Noun, Na-adjective (keiyodoshi)having nothing to do; having time on one's hands (and not knowing what to do); being at a loose end; being bored

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbaffair; state; incident; issue; matter · verdict; sentence · directions; orders; command; instructions

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbweeding out; elimination (e.g. of unneeded employees); culling; selection · selection

Nounsalted rice-bran paste for pickling · mashed green soybeans

Nounnews (from someone); word; letter; tidings; contact

Nounsecret government business

Noungoing public (with a matter); becoming public knowledge · recourse to litigation; taking (a matter) to court

Noun, Suru verb, Intransitive verbnot writing or contacting for a while; neglecting to write (call, visit, etc.); failing to write (call, visit, etc.); long silence

Noun(imperial) words

Nounsexual selection

Nounmatter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbnatural selection

Noun, Suru verb, Transitive verbtalk (of the town); rumour; rumor; gossip

Nounartificial selection

Nounpersonnel reduction

Nounbloodshed

Nounsexual selection

Nounlove affair

Nounmatter for the police; brush with the law

Nounbeginning (developing into) a quarrel (a fight, an altercation)

Noun, Suru verbreorganizing an industry or enterprise and weeding out redundant workers; readjustment and retrenchment

Noun(committing, resorting to) an act of violence

Nounresorting (coming) to fisticuffs; coming to blows; settling with violence

Nounbloodshed; bloody event; bloody violence

Nounkin selection

Nounsocial selection

Nounmatter for the court; (ending up as a) lawsuit; legal tussle; court fight

Nounstupidity; absurdity; presumption; impertinence

Nouninsane behavior; madness

Expressions (phrases, clauses, etc.)crazy deed; unbelievable deed; the height of madness; act of sheer madness

Nounsound judgment; sane decision; act performed with a clear mind