虚仮

こけ

folly, fool

思案

しあん

thought, consideration, deliberation, reflection, rumination, pondering

虚仮猿

こけざる

foolish monkey

思案顔

しあんがお

pensive (or worried) look on one's face

虚仮威し

こけおどし コケおどし

bluff, showing off

恋は思案の外

こいはしあんのほか

Love is without reason

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

虚仮にする

こけにする

to make a fool of someone

色事は思案の外

いろごとはしあんのほか

love and reason do not go together

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

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

思案に暮れる

しあんにくれる

to be lost in thought

引っ込み思案

ひっこみじあん

reserved, introverted, reticent, shy, withdrawn

案の定

あんのじょう

just as one thought, as usual, sure enough

虚

うろ うつお うつほ うつせ きょ

falsehood

虚虚実実の戦い

きょきょじつじつのたたかい

match between persons equal in shrewdness