popular JLPT N4 noun noun (generic) colloquial idiomatic expression
- air, atmosphere
- mood, situation
- someone with no presence, someone who doesn't stand out at all
popular JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- wave
- ups and downs
popular idiomatic expression noun noun (generic)
- last moment, eleventh hour
- platform made of dirt used to perform executions (decapitations) in the Edo period
popular search-only kana form JLPT N3 noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression usually written using kana alone card games
- storm, tempest
- uproar, hullabaloo, storm (e.g. of protest), winds (e.g. of change)
- pile of 3 cards of the same value in oicho-kabu
popular noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ idiomatic expression
- setting sail, putting out to sea
- starting anew, embarking on something new
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- red light (traffic)
- red light, signal to stop, sign of danger
popular search-only kanji form noun noun (generic) noun or participle taking the aux. verb ใใ intransitive verb idiomatic expression
- tightrope walking, high-wire act, funambulism
- treading a tightrope, walking on thin ice, pulling a risky balancing act
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- tengu, red-faced and long-nosed goblin said to reside deep in the mountains
- bragging, conceit, braggart, boaster, conceited person
popular godan verb godan verb (archaic) verb (generic) intransitive verb idiomatic expression
- to leave the nest
- to go out into the world, to become independent (of one's parents), to graduate (and become a member of society)
popular noun noun (generic) idiomatic expression
- account of a dream
- fantastic story, wild tale, empty dream, pipe dream