恋は思案の外

こいはしあんのほか

Love is without reason

思案

しあん

thought, consideration, deliberation, reflection, rumination, pondering

案外

あんがい

unexpectedly

事案

じあん

concern, circumstance which is becoming a problem, case (court)

思案顔

しあんがお

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

思いの外

おもいのほか

surprising, unexpected

虚仮の後思案

こけのあとじあん

hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool)

色事

いろごと

love affair, sensual pleasures

思案投首

しあんなげくび

being at one's wit's end, being (quite) at a loss (what to do)

鼻元思案

はなもとじあん はなもとしあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking, half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

鼻先思案

はなさきじあん はなさきしあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking, half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

喉元思案

のどもとじあん

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking, half-baked (foolish, ill-advised) idea

外事

がいじ

foreign affairs

思案に余る

しあんにあまる

to be at wit's end, to be at a loss for what to do

色事師

いろごとし

lady-killer

外事課

がいじか

foreign affairs section

排外思想

はいがいしそう

anti-foreign sentiment, xenophobia, exclusionism, exclusivism

此処が思案のし所

ここがしあんのしどころ

This is the point we need to think about

事大思想

じだいしそう

admiration of the powerful