noun:

• a foolish older brother and a smart younger - four character idiom

expression:

• with a gentle face and a nice word - four character idiom

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to take out; to take a handful of; to grab and throw
• to turn someone out (of house, room, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• protrusion; projection

noun:

• (Japanese) hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; snacks - Food term
• (winning technique of) pushing out of the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• rich person; wealthy person
• taking good care of things; keeping things for a long time and taking care of them

noun:

• length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; longitude and latitude; vertical and horizontal
• four cardinal points; every direction ［じゅうおう］
• as one wishes; as one pleases; at will ［じゅうおう］
• warp and weft; warp and woof ［たてよこ］ ➜ 経緯【たてよこ】

noun:

• Japanese mutton and vegetable dish; slotted dome cast iron grill for preparing this dish - named after Genghis Khan

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 特定アジア

noun:

• brown-headed thrush (Turdus chrysolaus)
• Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis) ➜ 石斑魚
• Japanese fire belly newt (Cynops pyrrhogaster) - colloquialism ➜ 井守
• dysentery - colloquialism ➜ 赤痢

noun:

• skin
• condom - colloquialism
• skin (e.g. alternative look and feel for interface of a program) - IT term

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun:

• samurai and commoners
• normal people (as opposed to people of a high social standing)

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

expression:

• blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator - proverb ➜ 時の氏神【ときのうじがみ】・挨拶

noun:

• Pure Land (esp. the Western Pure Land paradise of Amitabha) - Buddhism term
• Pure Land Buddhism - abbreviation

noun:

• samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
• top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends ［上下］ - orig. meaning

expression:

• eyes of a predator; keen eyes; eyes of a cormorant, eyes of a hawk [literal] - idiom

expression:

• the former and the latter; A and B

noun:

• everyone; each and every one (of you); ladies and gentlemen

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• on the brink of
• morning and evening; day and night

noun:

• nation's times of peace and war, rise and fall - four character idiom

noun:

• high and low; (people of) all ranks and classes - four character idiom

noun:

• public music and dancing; performance of song and dance entertainment - four character idiom