Words — 805 found
たざんいし
他山の石
1. lesson learned from someone's else mistake; object lesson; food for thought; stones from other mountains (can be used to polish one's own gems)Idiomatic expression, See also 他山の石以て玉を攻むべし
じゅうにんといろ
十人十色
1. several men, several minds; everyone has his own (ideas, tastes, interests, etc.); different strokes for different folksYojijukugo (four character compound)
かどで
門出
1. setting off (on a long journey); setting out; departure (e.g. for the front); leaving home
2. starting a new life; starting life anew
門出 【かどいで】、首途 【かどで】、首途 【かどいで】、首途 【しゅと】
かどいで: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage. かどいで: Out-dated or obsolete kana usage.
1. one's own discretion (idea, responsibility)
ひがた
弾き語り
1. singing to one's own accompaniment; reciting while playing the shamisen, biwa, etc.
弾語り 【ひきがたり】
1. self-taught method; one's own way; one's own style
1. one's real mother; natural mother; birth mother; biological mother
1. one's own literary work
1. paying one's own way
じもんじとう
自問自答
1. answering one's own question; wondering to oneself; soliloquizing; soliloquisingYojijukugo (four character compound)
みょうじょう
明星
2. preeminent person (within their own field); star (of the stage, silver screen, etc.)
じこけんじ
自己顕示
1. making oneself conspicuous; pressing one's own causeYojijukugo (four character compound)
1. private ownership
1. owner of a company; head of a company
やまもと
山元
2. mine; collieryesp. 山元
3. owner of a mountain; operator of a mineesp. 山元
山下 【やまもと】、山本 【やまもと】
1. owned by the city