
線香花火	せんこう　はなび	(n) small sparklers which resemble incense sticks; something that flickers and fizzles out; flash in the pan
前後関係	ぜんご　かんけい	(n) the context (of a passage)
戦国大名	せんごく　だいみょう	(n) daimyo in the Warring States period
戦国乱世	せんごく　らんせい	(n) turbulent [troubled] times; turbulent war period
善後処置	ぜんご　しょち	(n) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with [meet] the situation
善後措置	ぜんご　そち	(n) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with [meet] the situation
善後対策	ぜんご　たいさく	(n) remedial measure; preventive measure; the best way to cope with [meet] the situation
前後左右	ぜんご　さゆう	(n) forward(s) and backward(s) and left and right; in all directions
千古万古	せんこ　ばんこ	(n) remote antiquity; ancient times; the remote past
千古不磨	せんこ　ふま	(n) permanence; immortality; eternity
潜在意識	せんざい　いしき	(n) the subconscious; subconscious awareness
潜在能力	せんざい　のうりょく	(n) potential; latent faculty; potential capacity
千紫万紅	せんし　ばんこう	(n) an exuberance [a dazzling variety] of beautiful flowers
千姿万態	せんし　ばんたい	(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness
選手生命	せんしゅ　せいめい	(n) player's career; one's career in sport; one's career as an athlete
先取特権	せんしゅ　とっけん	(n) preferential [priority] right; prior claim; priority of claim; prior lien
僭上越権	せんじょう　えっけん	(n) exceeding [overstepping] one's powers [competence, authority]; abuse of one's legal authority; acting ultra vires
扇情小説	せんじょう　しょうせつ	(n) sultry novel; suggestive story
千状万態	せんじょう　ばんたい	(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness
千緒万端	せんしょ　ばんたん	(n) all sorts of things; all manner of affairs
漸進主義	ぜんしん　しゅぎ	(n) gradualism; incrementalism; the "slow and steady" approach [principle]
全身全霊	ぜんしん　ぜんれい	(n) complete devotion; body and soul; one's level best
前人未発	ぜんじん　みはつ	(n) unprecedented; unheard-of; never propounded [discovered, invented] by anyone before
先制攻撃	せんせい　こうげき	(n) preemptive attack [strike]
千態万状	せんたい　ばんじょう	(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness
千態万様	せんたい　ばんよう	(n) an endless variety of forms; multifariousness
専断横行	せんだん　おうこう	(n) prevalence of arbitrariness; rife with arbitrary decisions (acting on one's own authority)
先端技術	せんたん　ぎじゅつ	(n) cutting-edge technology; state-of-the-art technology
前兆現象	ぜんちょう　げんしょう	(n) precursor; premonitory phenomena; telltale signs; advance warnings
前提条件	ぜんてい　じょうけん	(n) precondition; prerequisite; premise
前程万里	ぜんてい　ばんり	(n) a bright [rosy] future awaiting one; having the world before one
宣伝工作	せんでん　こうさく	(n) propaganda work; propaganda efforts [maneuvers]
宣伝攻勢	せんでん　こうせい	(n) propaganda campaign [offensive]; advertising [promotional] offensive
宣伝路線	せんでん　ろせん	(n) (adopting) a publicity [an advertising] policy; a propaganda line
善男善女	ぜんなん　ぜんにょ	(n) pious men and women; men and women who are good Buddhists; men and women who offer prayers at temples and shrines
千年一日	せんねん　いちじつ	(n) without intermission for many years; with constancy of purpose for many years; in the same old rut for years on end
煎餅布団	せんべい　ぶとん	(n) futon worn flat and hard by long use; futon as flat as a pancake
宣撫工作	せんぶ　こうさく	(n) pacification work [activity]
選民意識	せんみん　いしき	(n) sense of being the chosen people
専門馬鹿	せんもん　ばか	(n) person who is ignorant outside his field
先憂後楽	せんゆう　こうらく	(n) 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]
漸落市況	ぜんらく　しきょう	(n) sagging market
千里同風	せんり　どうふう	(n) a country being in a state of universal peace; the world being peaceful and uneventful
千両役者	せんりょう　やくしゃ	(n) great actor; eminent star; prima donna; leading [popular] figure
善隣外交	ぜんりん　がいこう	(n) good-neighbor diplomacy; a good-neighbor policy
滄海一滴	そうかい　いってき	(n) a drop in the ocean [bucket]
早期解決	そうき　かいけつ	(n) early [prompt] settlement; swift resolution; speedy solution
創業守成	そうぎょう　しゅせい	(n) starting an enterprise and [or] carrying it to final success
造形教育	ぞうけい　きょういく	(n) education in art and design; education in drawing and manual arts
造言飛語	ぞうげん　ひご	(n) false rumors; wild rumors; groundless rumors
壮行試合	そうこう　じあい	(n) send-off game [match]
相互作用	そうご　さよう	(n) (mutual) interaction; reciprocal action; interplay
相互扶助	そうご　ふじょ	(n) mutual aid [assistance, help]
創作意欲	そうさく　いよく	(n) will [urge] to create; creative urge; appetite for writing
創氏改名	そうし　かいめい	(n) the order forced on Koreans to change their names to Japanese ones
葬式仏教	そうしき　ぶっきょう	(n) funeral Buddhism; (reliance on) Buddhism only for funerals
相乗効果	そうじょう　こうか	(n) synergy; combined effect
漱石枕流	そうせき　ちんりゅう	(n) a sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument
相即不離	そうそく　ふり	(n) strongly attached to each other; inseparable　　　　　　
相談相手	そうだん　あいて	(n) adviser; someone to consult with; someone to turn to about one's concerns
増長天狗	ぞうちょう　てんぐ	(n) braggart; boaster; self-conceited person
掃討作戦	そうとう　さくせん	(n) mopping-up operation; search-and-destroy operation
相場動向	そうば　どうこう	(n) market trend; stock movements
相場操縦	そうば　そうじゅう	(n) market manipulation; market rigging
総花主義	そうばな　しゅぎ	(n) the principle of pleasing everyone; make-everybody-happy policy
総花政策	そうばな　せいさく	(n) all-around policy; please-everyone policy
訴求効果	そきゅう　こうか	(n) customer appeal; the power to appeal to customers
息災延命	そくさい　えんめい	(n) health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster
速戦即決	そくせん　そっけつ	(n) quick battle for a quick victory; all-out surprise attack; a blitzkrieg
俗談平話	ぞくだん　へいわ	(n) conversation on worldly affairs; chat about everyday life [business]
則天去私	そくてん　きょし	(n) following heaven and abandoning self; becoming one with heaven, liberated from the self; selfless devotion to justice
俗物根性	ぞくぶつ　こんじょう	(n) snobbery; snobbishness; philistinism; vulgar and ostentatious nature [disposition]
素行調査	そこう　ちょうさ	(n) probity check; background investigation; investigation into someone's conduct
組織人間	そしき　にんげん	(n) organization [corporate] man [woman]
粗酒粗肴	そしゅ　そこう	(n) cheap wines and unpalatable dishes [a modest (self-deprecating) way of offering a meal to a guest]
側近政治	そっきん　せいじ	(n) administration by close advisers; kitchen cabinet
率先躬行	そっせん　きゅうこう	(n) take a lead in (doing); set an example of (doing); be the first in putting something in practice
算盤勘定	そろばん　かんじょう	(n) counting on the abacus; cost-benefit [profitability] calculation
存在意義	そんざい　いぎ	(n) meaning of life; meaning of one's existence
存在理由	そんざい　りゆう	(n) reason for being; justification for existence; a raison d'etre
樽俎折衝	そんそ　せっしょう	(n) diplomatic negotiations at the dinner table; diplomatic bargaining
損得勘定	そんとく　かんじょう	(n) profit-and-loss arithmetic; calculating profit and loss; mercenary point of view
存廃問題	そんぱい　もんだい	(n) question of maintenance or abolition (of an institution, organization, etc.)
第一印象	だいいち　いんしょう	(n) first impression; initial impression
太陰崇拝	たいいん　すうはい	(n) moon worship
退嬰主義	たいえい　しゅぎ	(n) backward-looking philosophy [ideology]; conservatism
退嬰政策	たいえい　せいさく	(n) conservative [regressive] policy
大海一滴	たいかい　いってき	(n) a drop in the ocean [bucket]
対外関係	たいがい　かんけい	(n) foreign [international] relations; diplomacy; external affairs
体外離脱	たいがい　りだつ	(n) out-of-body experience
退学処分	たいがく　しょぶん	(n) expulsion [dismissal] from school
大廈高楼	たいか　こうろう	(n) large building and lofty tower; splendid [magnificent, palatial] structure
怠業戦術	たいぎょう　せんじゅつ	(n) slowdown strategy; go-slow tactics (of workers in a labor dispute)
待遇改善	たいぐう　かいぜん	(n) improvement of labor [working] conditions; a salary increase
対決姿勢	たいけつ　しせい	(n) confrontational attitude [stance, posture]
大権干犯	たいけん　かんぱん	(n) infringing on the power of the sovereign
対抗意識	たいこう　いしき	(n) (a sense of) rivalry; competitive spirit
大根役者	だいこん　やくしゃ	(n) bad [poor] actor; ham actor
泰山北斗	たいざん　ほくと	(n) a great authority; a leading authority in a field; a luminary
大山鳴動	たいざん　めいどう	(n) a big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing
泰山鳴動	たいざん　めいどう	(n) a big fuss over nothing; much cry and little wool; much ado about nothing
大慈大悲	だいじ　だいひ	(n) great mercy and compassion
体質改善	たいしつ　かいぜん	(n) improvement of one's physical constitution; internal reform; revamping
大衆団交	たいしゅう　だんこう	(n) mass [labor] negotiation; mass bargaining session; public negotiation
大衆文化	たいしゅう　ぶんか	(n) mass culture; popular culture; pop culture　
大衆路線	たいしゅう　ろせん	(n) (adopting) a popular line; (taking) a populist line
大所高所	たいしょ　こうしょ	(n) broad perspective; broad point of view; taking the whole situation [a larger picture] into account
対人感覚	たいじん　かんかく	(n) feelings toward other people; sensitivity to other people's feelings; feelings one gives to other people through interpersonal relationships
対人関係	たいじん　かんけい	(n) personal relations [relationships]; relation(ship)s with (other) people; interpersonal relation(ship)s; interhuman relations
大勢順応	たいせい　じゅんのう	(n) conformism; following the crowd; swimming with the tide; me-tooism
退勢挽回	たいせい　ばんかい	(n) restoring the declining fortunes; recovering from the discouraging situation; reversing the downward trend
大政奉還	たいせい　ほうかん	(n) the restoration of the imperial rule [in Meiji Japan]
対戦相手	たいせん　あいて	(n) opponent; adversary; the competition; the other side; an [the] enemy
大道演説	だいどう　えんぜつ	(n) street [soapbox] oratory; stump oratory
帯刀御免	たいとう　ごめん	(n) a non-samurai being granted the privilege of wearing a sword [during the Edo period]
態度物腰	たいど　ものごし	(n) attitude and demeanor
台風一過	たいふう　いっか	(n) after the passage of a typhoon; (just) after a typhoon has blown over
台風銀座	たいふう　ぎんざ	(n) the typhoon Ginza; the area (of Japan) where typhoons frequently pass
対等関係	たいとう　かんけい	(n) relationship of equality; (being) on an equal footing
耐乏生活	たいぼう　せいかつ	(n) life of austerity; living hand-to-mouth; belt tightening
耐乏予算	たいぼう　よさん	(n) austerity [belt-tightening] budget
大名旅行	だいみょう　りょこう	(n) traveling in grand style; traveling luxuriously; going on a junket
大陸浪人	たいりく　ろうにん	(n) prewar Japanese adventurer [political activist] in mainland China
対立意見	たいりつ　いけん	(n) conflicting [opposite, contrasting] opinion; antagonistic view
対立概念	たいりつ　がいねん	(n) the exact opposite concept [idea]; the antithesis
対立関係	たいりつ　かんけい	(n) confrontational relationship; (being) at loggerheads (with); antagonism
対立感情	たいりつ　かんじょう	(n) feeling of antipathy [rivalry]; antagonistic sentiment
大漁貧乏	たいりょう　びんぼう	(n) impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen' s income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch
体力勝負	たいりょく　しょうぶ	(n) trial of strength; test of one's strength [stamina]
対話路線	たいわ　ろせん	(n) policy of using dialogue instead of confrontation
台湾坊主	たいわん　ぼうず	(n) atmospheric depression originating in Taiwan; atmospheric depression in the East China Sea
高手小手	たかて　こて	(n) being tightly bound; having arms bound behind one's back
択一問題	たくいつ　もんだい	(n) multiple-choice question
卓上演説	たくじょう　えんぜつ	(n) after-dinner speech; speech made at a dinner [luncheon]
竹槍戦術	たけやり　せんじゅつ	(n) tactics of fighting a technologically advanced adversary with primitive weapons; sole reliance on simple determination [naive spiritualism] in fighting an overwhelming foe
多情仏心	たじょう　ぶっしん	(n) being sensitive and kind-hearted; tenderheartedness; loving-kindness
立会演説	たちあい　えんぜつ	(n) (public) debate (between candidates)
脱線行為	だっせん　こうい	(n) aberration; aberrant behavior; eccentric [erratic] behavior; indulging in an escapade
建前主義	たてまえ　しゅぎ	(n) tokenism; appearance for appearance's sake
伊達眼鏡	だて　めがね	(n) glasses for show; fashionable eyeglasses worn for appearance's sake
他人迷惑	たにん　めいわく	(n) nuisance [annoyance, inconvenience] to people around one; social nuisance
堕落腐敗	だらく　ふはい	(n) debasement; corruption; degradation
他流試合	たりゅう 　じあい	(n) contest between different schools (of swordsmanship, etc.); trying one's skill with a follower of another school (of fencing, etc.)
団塊世代	だんかい　せだい	(n) the babyboomers; the baby boom generation
弾丸飛雨	だんがん　ひう	(n) hail of bullets; heavy bombardment
短期決戦	たんき　けっせん	(n) decisive battle of brief duration; quick [short] operation [campaign] for a decisive win
団子状態	だんご　じょうたい	(n) being bunched up together; being crowded together
男女平等	だんじょ　びょうどう	(n) equality of [between] the sexes
断章取義	だんしょう　しゅぎ	(n) interpreting (and using) a passage without regard to its context
男性本位	だんせい　ほんい	(n) male orientation; male-oriented
男尊女卑	だんそん　じょひ	(n) male domination of women; male chauvinism; placing men above women; belief in the superiority of men over women
胆大心小	たんだい　しんしょう	(n) both bold and careful; both audacious and meticulous
耽溺生活	たんでき　せいかつ	(n) a fast [dissolute] life; a life of follies; a life given to dissolute pleasures
暖冬異変	だんとう　いへん	(n) abnormally warm [mild] winter
知育偏重	ちいく　へんちょう	(n) too much intellectual training; overemphasis on intellectual education　
治外法権	ちがい　ほうけん	(n) extraterritoriality; exterritoriality; extraterritorial rights
地下工作	ちか　こうさく	(n) underground activities; secret maneuvering
知己朋友	ちき　ほうゆう	(n) one's close friends; one's intimate friends and acquaintances
知行一致	ちこう　いっち	(n) unity [consistency] of knowledge and action
蟄居閉門	ちっきょ　へいもん	(n) house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
知徳合一	ちとく　ごういつ	(n) the unity of knowledge and virtue
魑魅魍魎	ちみ　もうりょう	(n) evil spirits of mountains and rivers; monsters, goblins, and ghosts; all sorts of weird creatures
着眼大局	ちゃくがん　たいきょく	(n) having an eye to the big picture; taking a broad view of things; concentrating on the main issue; seeing in perspective
茶番狂言	ちゃばん　きょうげん	(n) a type of farce [burlesque, skit] popular in the Edo period
注意人物	ちゅうい　じんぶつ	(n) marked person; blacklisted person; dangerous [suspicious] character
忠君愛国	ちゅうくん　あいこく	(n) loyalty to one's lord and patriotism for one's country; loyalty to the Emperor and patriotism for Japan
忠孝仁義	ちゅう こう　じん ぎ	(n) loyalty, filial piety, humanity, and justice　
中道右派	ちゅうどう　うは	(n) right-of-center faction [group]
中道左派	ちゅうどう　さは	(n) left-of-center faction [group]
中道路線	ちゅうどう　ろせん	(n) moderate line; middle-of-the-road policy line
中肉中背	ちゅうにく　ちゅうぜい	(n) medium build; of average height and weight [build]
注文相撲	ちゅうもん　ずもう	(n) a sumo bout that goes according to a wrestler's strategy; a match that goes according to one's plan
寵愛一身	ちょうあい　いっしん	(n) standing highest in one's master's favor; monopolizing the affection [favor] of the lord; being the lord's favorite lady
朝雲暮雨	ちょううん　ぼう	(n) a sexual liaison
懲戒免職	ちょうかい　めんしょく	(n) bad conduct [dishonorable] discharge; disciplinary dismissal [discharge]
長講一席	ちょうこう　いっせき	(n) (make) a long talk [discourse, lecture]
張三李四	ちょうさん　りし	(n) the comman run of men; the average Joe; good-for-nothing (person)
長尺映画	ちょうじゃく　えいが	(n) long film [movie]
長者番付	ちょうじゃ　ばんづけ	(n) list of the richest people; list of the very highest income earners; billionaire's list
長身痩躯	ちょうしん　そうく	(n) a tall and lean figure
長汀曲浦	ちょうてい　きょくほ	(n) long stretch of winding beach
町人気質	ちょうにん　かたぎ	(n) a townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit
町人根性	ちょうにん　こんじょう	(n) a townsman's (independent) spirit; mercantile spirit
町人風情	ちょうにん　ふぜい	(n) (the likes of) a mere tradesman
千代万代	ちよ　よろずよ	(n) for ever and ever; (through) eternity; countless ages; till the end of time
治乱興亡	ちらん　こうぼう	(n) a nation's times of peace and war; a nation in its rise and fall　　
痴話喧嘩	ちわ　げんか	(n) lovers' quarrel
沈魚落雁	ちんぎょ　らくがん	(n) the charms of a rarely beautiful woman; [Literally: (so beautiful that), in shame, fish stay on the bottom of water and flying wild geese fall from the sky]
陳情合戦	ちんじょう　かっせん	(n) competitive lobbying; rivalry in campaigning (for and against)
珍味佳肴	ちんみ　かこう	(n) rare delicacies; rare treat
枕流漱石	ちんりゅう　そうせき	(n) a sore loser stubbornly refusing to admit being wrong and adhering to the far-fetched argument
追従外交	ついしょう　がいこう	(n) sycophantic diplomacy; servile diplomacy
追跡調査	ついせき　ちょうさ	(n) follow-up study [survey]
追善供養	ついぜん　くよう	(n) Buddhist memorial service; Buddhist requiem mass for the dead
追善興行	ついぜん　こうぎょう	(n) memorial performance; performance in memory of someone
通過儀礼	つうか　ぎれい	(n) rite of passage
通勤地獄	つうきん　じごく	(n) the hellish stress of commuting; the daily hell of overcrowded commuter trains
九十九髪	つくも　がみ	(n) an old woman's gray hair 　　
都合次第	つごう　しだい	(n) depending on the [one's] situation [circumstances]; at one's pleasure
九十九折	つづら　おり	(n) winding; meandering; zigzag; sinuous
強気相場	つよき　そうば	(n) strong [bull(ish)] market
亭主関白 	ていしゅ　かんぱく	(n) the hectoring of the husband; husband who rules the roost; domineering husband
貞操観念	ていそう　かんねん	(n) sense [idea] of chastity; sexual morality
程度問題	ていど　もんだい	(n) a matter [question] of degree
停頓状態	ていとん　じょうたい	(n) standstill; deadlock; stalemate; doldrums; stagnant conditions
手枷足枷	てかせ　あしかせ	(n) manacles; shackles; fetters
適者生存	てきしゃ　せいぞん	(n) survival of the fittest
敵対関係	てきたい　かんけい	(n) antagonism; a hostile relationship
敵本主義	てきほん　しゅぎ	(n) diversionary tactics; a feint; concealing one's true motives until the last moment
鉄拳制裁	てっけん　せいさい	(n) punishment with a blow of the fist
鉄心石腸	てっしん　せきちょう	(n) will of iron
鉄石心腸	てっせき　しんちょう	(n) will of iron
丁稚奉公	でっち　ぼうこう	(n) apprenticeship; bound apprenticeship
徹底究明	てってい　きゅうめい	(n) thorough investigation; complete inquiry
徹底抗戦	てってい　こうせん	(n) do-or-die [all-out] resistance; resistance to the bitter end
出前講師	でまえ　こうし	(n) lecturer on demand; guest speaker on demand
手前定規	てまえ　じょうぎ	(n) self-serving logic
手間仕事	てま　しごと	(n) work that requires a lot of time and effort; tedious work; piecework; odd job
天涯地角	てんがい　ちかく	(n) two places being very far apart; far-off (remote) land
天涯比隣	てんがい　ひりん	(n) a great distance does not detract from the feeling [relationship] of endearment; feeling as though a dear one faraway were living in one's close neighborhood
天下国家	てんか　こっか	(n) the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state
天下万民	てんか　ばんみん	(n) the whole nation; all the people in the land
天気具合	てんき　ぐあい	(n) the signs of the weather; weather conditions; the look of the sky
天気次第	てんき　しだい	(n) being dependent on what the weather is like
天気模様	てんき　もよう	(n) the signs of the weather; weather conditions; the look of the sky
電撃作戦	でんげき　さくせん	(n) blitzkrieg tactics
点検商法	てんけん　しょうほう	(n) an unscrupulous business practice of making sales by posing as an inspector and declaring the need for replacing items
電光一閃	でんこう　いっせん	(n) flash of lightning
電光朝露	でんこう　ちょうろ	(n) fleeting; evanescent
天候不順	てんこう　ふじゅん	(n) unseasonable weather; fickle weather; bad weather
天災地変	てんさい　ちへん	(n) natural disaster [calamity, catastrophe]　
天井桟敷	てんじょう　さじき	(n) upper gallery (of a theater); being utterly ignored [as if being placed in the upper gallery]
天壌無窮	てんじょう　むきゅう	(n) being as eternal as heaven and earth; being coeval with the universe
天神地祗	てんじん　ちぎ	(n)　the gods of heaven and earth
天真流露	てんしん　りゅうろ	(n) manifestation [revelation] of one's natural sincerity [naivete]
天孫降臨	てんそん　こうりん	(n) the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess
天地有情	てんち　うじょう	(n) the sentient world; all sentiment beings
天地開闢	てんち　かいびゃく	(n) the creation of heaven and earth; the beginning of the world; the dawn of history
天地神明	てんち　しんめい	(n) the gods of heaven and earth; all that is sacred
天地万物	てんち　ばんぶつ	(n) all things in heaven and earth; the whole of creation
天敵関係	てんてき　かんけい	(n) relationship of being natural enemies
天賦人権	てんぷ　じんけん	(n) natural (innate) human rights
田夫野人	でんぷ　やじん	(n) a rustic; a boor; a hick; a yokel; an uneducated and crude person
天佑神助	てんゆう　しんじょ	(n) divine grace; God's help
天理人道	てんり　じんどう	(n) the laws of nature and humanity
天理人情	てんり　にんじょう	(n) the laws of nature and humanity
東夷西戎	とうい　せいじゅう	(n) barbarians to the east and to the west [from the perspective of old China]
統一見解	とういつ　けんかい	(n) collective view (opinion)
同一人物	どういつ　じんぶつ	(n) the (very) same person; one and the same (person)
韜晦趣味	とうかい　しゅみ	(n) propensity to efface oneself; being prone to conceal one's talent
当該人物	とうがい　じんぶつ	(n) the said person
党議拘束	とうぎ　こうそく	(n) compulsory adherence to a party decision; restrictions on party debate
道具一式	どうぐ　いっしき	(n) set of tools [implements]; kit; outfit
道化芝居	どうけ　しばい	(n) farce; low comedy
道化役者	どうけ　やくしゃ	(n) clown; jester; actor who plays a comic role
動向把握	どうこう　はあく	(n) grasping the trend; firmly understanding how the situation is developing; getting a good sense of how things are changing
桃紅柳緑	とうこう　りゅうりょく	(n) beautiful scenery of spring
東西南北	とう　ざい　なん　ぼく	(n) north, south, east and west [Literally: east, west, south and north]; the four cardinal points of the compass; all directions
同床異夢	どうしょう　いむ	(n) acting together but having different views or objectives; making strange bedfellows
当世気質	とうせい　かたぎ	(n) the way of the world in our time; the frame of mind of the people nowadays
同姓同名	どうせい　どうめい	(n) (having) the same family and personal name (as somebody)
当選圏内	とうせんけん　ない	(n) (having a) good chance of being elected [winning] (in an election)
道中安泰	どうちゅう　あんたい	(n) safe journey
道中無事	どうちゅう　ぶじ	(n) safe journey
道聴塗説	どうちょう　とせつ	(n) shallow-minded mouthing of secondhand information
道徳退廃	どうとく　たいはい	(n) moral decadence [decline, corruption]
胴長短足	どうなが　たんそく	(n) having a long torso and short legs; long-bodied and short-legged
党派根性	とうは　こんじょう	(n) partisan spirit [prejudice]; partisanship; factionalism
同文同種	どうぶん　どうしゅ	(n) the same script and the same race; [a mistaken view that the Chinese and the Japanese are of the same stock merely because they use the same script]
逃亡生活	とうぼう　せいかつ	(n) life on the run
当方負担	とうほう　ふたん	(n) (at) our expense; (on) our risk
道楽仕事	どうらく　しごと	(n) work done for enjoyment [as a diversion]; dilettante work
道楽仲間	どうらく　なかま	(n) companion in one's pleasures; companion in hobby activities
道楽息子	どうらく　むすこ	(n) prodigal son; profligate son
党利党略	とうり　とうりゃく	(n) (political) party interests; playing party politics; partisan politics
度胸千両	どきょう　せんりょう	(n) being bold/daring/plucky; having a lot of guts; being quite nerveless
時世時節	ときよ　じせつ	(n) times and situations; the course of events of the times; a turn of Fortune's wheel
得意分野	とくい　ぶんや	(n) one's field of expertise
読書三到	どくしょ　さんとう	(n) using mind, mouth and eyes to understand a book fully
読書三昧	どくしょ　ざんまい	(n) obsession with reading; being buried in a book
読書三余	どくしょ　さんよ	(n) winter, night, and rainy weather; the ideal conditions for reading
独身貴族	どくしん　きぞく	(n) unmarried persons living affluently; well-off single young man [woman]; swinging bachelor
徳政一揆	とくせい　いっき	(n) uprising (during the Muromachi period) demanding debt cancellation orders
特種記者	とくだね　きしゃ	(n) scoop reporter; scoop artist
独立自存	どくりつ　じそん	(n) independence and self-reliance
独立自尊	どくりつ　じそん	(n) independence and self-respect; living independently, taking pride in oneself
独立独行	どくりつ　どっこう	(n) self-reliance; acting according to one's own ideas and beliefs
独立不羈	どくりつ　ふき	(n) acting according to one's own beliefs, being undisturbed by others
床屋談義	とこや　だんぎ	(n) barbershop talk
土左衛門	どざえもん	(n) drowned person [body]
外様大名	とざま　だいみょう	(n) non-Tokugawa daimyo; daimyo who was not a hereditary vassal of the Tokugawa family
年増美人	としま　びじん	(n) woman of mature beauty
屠蘇気分	とそ　きぶん	(n) festive New Year's mood
突貫工事	とっかん　こうじ	(n) rush work; crash job; construction at top speed
突貫作業	とっかん　さぎょう	(n) rush work; crash program; working on a crash basis; working at top speed
突如異変	とつじょ　いへん	(n) sudden and dramatic event [incident]; sudden and strange phenomenon
突然変異	とつぜん　へんい	(n) mutation
殿様仕事	とのさま　しごと	(n) work done in carefree mood without regard to time or expenses
殿様商売	とのさま　しょうばい	(n) amateurish [dilettantish] business
殿様商法	とのさま　しょうほう	(n) amateurish [dilettantish] way of doing business
怒髪衝天	どはつ　しょうてん	(n) being in a towering rage; boiling [seething] with rage
友達感覚	ともだち　かんかく	(n) relationship that is like that of friends
奴隷根性	どれい　こんじょう	(n) servile character [disposition]
泥棒稼業	どろぼう　かぎょう	(n) professional thievery
泥棒根性	どろぼう　こんじょう	(n) thievish nature [character]; thieving heart; cunning and greedy character
泥水稼業	どろみず　かぎょう	(n) working in the sex trade; making a living in the red-light district
遁世生活	とんせい　せいかつ	(n) (living) retired [in seclusion] (from the world)
緞帳芝居	どんちょう　しばい	(n) low-class (Kabuki) theater [play]
緞帳役者	どんちょう　やくしゃ	(n) low-class (Kabuki) actor; actor who plays in low-class [cheap] theater
内縁関係	ないえん　かんけい	(n) common-law [de facto] marriage; living together as common-law husband and wife
内剛外柔	ないごう　がいじゅう	(n) being gentle on the outside but tough on the inside; an iron hand in a velvet glove
内職商法	ないしょく　しょうほう	(n) homeworking scheme [scam]
内政干渉	ないせい　かんしょう	(n) interference in the internal affairs of another country
内部工作	ないぶ　こうさく	(n) internal maneuvering; secret maneuvering (within an organization); reconciling the various views within an organization before airing something in public
内部対立	ないぶ　たいりつ	(n) internal strife; internal struggle
内部犯行	ないぶ　はんこう	(n) an inside job
内面世界	ないめん　せかい	(n) one's world within; one's inner world
仲間意識	なかま　いしき	(n) feeling of fellowship; sense of camaraderie; peer consciousness
仲間喧嘩	なかま　げんか	(n) quarrel among friends; quarrel among ourselves [themselves]
仲間同士	なかま　どうし	(n) comrades; friends; associates
名題役者	なだい　やくしゃ	(n) chief [star] actor in a Kabuki play; leading actors of a troupe
菜種梅雨	なたね　づゆ	(n) brief rainy season at rape-plant blossoming time [in early spring]
夏山冬里	なつやま　ふゆさと	(n) pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter
七不思議	なな　ふしぎ	(n) the seven wonders
鍋底景気	なべそこ　けいき	(n) lingering recession; an economy that lingers in the doldrums after bottoming out
生臭坊主	なまぐさ　ぼうず	(n) corrupt [depraved] priest [monk]; worldly-minded [worldly-wise] priest
成金趣味	なりきん　しゅみ	(n) the ostentation [bad taste] of the nouveau riche; air of vulgar prosperity
成田離婚	なりた　りこん	(n) Narita divorce; divorce case of a newlywed couple breaking up upon their return to Narita Airport from their honeymoon abroad
軟弱外交	なんじゃく　がいこう	(n) weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
軟弱路線	なんじゃく　ろせん	(n) weak-hearted approach; soft line; easier way [route]
南蛮渡来	なんばん　とらい	(n) (articles) imported to Japan by early European traders
難問山積	なんもん　さんせき	(n) mountain [pile] of difficult problems
苦手意識	にがて　いしき	(n) awareness that somebody [something] is [will be] hard to deal with; awareness that one is not good at something
肉体関係	にくたい　かんけい	(n) sexual [intimate] relations; sexual [physical] relationship; (having) intimate relations
二者選一	にしゃ　せんいつ	(n) choice of one or the other; choice between (only) two things; choice of two alternatives
二重三重	にじゅう　さんじゅう	(n) twofold and threefold; doubled and redoubled　
二十四気	にじゅうし　き	(n) the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar
日曜大工	にちよう　だいく	(n) do-it-yourself carpenter; weekend carpenter; do-it-yourselfer
日中勤務	にっちゅう　きんむ	(n) daytime work; day shift
二度手間	にど　でま	(n) double effort; waste of time; botched job (that has to be done all over again)
二百十日	にひゃく　とおか	(n) the 210th day (from the first day of spring according to the lunar calendar); the "storm day"
二枚看板	にまい　かんばん	(n) the two leading actors (in a play); the two star players; the two distinctive features; the two main items [attractions]
二枚目半	にまいめ　はん	(n) comedian who plays a lover's part
女房天下	にょうぼう　てんか	(n) husband being henpecked; a house where the wife is the boss; petticoat government
如実知見	にょじつ　ちけん	(n) perceiving reality as it is; true awareness of reality
女人結界	にょにん　けっかい	(n) prohibition against women entering a sacred area
如法暗夜	にょほう　あんや	(n) total [utter] darkness
任意同行	にんい　どうこう	(n) going along voluntarily to be questioned by law officers
人気稼業	にんき　かぎょう	(n) popular occupation; occupation largely dependent on public favor
人気失墜	にんき　しっつい	(n) decline in public favor; fall in popularity
人気商売	にんき　しょうばい	(n) popular business; entertainment business; occupation [business] largely dependent on public favor
人気絶頂	にんき　ぜっちょう	(n) at the height [peak] of one's popularity
人間関係	にんげん　かんけい	(n) human [personal] relations [relationships]
人間疎外	にんげん　そがい	(n) dehumanization; alienation of man [human beings]
人間不在	にんげん　ふざい	(n) being devoid of consideration for human beings
人間不信	にんげん　ふしん	(n) distrust of (other) human beings
人間模様	にんげん　もよう	(n) fabric [pattern] of human relationships
認識不足	にんしき　ぶそく	(n) lack of (adequate) knowledge or understanding; being ignorant of; being ill-informed about
刃傷沙汰	にんじょう　ざた	(n) incident of bloodshed
人情風俗	にんじょう　ふうぞく	(n) manners, customs and popular sentiments
熱血教師	ねっけつ　きょうし	(n) enthusiastic schoolteacher
捏造記事	ねつぞう　きじ	(n) fabricated story; cooked up (news) report
年季奉公	ねんき　ぼうこう	(n) apprenticeship; service under indentures
拈華微笑	ねんげ　みしょう	(n) heart-to-heart communication; thought transference [Literally, "holding a flower and subtly smiling."]
年中無休	ねんじゅう　むきゅう	(n) open every day of the year; open all year long
年中行事	ねんちゅう　ぎょうじ	(n) (regular) annual event [function]; chief events of the year; annual festival
念仏往生	ねんぶつ　おうじょう	(n) passing away peacefully to be reborn in Paradise through invocation of Amitabha
念仏三昧	ねんぶつ　ざんまい	(n) being deep in (Buddhist) prayer; praying devoutly to Amida Buddha
年末年始	ねんまつ　ねんし	(n) the New Year's holiday; the period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the new year
農民一揆	のうみん　いっき	(n) peasants' uprising
喉元思案	のどもと　じあん	(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea
野良仕事	のら　しごと	(n) farm work [labor]; work(ing) in the fields
灰色高官	はいいろ　こうかん	(n) high official suspected of corruption
拝金主義	はいきん　しゅぎ	(n) money worship; mammonism
廃合整理	はいごう　せいり	(n) reorganization; restructuring
背後関係	はいご　かんけい	(n) background (of an episode/to a case); circumstances leading up to (an incident)
買収工作	ばいしゅう　こうさく	(n) bribery scheme; acquisition maneuver
廃藩置県	はいはん　ちけん	(n) abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures [1871]
背反行為	はいはん　こうい	(n) act of disobedience [betrayal]; violation; breach; infraction; infringement
廃仏毀釈	はいぶつ　きしゃく	(n) anti-Buddhist movement at the beginning of the Meiji era; movement to reject Buddhism and destroy Buddhist temples, statues, sutra scrolls, etc. in conjunction with the Decree to Abolish Buddhism issued by the new Meiji government
売名行為	ばいめい　こうい	(n) act of self-advertisement; publicity stunt
破壊工作	はかい　こうさく	(n) subversive activities
場外市場	ばがい　しじょう	(n) over-the-counter market; OTC market
場外取引	ばがい　とりひき	(n) over-the-counter trading [transactions]; OTC trading
破壊分子	はかい　ぶんし	(n) subversive; subversive element
馬鹿高値	ばか　たかね	(n) ridiculously high price
馬鹿安値	ばか　やすね	(n) ridiculously low price
波及効果 	はきゅう　こうか	(n) ripple effect; spillover effect; propagation effect
博学多識	はくがく　たしき	(n) erudition and extensive knowledge
白紙委任	はくし　いにん	(n) carte blanche; blank check; unconditional authority
薄志弱行	はくし　じゃっこう	(n) infirmity of purpose and lack of decision; being weak-willed and inept in getting things done
爆弾宣言	ばくだん　せんげん	(n)bombshell announcement [declaration]
爆弾発言	ばくだん　はつげん	(n) bombshell announcement [statement]
爆弾発表	ばくだん　はっぴょう	(n) bombshell announcement [statement]
白馬非馬	はくば　ひば	(n) sophistry; sophism; false syllogism
迫力満点	はくりょく　まんてん	(n) full impact; packing a punch
暴露戦術	ばくろ　せんじゅつ	(n) exposure tactics; muckraking tactics
白話小説	はくわ　しょうせつ	(n) novel written in colloquial Chinese
箱物行政	はこもの　ぎょうせい	(n) government [public policy] focusing on the construction of public [community] buildings
八十八夜	はちじゅうはち　や	(n) eighty-eighth day from the beginning of spring [about which time farmers become busy with their field work]
八大地獄	はち　だい　じごく	(n) The Eight Greater (Buddhist) Hells
八面六臂	はちめん　ろっぴ	(n) competent and active in many fields; versatile; one person doing the work of many
八紘一宇	はっこう　いちう	(n) (the spirit of) universal brotherhood; all eight corners of the world under one roof
抜山蓋世	ばつざん　がいせい	(n) great strength and energy [of a mighty hero]; Herculean strength and vitality
八百八町	はっぴゃくや　ちょう	(n) the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other
八百八寺	はっぴゃくや　でら	(n) the large number of temples in Kyoto
八百八橋	はっぴゃくや　ばし	(n) the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa [present-day Osaka]
発菩提心	はつ　ぼだいしん	(n) deciding to embrace Buddhism; deciding to seek enlightenment; seeking to have religious awakening
抜本塞源	ばっぽん　そくげん	(n) eradication of (sources of) evil; laying the ax to the root of evil
波濤万里	はとう　ばんり	(n) afar over the sea; crossing the oceans; (voyage to) faraway lands
花形役者	はながた　やくしゃ	(n) leading actor; star actress; top-billed performer
鼻先分別	はなさき　ふんべつ	(n) superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking; half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea
花嫁学校	はなよめ　がっこう	(n) school for training bachelor girls in homemaking arts; (a type of) finishing school
花嫁御寮	はなよめ　ごりょう	(n) a bride
花嫁修業	はなよめ　しゅうぎょう	(n) training for homemaking; training in homemaking arts
派閥均衡	はばつ　きんこう	(n) balance of power among factions (within a political party); factional balance
派閥抗争	はばつ　こうそう	(n) factional infighting [conflict]; antagonism between factions
派閥人事	はばつ　じんじ	(n) faction-based personnel appointment
派閥力学	はばつ　りきがく	(n) factional dynamics; power relationships among factions; factional power politics
端役女優	はやく　じょゆう	(n) bit-part actress; actress with a minor part
早口言葉	はやくち　ことば	(n) tongue twister; speaking rapidly
腹八分目	はら　はちぶんめ	(n) being moderate in eating; stopping short of stuffing oneself
破廉恥漢	はれんち　かん	(n) shameless man; knave
破廉恥罪	はれんち　ざい	(n) infamous crime; disgraceful offense
半跏趺坐	はんか　ふざ	(n) (sitting in) the half lotus position [in Zen meditation]
反間苦肉	はんかん　くにく	(n) stratagem for causing a rift and confusion in the enemy camp by using a seditious plot [using a sacrificial tactic]
半官半民	はんかん　はんみん	(n) semi-official; semi-public; semi-private; joint government-private
反骨精神	はんこつ　せいしん	(n) rebellious [unyielding] spirit; spirit of defiance; antiestablishment mindset
万古不易	ばんこ　ふえき	(n) eternally unchanging
盤根錯節	ばんこん　さくせつ	(n) complicated and hard-to-solve event or situation; tangled affair; hard nut to crack
万事万端	ばんじ　ばんたん	(n) everything; all things; all affairs; all matters
半鐘泥棒	はんしょう　どろぼう	(n) very tall person
伴食宰相	ばんしょく　さいしょう	(n) incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister
伴食大臣	ばんしょく　だいじん	(n) incompetent cabinet minister; figurehead minister
半身不随	はんしん　ふずい	(n) paralyzed on one side; partial paralysis; hemiplegia
半睡半醒	はんすい　はんせい	(n) half asleep and half awake
万世一系	ばんせい　いっけい	(n) unbroken imperial line; unbroken line of sovereigns
反省材料	はんせい　ざいりょう	(n) matters [issues] that need be reconsidered [reflected on]
半醒半睡	はんせい　はんすい	(n) half awake and half asleep
万世不易	ばんせい　ふえき	(n) eternally unchanging
反俗精神	はんぞく　せいしん	(n) anticonventional spirit; spirit of resisting convention
反対給付	はんたい　きゅうふ	(n) benefit in return (for); a consideration; compensation (for); quid pro quo
反対勢力	はんたい　せいりょく	(n) forces of opposition; opposing forces; counterforce
万代不易	ばんだい　ふえき	(n) eternally unchanging
半知半解	はんち　はんかい	(n) superficial knowledge; half knowledge; smattering
半端仕事	はんぱ　しごと	(n) odd job
万夫不当	ばんぷ　ふとう	(n) being a match for thousands; being a mighty warrior [combatant]
繁文縟礼	はんぶん　じょくれい	(n) red tape; red-tapism; official rules and procedures being needlessly complex and cumbersome
万緑一紅	ばんりょく　いっこう	(n) one red flower standing out in a sea of green vegetation; one item of quality standing out among many; one woman among many men
贔屓贔屓	ひいき　びいき	(n) each person supporting (patronizing) his [her] own favorite
被害妄想	ひがい　もうそう	(n) paranoia; persecution complex; victim complex
媚眼秋波	びがん　しゅうは	(n) casting a coquettish [an amorous] glance (at a man)
飛耳長目	ひじ　ちょうもく	(n) sharp eyes and ears used for collecting information far and wide; having the acumen and shrewd discernment gained by widely-collected information with sharp eyes and ears; being well-versed on a subject; books which broaden our knowledge
美酒佳肴	びしゅ　かこう	(n) fine wines and prized delicacies
筆禍事件	ひっか　じけん	(n) troubles brought on by what one has written; incident occasioned by a serious slip of the pen
必勝不敗	ひっしょう　ふはい	(n) certain victory; sure victory; invincibility
必須条件	ひっす　じょうけん	(n) necessary [essential] condition; sine qua non; indispensable requirement
匹夫匹婦	ひっぷ　ひっぷ	(n) men and women of humble position; common people
必要条件	ひつよう　じょうけん	(n) necessary condition; sine qua non; necessary requirement
一坪運動	ひとつぼ　うんどう	(n) campaign to prevent a public construction work by acquiring a minuscule tract of land
人手不足	ひとで　ぶそく	(n) labor shortage
一幕見席	ひとまくみ　せき	(n) special seats and standing-only space in the galley for people who only intend to see one act of a Kabuki play
人身御供	ひとみ　ごくう	(n) human sacrifice; sacrificial victim
一人二役	ひとり　ふたやく	(n) double role; one person playing two roles; wearing two hats
批判材料	ひはん　ざいりょう	(n) elements deserving criticism; material used to criticize someone [something]
美味佳肴	びみ　かこう	(n) delicacies; epicurean dishes
秘密結社	ひみつ　けっしゃ	(n) secret society; underground organization
百姓一揆	ひゃくしょう　いっき	(n) peasants' uprising
百折不撓	ひゃくせつ　ふとう	(n) indefatigability; indomitableness
百点満点	ひゃくてん　まんてん	(n) (getting a) perfect score; scoring 100; grading students on a scale of one hundred; doing perfectly (in a test); leaving nothing to be desired
百日天下	ひゃくにち　てんか	(n) The Hundred Days (of Napoleon I); very short-lived regime
百人一首	ひゃくにん　いっしゅ	(n) One Hundred Tanka Poems by One Hundred Celebrated Poets; (playing) cards of one hundred famous poems
費用一切	ひよう　いっさい	(n) all expenses
比翼連理	ひよく　れんり	(n) perfect conjugal harmony between husband and wife; a man and a woman being affectionately intimate
悲恋物語	ひれん　ものがたり	(n) tragic love story; tale of tragic love
貧血気味	ひんけつ　ぎみ	(n) tending to anemia; being somewhat anemic
便乗商法	びんじょう　しょうほう	(n) piggybacking marketing; the method of making sales by jumping on a bandwagon [like that of a boom, popularity, disaster, etc.]
貧富貴賤	ひんぷ　きせん	(n) rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks
貧乏所帯	びんぼう　じょたい	(n) needy household; small housekeeping; establishment experiencing rough going financially
不安材料	ふあん　ざいりょう	(n) cause [grounds] for concern [anxiety]; reasons for uneasiness
富貴栄華	ふうき　えいが	(n) wealth, rank, and arrogant splendor
風紀紊乱	ふうき　びんらん	(n) corruption of public morals
風声鶴唳	ふうせい　かくれい	(n) getting frightened even by a slight noise; hearing the enemy in every leaf that rustles; being afraid of one's own shadow
風俗営業	ふうぞく　えいぎょう	(n) (1) business offering food and entertainment; cabaret, club and restaurant business; (2) sex-related business
風俗壊乱	ふうぞく　かいらん	(n) corruption of public morals; offense against public morality
風俗画風	ふうぞくが　ふう	(n) (of the) genre painting style; (of the) style of painting that depicts people's customs and manners; (of the) type of painting that denotes the life of ordinary people
風俗習慣	ふうぞく　しゅうかん	(n) manners and customs; customs and habits
風俗小説	ふうぞく　しょうせつ	(n) light novel depicting social customs and manners of the day
風俗犯罪	ふうぞく　はんざい	(n) offense against public morals; morals offense; vice crime
風土気候	ふうど　きこう	(n) climate and natural features (of a region)
夫婦円満	ふうふ　えんまん	(n) good marital relations; harmonious marriage
夫婦養子	ふうふ　ようし	(n) adopting a married couple; a married couple adopted into the family
風流韻事	ふうりゅう　いんじ	(n) elegant appreciation of nature through artistic pursuits such as poetry, painting and calligraphy
風流三昧	ふうりゅう　ざんまい	(n) taking delight in elegant artistic pursuits; being absorbed in such elegant cultural pursuits as poetry, painting and calligraphy
武運長久	ぶうん　ちょうきゅう	(n) continued luck in the fortunes of war
不穏分子	ふおん　ぶんし	(n) disruptive element; troublemaker; dissident
不可能事	ふかのう　じ	(n) an impossibility
不羈独立	ふき　どくりつ	(n) free and independent
不義密通	ふぎ　みっつう	(n) adultery; infidelity　
不器用者	ぶきよう　もの	(n) clumsy person; bungler; botcher; person with no particular talents
俯仰天地	ふぎょう　てんち	(n) looking up and down, from heaven to earth (having nothing to be ashamed of); swearing by Heaven and Earth (having done nothing to be ashamed of)
不遇時代	ふぐう　じだい	(n) one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity
福祉商法	ふくし　しょうほう	(n) (unscrupulous) business practices based on an appeal to one's social conscience; (unscrupulous) sales methods used by someone falsely claiming to represent a charitable [social welfare] organization
不倶戴天	ふぐ　たいてん	(n) cherishing an implacable hostility (toward); sworn enemies being unable to breathe the same air
不屈不撓	ふくつ　ふとう	(n) indefatigability; indomitableness; with unremitting tenacity
福徳円満	ふくとく　えんまん	(n) being perfectly happy and prosperous; wealth and happiness
伏竜鳳雛	ふくりょう　ほうすう	(n) gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel
武芸百般	ぶげい　ひゃっぱん	(n) every martial art; all the martial arts
武家伝奏	ぶけ　でんそう	(n) Imperial official in charge of communication between the shogunate and the court [during the Muromachi and Edo periods]
武家奉公	ぶけ　ぼうこう	(n) service with a samurai family; serving in a samurai household (as a valet/chambermaid)
不言不語	ふげん　ふご	(n) without putting [needing to put] anything into words
富国強兵	ふこく　きょうへい	(n) wealth and military power of a nation; (a plan for) building "a rich country with a strong army"
不心得者	ふこころえ　もの	(n) imprudent fellow; misguided person; wrongheaded people
巫山雲雨	ふざん　うんう	(n) sexual liaison
武士気質	ぶし　かたぎ	(n) samurai spirit; the common ethos of the samurai; the straitlaced temperament of a samurai
父子相伝	ふし　そうでん	(n) transmission of the secrets of an art, craft, trade or learning from father to son
無事息災	ぶじ　そくさい	(n) safe and healthy; (living a) peaceful and healthy life
節目節目	ふしめ　ふしめ	(n) critical juncture; turnning point; new phase (of one's life)
不惜身命	ふしゃく　しんみょう	(n) not sparing one's life for the sake of Buddhism; not sparing oneself for a worthy cause
不純分子	ふじゅん　ぶんし	(n) dissident [discontented] element
不正直者	ふしょうじき　もの	(n) dishonest person
不祥事件	ふしょう　じけん	(n) disgraceful incident; scandalous affair; untoward [deplorable] event
夫唱婦随	ふしょう　ふずい	(n) way of life in which the wife follows the husband's lead
武人気質	ぶじん　かたぎ	(n) martial [military] spirit; the spirit of true warriors
不審人物	ふしん　じんぶつ	(n) a suspicious character [person, figure]
譜代相伝	ふだい　そうでん	(n) hereditary succession
譜代大名	ふだい　だいみょう	(n) daimyo in hereditary vassalage to the Tokugawas; hereditary daimyo (whose ancestors supported Tokugawa Ieyasu prior to the battle of Sekigahara)
舞台度胸	ぶたい　どきょう	(n) on-stage composure; confidence on stage
二言三言	ふたこと　みこと	(n) a few words
不調法者	ぶちょうほう　もの	(n) clumsy person; bungler; person with no particular talents (in performing arts); nondrinker; nonsmoker
物心両面	ぶっしん　りょうめん	(n) both material and moral; both physically and psychologically [spiritually]
不定愁訴	ふてい　しゅうそ	(n) general malaise
不適任者	ふてきにん　しゃ	(n) unqualified [incompetent] person; square peg in a round hole
腐敗堕落	ふはい　だらく	(n) debasement; corruption; degradation
不平分子	ふへい　ぶんし	(n) discontented element; discontented [grumbling] member
普遍妥当	ふへん　だとう	(n) universal validity; fitting into any situation
不偏不党	ふへん　ふとう	(n) impartial and unbiased; neutral and impartial; nonpartisan
武陵桃源	ぶりょう　とうげん	(n) Arcadia; Elysium; lotus land; Shangri-la; Utopia; Xanadu
不良交友	ふりょう　こうゆう	(n) getting mixed up with the wrong people; getting into bad company
不良債権	ふりょう　さいけん	(n) nonperforming loan; bad loan
不良仲間	ふりょう　なかま	(n) gang of hoodlums [hooligans]; bad company; companion in gang activities
不良老年	ふりょう　ろうねん	(n) old sinner; elderly man-about-town; older person who enjoys free and easy lifestyle unfettered by social taboos
不倫相手	ふりん　あいて	(n) person with whom one is having an illicit love affair
不老不死	ふろう　ふし	(n) eternal youth and immortality
不和反目	ふわ　はんもく	(n) discord and hostility; feud
奮起一番	ふんき　いちばん	(n) bracing oneself up to action, being inspired by something; getting down to work, putting heart and soul into it; tackling (a job) with gusto
文章作法	ぶんしょう　さほう	(n) methods of writing; rules of good writing; writing style guide
粉飾決算	ふんしょく　けっさん	(n) window-dressing account settlements; fudging financial statements by window dressing
焚書坑儒	ふんしょ　こうじゅ	(n) burning books on the Chinese classics and burying Confucian scholars alive
文武兼備	ぶんぶ　けんび	(n) well up in both literary and military [martial] arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
文武百官	ぶんぶ　ひゃっかん	(n) all the officials, both military and civil
文武両道	ぶんぶ　りょうどう	(n) well up in both literary and military [martial] arts; well skilled in wielding both the sword and the pen
文房四宝	ぶんぼう　しほう	(n) the four important writing materials used in calligraphy (brush, ink stick, inkstone, and paper)
文明開化	ぶんめい　かいか	(n) civilization and enlightenment; (slogan of) Japan's Westernization movement during the Meiji era
弊衣破帽	へいい　はぼう	(n) shapeless cap and shabby clothes; having a neglected appearance with shabby clothes
弊衣蓬髪	へいい　ほうはつ	(n) unkempt hair and shabby clothes
閉月羞花	へいげつ　しゅうか	(n) the charms of a rarely beautiful woman; [Literally: (so beautiful that) the Moon is abashed and flowers wilt]
平沙万里	へいさ　ばんり	(n) vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
兵隊勘定	へいたい　かんじょう	(n) Dutch treat; going Dutch
兵法指南	へいほう　しなん	(n) instruction in martial arts
平明達意	へいめい　たつい	(n) plain and lucid; articulate
閉門蟄居	へいもん　ちっきょ	(n) house arrest; being placed in confinement at home
碧眼紅毛	へきがん　こうもう	(n) blue eyes and red hair; a Westerner
劈頭第一	へきとう　だいいち	(n) at the outset; at the very beginning; in the first place; to begin [start] with; first and foremost
別居結婚	べっきょ　けっこん	(n) commuter marriage
屁理屈屋	へりくつ　や	(n) quibbler; sophist 　
便宜主義	べんぎ　しゅぎ	(n) opportunism; expediency; timeserving
片言隻語	へんげん　せきご	(n) a few words; a single phrase
変身願望	へんしん　がんぼう	(n) obsession with changing one's appearance; desire to change
弁当持参	べんとう　じさん	(n) bringing one's own lunch
返答次第	へんとう　しだい	(n) depending on the answer; hinging on the reply　
偏旁冠脚	へん　ぼう　かん　きゃく	(n) the four major types of radicals of Chinese characters [left-side, right-side, top, and bottom]
弁明口調	べんめい　くちょう	(n) apologetic [defensive] tone of voice
防遏手段	ぼうあつ　しゅだん	(n) preventive measure
砲煙弾雨	ほうえん　だんう	(n) the smoke of cannon and a hail of bullets; (in) the thick of battle
忘恩行為	ぼうおん　こうい	(n) act of ingratitude
崩壊寸前	ほうかい　すんぜん	(n) on the brink of collapse; in a state of near-collapse
妨害工作	ぼうがい　こうさく	(n) obstructive tactics; harassing operation; sabotage
妨害戦術	ぼうがい　せんじゅつ	(n) obstructive tactics; harassing tactics
法界悋気	ほうかい　りんき	(n) being jealous of things that have nothing to do with one; being jealous of others who are in love with each other
冒険野郎	ぼうけん　やろう	(n) adventure lover
暴虎馮河	ぼうこ　ひょうが	(n) foolhardy courage; perilous adventure; daredevil attempt　
豊作飢饉	ほうさく　ききん	(n) impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
豊作貧乏	ほうさく　びんぼう	(n) impoverishment of farmers because of a bumper harvest; decline in farmers' income caused by the sharply lower farm prices as a result of bumper harvests
飽食時代	ほうしょく　じだい	(n) age of plentiful food; current era of excessive eating
飽食暖衣	ほうしょく　だんい	(n) being well fed and warmly clothed
放心状態	ほうしん　じょうたい	(n) being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing
忙中有閑	ぼうちゅう　ゆうかん	(n) having free time to spare in the midst of busyness; finding an interval of leisure in the midst of a busy life
鵬程万里	ほうてい　ばんり	(n) (over) a great distance; (a long journey [flight, voyage]) to [from] a faraway place
蓬頭垢面	ほうとう　こうめん	(n) (with) unkempt hair and dirty face; being indifferent to one's personal appearance
放蕩三昧	ほうとう　ざんまい	(n) being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation; living a thoroughly dissipated life; abandon oneself to wild ways
放蕩生活	ほうとう　せいかつ	(n) fast living; a dissipated life; a riotous life
放蕩息子	ほうとう　むすこ	(n) profligate [dissolute] son
豊年満作	ほうねん　まんさく	(n) bumper crops of rice (and other grains); year of a full rice harvest
奉納相撲	ほうのう　ずもう	(n) sumo exhibition match held in the precincts of a Shinto shrine
泡沫景気	ほうまつ　けいき	(n) bubble boom; ephemeral boom
泡沫候補	ほうまつ　こうほ	(n) no-hope candidate; frivolous candidate; candidate unworthy of serious consideration
泡沫夢幻	ほうまつ　むげん	(n) transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent
放浪生活	ほうろう　せいかつ	(n) (leading) a vagabond life; (leading) a wandering existence
暴力沙汰	ぼうりょく　ざた	(n) (committing/resorting to) an act of violence
暴力手段	ぼうりょく　しゅだん	(n) violent means
撲滅運動	ぼくめつ　うんどう	(n) exterminatory measure; eradication campaign
没風流漢	ぼつふうりゅう　かん	(n) prosaic person; person of an unromantic turn of mind; philistine
翻雲覆雨	ほんうん　ふくう	(n) fickle friendship
本家本元	ほんけ　ほんもと	(n) original home; birthplace; originator; the original maker
本人次第	ほんにん　しだい	(n) being up to the person himself
本人負担	ほんにん　ふたん	(n) paying for the purchase/expense out of one's own pocket; being responsible for the payment of one's share of the purchase price, expense, etc.
煩悩具足	ぼんのう　ぐそく	(n) possessing worldly desires and passions
本領安堵	ほんりょう　あんど	(n) recognition and guarantee, by the shogunate, of ownership of the inherited estate of a samurai who pledged allegiance to it [in the Kamakura and early Muromachi periods]　
麻姑掻痒	まこ　そうよう	(n) things happening exactly as one pleases [wishes]; someone being very attentive to one's wishes
待合政治	まちあい　せいじ	(n) teahouse politics; back-room political dealings
末期養子	まつご　ようし	(n) deathbed adoption of a successor (to prevent extinction of the family line); person adopted by someone on his deathbed
満空情報	まんくう　じょうほう	(n) information on space availability in a parking lot
瞞着手段	まんちゃく　しゅだん	(n) ruse; trick; deception tactics
万年青年	まんねん　せいねん	(n) man of perennial youth; man who never loses his youthful vigor
満面笑顔	まんめん　えがお	(n) with one's face beaming with joy; smiling from ear to ear
万葉仮名	まんよう　がな	(n) early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically
味覚音痴	みかく おんち	(n) having no sense of taste; person who has no sense of taste
三日月眉	みかづき　まゆ	(n) arched eyebrows
身分意識	みぶん　いしき	(n) status consciousness; perception of one's social status
身分詐称	みぶん　さしょう	(n) false personation; misrepresentation of one's social position
名字帯刀	みょうじ　たいとう	(n) right to bear a surname and to wear a sword [during the Edo period]
苗字帯刀	みょうじ　たいとう	(n) the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword [during the Edo period]
未練未酌	みれん　みしゃく	(n) regret and sympathy; having lingering attachment and sympathy toward someone
民間伝承	みんかん　でんしょう	(n) folklore; folk tale; legend
民族自決	みんぞく　じけつ	(n) self-determination of peoples; national self-determination
無為自然	むい　しぜん	(n) doing nothing and taking things as they come; abandoning artifice and just being oneself [Lao-tzu]
無位無官	むい　むかん	(n) (a plain citizen) having no special rank or title; being a common citizen
無位無冠	むい　むかん	(n) (a plain citizen) having no special rank or title; being a common citizen
無縁墓地	むえん　ぼち	(n) cemetery for those who died leaving no relatives to tend the graves; potter's field
無学無識	むがく　むしき	(n) illiterate and ignorant; uneducated and lacking in wisdom and discernment
無芸大食	むげい　たいしょく	(n) lacking the talent to do anything but eat a lot; having no other merit than a sound appetite
夢幻泡沫	むげん　ほうまつ	(n) transient; ephemeral; fleeting; evanescent
無罪放免	むざい　ほうめん	(n) acquittal; being found innocent and acquitted
無策無為	むさく　むい	(n) donothingism; do-nothing, plan-nothing (government, etc.); being an idle onlooker taking no steps to meet the situation
無始無終	むし　むしゅう	(n) everlastingness; eternity
武者修行	むしゃ　しゅぎょう	(n) knight-errantry; traveling about to train oneself (in the martial arts)
無銭旅行	むせん　りょこう	(n) traveling without money; going on a penniless journey
無手勝流	むてかつ　りゅう	(n) aiming at winning without fighting
無党派層	むとうは　そう	(n) independent voters; voters with no party affiliation
胸先三寸	むなさき　さんずん	(n) one's mind; one's inner feelings; (a decision hinging on) how someone feels about it
無能無策	むのう　むさく	(n) ineptitude and inaction; being incapable of devising any appropriate measures to cope with the situation
無明長夜	むみょう　じょうや	(n) the long night of spiritual darkness
無欲無私	むよく　むし	(n) unselfish and impartial [disinterested]
明暗両面	めいあん　りょうめん	(n) (both) the bright and dark sides
明鏡止水	めいきょう　しすい	(n) clear and serene; clear and serene mental state; mind uncluttered by evil thoughts
名所旧跡	めいしょ 　きゅうせき	(n) scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest
名所古跡	めいしょ 　こせき	(n) scenic sites and historic places; places of natural beauty and historic interest
明窓浄机	めいそう　じょうき	(n) dustless desk by a well-lit window; well-lit and clean study conducive to learning
瞑想生活	めいそう　せいかつ	(n) contemplative life; life of meditation
名僧知識	めいそう　ちしき	(n) great [learned] priest; celebrated priest who has attained spiritual enlightenment
酩酊歩行	めいてい　ほこう	(n) drunken [staggering, tottering] gait; wide-based gait
明哲保身	めいてつ　ほしん	(n) wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection
明眸皓歯	めいぼう　こうし	(n) starry eyes and beautiful white teeth [said of beautiful women]; a beautiful woman with bright eyes and pearly teeth
名目主義	めいもく　しゅぎ	(n) tokenism
名誉回復	めいよ　かいふく	(n) restoring one's impaired reputation; regaining one's honor; redeeming oneself
名誉毀損	めいよ　きそん	(n) defamation of character; libel; slander; character assassination
命令口調	めいれい　くちょう	(n) tone of command; authoritative tone; commanding tone
明朗会計	めいろう　かいけい	(n) clear accounting; honest accounting [billing]; transparent billing practices (in restaurant and bar charges, etc.)
名論卓説	めいろん　たくせつ	(n) sound and well-argued thesis; excellent opinions and theories; original opinion worth listening to
目先相場	めさき　そうば	(n) the market trend in the near future
目玉商品	めだま　しょうひん	(n) loss leader; price leader; eye-catcher; come-on
滅私奉公	めっし　ほうこう	(n) selfless devotion to one's country; sacrificing one's personal interest to public good
目許千両	めもと　せんりょう	(n) beautiful eyes; bright-eyed; there being a sublime charm about one's eyes
免許皆伝	めんきょ　かいでん	(n) initiation into the secrets (of an art); full proficiency (in an art)
面向不背	めんこう　ふはい	(n) beautiful from any angle; attractive when seen from either front or back; flawless
面従後言	めんじゅう　こうげん	(n) pretending to obey someone to his face but badmouthing him behind his back
免責特権	めんせき　とっけん	(n) privilege of immunity from prosecution; privilege of exemption from liability; diplomatic immunity
面目次第	めんぼく　しだい	(n) face; honor; reputation
猛烈社員	もうれつ　しゃいん	(n) gung-ho organization [corporate] man [woman]; go-getter worker; hard-driving worker
百舌勘定	もず　かんじょう	(n) splitting the bill so that the others end up paying the whole amount; wheedling the others into paying the whole bill
模様次第	もよう　しだい	(n) according to circumstances; dependent on the state of things
門前雀羅	もんぜん　じゃくら	(n) (a house) looking deserted with few visitors
門前成市	もんぜん　せいし	(n) having a constant stream of visitors; being thronged with callers
問題商法	もんだい　しょうほう	(n) unscrupulous [crooked, fraudulent] business practices; pernicious sales methods
問題発言	もんだい　はつげん	(n) problematical statement; controversial statement
問答無益	もんどう　むえき	(n) there being no use in arguing (about it); being stone-deaf to someone's appeals
役者稼業	やくしゃ　かぎょう	(n) stage career; acting career
役者気質	やくしゃ　かたぎ	(n) characteristic temperament [spirit] of an actor
役者子供	やくしゃ　こども	(n) skilled actor who is like a child offstage; good actor who knows but little of the ways of the world
役者生命	やくしゃ　せいめい	(n) acting career; career as an actress
役者馬鹿	やくしゃ　ばか	(n) good actor who is inept in all other matters; demon for acting who is utterly indifferent to all other concerns and knows but little of the ways of the world; person who excels in one occupation [profession] but lacks simple common sense
役者風情	やくしゃ　ふぜい	(n) (the likes of) a mere actor
役者冥利	やくしゃ　みょうり	(n) the happiness [good fortune] of being an actor; feeling blessed for being an actor
役所仕事	やくしょ　しごと	(n) red tape; red-tapism; officialism; bureaucratic bungling
薬石無効	やくせき　むこう	(n) neither medicines nor medical care having little effect on a patient
役人根性	やくにん　こんじょう	(n) bureaucratism; officialism; typical mentality of a (petty) bureaucrat
役割演技	やくわり　えんぎ	(n) role-playing
自棄気味	やけ　ぎみ	(n) partially out of despair; partly in desperation; somewhat out of frustration
野合政権	やごう　せいけん	(n) administration established through an unprincipled political coalition; a government of convenience; cabinet created through an unholy alliance
弥次喜多	やじ　きた	(n) comical pair; pair of buffoons
大和島根	やまと　しまね	(n) the island country of Japan; the Japanese Isles; (the land of) Yamato
大和撫子	やまと　なでしこ	(n) Japanese woman (with all the traditional graces); ideal Japanese woman
山猫戦術	やまねこ　せんじゅつ	(n) wildcat tactics
勇敢無比	ゆうかん　むひ	(n) being unmatched [unparalleled] for bravery
有形無形	ゆうけい　むけい	(n) tangible and intangible; material and spiritual; moral and material
憂国慨世	ゆうこく　がいせい	(n) worrying about the conditions of the country out of sheer patriotism
遊説旅行	ゆうぜい　りょこう	(n) stumping [electioneering] tour
有職故実	ゆうそく　こじつ	(n) time-honored usages and practices of the court or in exalted military families; studies in ancient court and military protocol
幽体離脱	ゆうたい　りだつ	(n) out-of-body experience
誘致合戦	ゆうち　かっせん	(n) rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure [attract, invite] (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality
遊蕩三昧	ゆうとう　ざんまい	(n) being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures; giving oneself up to debauchery and dissipation
有力候補	ゆうりょく　こうほ	(n) major contender; strong [leading] candidate; front runner
幽霊会社	ゆうれい　がいしゃ	(n) bogus [dummy] company [corporation, firm]
幽霊社員	ゆうれい　しゃいん	(n) bogus [phantom] employee
幽霊人口	ゆうれい　じんこう	(n) ghost [bogus] population; fraudulently registered population
融和路線	ゆうわ　ろせん	(n) policy of reconciliation
癒着体質	ゆちゃく　たいしつ	(n) tendency to form collusive ties; predisposition to generate cozy [collusive] relationships
弓矢八万	ゆみや　はちまん	(n) the God of War; the God of Arms; the Japanese Mars
要害堅固	ようがい　けんご	(n) (a fortress being) impregnable; unassailable; (taking to an) impregnable fastness
妖怪変化	ようかい　へんげ	(n) apparition (in animal form); goblins and monsters
養子縁組	ようし　えんぐみ	(n) adoption
羊質虎皮	ようしつ　こひ	(n) a sheep in a tiger's skin; gimcrack; showy without real worth; all show and no substance
容赦会釈	ようしゃ　えしゃく	(n) pardon; forgiveness; mercy; making allowances
要所要所	ようしょ　ようしょ	(n) every important point; points of strategic importance; all the right places
様子次第	ようす　しだい	(n) according to circumstances; depending on the state of things; according to how the situation develops
要点把握	ようてん　はあく	(n) grasping the (main) point; seizing the essence (of a matter)
羊頭狗肉	ようとう　くにく	(n) using a better name to sell inferior goods; crying wine and selling vinegar
陽動作戦	ようどう　さくせん	(n) feint operation; diversionary tactic [operation, activities]
沃野千里	よくや　せんり	(n) vast expansion of fertile land; vast stretch of rich plain
欲求不満	よっきゅう　ふまん	(n) frustration; unsatisfied desires
夜目遠目	よめ　とおめ	(n) seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark of night or at a distance
四方山話	よもやま　ばなし	(n) talk about various topics; chatting about all sorts of things
世論操作	よろん　そうさ	(n) manipulation of public opinion
弱気相場	よわき　そうば	(n) weak [bear(ish)] market
弱腰外交	よわごし　がいこう	(n) weak foreign policy; weak-kneed diplomacy
来世信仰	らいせ　しんこう	(n) belief in the next world; belief in the hereafter
洛中洛下	らくちゅう　らくがい	(n) in and around the city of Kyoto
楽天主義	らくてん　しゅぎ	(n) optimism
落花流水	らっか　りゅうすい	(n) (1) mutual love; the love one shows to another person being returned; (2) falling on hard times; coming down in the world; being ruined
落花狼藉	らっか　ろうぜき	(n) running amuck; utter disorder; things being in a shambles; committing violence on (a woman)
乱離骨灰	らり　こっぱい	(n) being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed
藍衣社員	らんい　しゃいん	(n) blue-collar; blue-collar worker [employee]
乱臣賊子	らんしん　ぞくし	(n) rebels against one's lord and one's parents; rebellious [treacherous] subject; traitor
乱診乱療	らんしん　らんりょう	(n) unnecessary medical tests and treatments; overprescription of drugs (to profit from the insurance reimbursement)
乱売合戦	らんばい　かっせん	(n) price war; cutthroat competition
乱筆乱文	らんぴつ　らんぶん	(n) (my) poor writing; scribbling; hasty writing
乱暴狼藉	らんぼう　ろうぜき	(n) riotous [rampageous] behavior; violence and lawlessness; committing an outrage
乱脈経営	らんみゃく　けいえい	(n) chaotic [irresponsible] management of a company
利害関係	りがい　かんけい	(n) an interest (in); a vested interest; a stake (in); concern
六韜三略	りくとう　さんりゃく	(n) two books on the art of war in ancient China; the secrets [essence] of the art of war; secrets of successful life; precepts for living
利権団体	りけん　だんたい	(n) special-interest group
離村傾向	りそん　けいこう	(n) trend to move away from rural areas; rural depopulation
理非曲直	りひ　きょくちょく	(n) sense of right and wrong; rights and wrongs (of a case); relative merits (of a case)
裏面工作	りめん　こうさく	(n) behind-the-scenes maneuvering; backstairs deal; clandestine work; string-pulling
柳暗花明	りゅうあん　かめい	(n) (1) beautiful scenery of spring; (2) red-light district
留意事項	りゅうい　じこう	(n) points to note; points of concern; matters to keep in mind; matters that require attention
流血沙汰	りゅうけつ　ざた	(n) bloodshed; bloody event
柳巷花街	りゅうこう　かがい	(n) red-light district; pleasure quarter
柳緑花紅	りゅうりょく　かこう	(n) red blossoms and green willows; beautiful scenery of spring; natural beauty; beauty of nature
流連荒亡	りゅうれん　こうぼう	(n) spending all one's time in idle amusement away from home; being absorbed in self-indulgent pleasures
良妻賢母	りょうさい　けんぼ	(n) (being) a good wife and wise mother
了解事項	りょうかい　じこう	(n) something that is understood between the parties; an understood item
猟奇小説	りょうき　しょうせつ	(n) bizarre story [novel]
猟奇文学	りょうき　ぶんがく	(n) bizarre literature; the literature of the bizarre
良知良能	りょうち　りょうのう	(n) one's innate intelligence and ability
良風美俗	りょうふう　びぞく	(n) fine customs and manners; good morals and manners; good and beautiful custom
両面価値	りょうめん　かち	(n) ambivalence
両面作戦	りょうめん　さくせん	(n) operations [a strategy] on two fronts; two-pronged strategy
稟議制度	りんぎ　せいど	(n) the system in government offices and business corporations in which draft proposals are prepared by someone in charge of the matter and circulated for collective deliberation and final approval by particular [designated] officials or executives
臨戦態勢	りんせん　たいせい	(n) state of war readiness [preparedness]; preparation for action
類縁関係	るいえん　かんけい	(n) (having) a close relationship (with)
留守家族	るす　かぞく	(n) family members left at home
冷汗三斗	れいかん　さんと	(n) breaking into cold sweat when one is very embarrassed or scared; feeling extremely abashed
霊感商法	れいかん　しょうほう	(n) fraudulent sale of goods or services claimed to bring good luck to the purchaser
礼儀感覚	れいぎ　かんかく	(n) sense of decorum; attention to the common civilities of life
礼儀作法	れいぎ　さほう	(n) good manners; civility and rules of etiquette; decorum; arts of gracious etiquette
冷却期間	れいきゃく　きかん	(n) cooling-off period
霊魂不滅	れいこん　ふめつ	(n) immortality of the soul
霊視商法	れいし　しょうほう	(n) fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits)
励声一番	れいせい　いちばん	(n) giving cries of encouragement at a critical moment
霊的交感	れいてき　こうかん	(n) spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion
霊的交流	れいてき　こうりゅう	(n) spiritual sympathy; spiritual communion
霊肉一致	れいにく　いっち	(n) unity [oneness] of body and soul; harmony of body and soul
劣弱意識	れつじゃく　いしき	(n) inferiority complex; a sense of inferiority
恋愛指南	れんあい　しなん	(n) instruction in the ways of love
恋愛遍歴	れんあい　へんれき	(n) history of one's love affairs
恋愛遊戯	れんあい　ゆうぎ	(n) playing at love relationships; trifling with a person's affections
連帯責任	れんたい　せきにん	(n) collective responsibility; joint liability
連立政権	れんりつ　せいけん	(n) coalition government [cabinet]
露悪趣味	ろあく　しゅみ	(n) being apt to make a show of one' faults; penchant for boasting of one's faults; pretending to be worse than one really is
労使交渉	ろうし　こうしょう	(n) labor-management negotiation
労使双方	ろうし　そうほう	(n) both labor and management; both the workers and the employers
労使紛争	ろうし　ふんそう	(n) labor-management dispute; industrial strife
籠城作戦	ろうじょう　さくせん	(n) strategy of holing oneself up in a castle [house, building]
籠絡手段	ろうらく　しゅだん	(n) means of cajolement [trickery]
六号記事	ろくごう　きじ	(n) (space) filler; fill-in [in magazines, newspapers, etc.]
六公四民	ろくこう　よんみん	(n) a land-tax rate during the Edo period, in which the government took 50 percent of the year's rice crop and the farmers kept 50 percent
六親眷属	ろくしん　けんぞく	(n) all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin
六道輪廻	ろくどう　りんね	(n) endless circle of transmigration in the six posthumous worlds
路上強盗	ろじょう　ごうとう	(n) mugging; mugger
六根清浄	ろっこん　しょうじょう	(n) purification of the six roots of perception; purification of one's mind and body through emancipation from all worldly desires and worries
六百六号	ろっぴゃくろく　ごう	(n) Salvarsan 606
露天風呂	ろてん　ぶろ	(n) open-air bath; hot spring bath set in the open
炉辺談話	ろへん　だんわ	(n) fireside chat　　
論功行賞	ろんこう　こうしょう	(n) granting rewards according to achievements; conferring honors according to merit
枠外採用	わくがい　さいよう	(n) hiring someone beyond the limits of the employment quota
和敬清寂	わけい　せいじゃく	(n) harmony, respect, purity and tranquility; the four most important elements of the tea ceremony
和光同塵	わこう　どうじん	(n) (wise men) softening the light of their wisdom and virtue and mingling with the mundane world [Lao-tzu]; mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself
和魂漢才	わこん　かんさい	(n) the Japanese spirit imbued with Chinese learning
和食回帰	わしょく　かいき	(n) revival of Japanese food
話題沸騰	わだい　ふっとう	(n) being much talked about; creating a stir; being the talk of town
和平工作	わへい　こうさく	(n) peace [overtures, initiative, moves]; maneuvering for peace; putting out peace feelers
腕白小僧	わんぱく　こぞう	(n) naughty [mischievous] boy, little rascal [devil]; brat
腕白仲間	わんぱく　なかま	(n) group [gang] of naughty [mischievous] boys
腕白坊主	わんぱく　ぼうず	(n) naughty [mischievous] boy, little rascal [devil]; brat
腕力沙汰	わんりょく　ざた	(n) resorting [coming] to fisticuffs; coming to blows
大国主義	たいこく　しゅぎ	(n) policy favoring major powers; policy of the Great Powers that is favorable to themselves
巧遅拙速	こうち　せっそく	(n) better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent