「物色する」（ぶっしょく する）is to look or search for something suitable for your purpose among many different things or choices.

「大枚」（たいまい） is a large sum of money. 「大金」（たいきん） is a synonym.

「明晩」（みょうばん） is tomorrow night or evening in formal speech or writing. It is 「明日の晩」（あすの ばん）. 「晩」（ばん）is basically early night, but is often...

「油断する」（ゆだん する）is not careful because you think someone or something is easy, safe, etc.

「カチンと来る」（かちんと くる）is used to mean to be made to feel upset or angry because of something someone says or does that is rude or...

「一丸となる」（いちがんと なる）is to act, work, etc. together hard with other people in an organized way and without disagreements. It is to unite as one.

「風土」（ふうど）is the conditions that are seen in the climate, geology, and landscape, and that strongly affect the lifestyle, attitude,...

「心底」（しんそこ） is adverbially used when you feel something completely, from the bottom of your heart.

「最善を尽くす」（さいぜんを つくす）is to do something to the best of your ability. Synonyms are 「全力を尽くす」（ぜんりょくをつくす）and 「精一杯やる」（せいいっぱい やる）.

「鍵」（かぎ）is used to mean a thing that makes you able to understand or achieve something.

「釘を刺す」（くぎを さす）is to warn someone and make sure of something beforehand so that a problem may not happen later. It literally means to...

「雨過天晴」（うかてんせい） tells us that bad situations will pick up as time goes by. After rain, the sun always comes out. 「雨過ぎて、天晴る。」（あめ すぎて てん はる）

「格が違う」（かくが ちがう）is used to mean that someone or something is not nearly as good or important as someone or something else. Or it can be...

「揉み消す」（もみけす） is to hide information about a situation because you do not want people to know about it.

「二束三文」（にそく さんもん） means the way something is sold or bought at an extremely low price. It says like “A pair of flip-flops for three yen!”

「遅れを取る」（おくれを とる）is to fail to keep level with someone, other people, companies, or organizations. You can also spell 「後れ」（おくれ）.

「奥歯にものが挟まったよう」（おくばに ものがはさまったよう）is a commonly used figurative expression for the way you are not willing or honest enough to speak in a...

「大詰め」（おおづめ） is the last part of an activity, etc. when it is nearly completed.

「自己中心的」（じこ ちゅうしんてき）is disapprovingly used for a person who tends to think only about themselves and does not think about the needs or...

Besides, unpleasantly noisy, troublesome, or annoying, 「うるさい」 can mean too concerned or worried about details or standards, especially...