List: yojijukugo

yojijukugo  adverb 

• at the very beginning of one's speech, immediately upon opening one's mouth (to speak), before anything else, first of all

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• gentle but firm

obsolete kanji  yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• being frustrated because something is not quite as hoped (just as one cannot scratch an itch from outside a shoe), having an itch that one cannot scratch

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• stake all (on something), play for all or nothing, throwing all into a task

search-only kanji form  yojijukugo  noun taking the genitive case particle の  adjective (generic)  たる adjective  adverb taking the と particle 

• outspoken, arguing (heatedly) what one believes in, insisting on something without restraint

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic)  noun or participle taking the aux. verb する  intransitive verb 

• empathy

yojijukugo  formal or literary term  conjunction 

• getting back to the subject at hand, ..., (but) to return to the main topic, ..., so much for digressions, ...

irregular kanji usage  yojijukugo  expression  noun  noun (generic) 

• by a hair's breadth, in the nick of time, touch and go, close call, critical moment

yojijukugo  noun  noun (generic) 

• life-and-death matter, an emergency or crisis where survival is threatened

yojijukugo  expression 

• being all smiles with joy