noun:

• dish of white miso mixed with roasted Japanese nutmeg powder, sugar and sesame seeds, etc. ➜ 味噌

noun:

• former men of wisdom and virtue

noun:

• certified center for early childhood education and care; ECEC; certified child center; type of combined day-care center and kindergarten - abbreviation ➜ 認定こども園

noun:

• IF-AND-ONLY-IF gate; IF-AND-ONLY-IF element - IT term

noun:

• ban on maritime activities during China's Ming and Qing dynasties

noun:

• wisdom and self-protection; wise and skilled in the art of self-protection - four character idiom

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to keep in mind and do as one has been told; to learn and obey; to act in accordance; to comply

noun:

• sweet adzuki bean paste made of a mixture of mashed and whole beans

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cut and dry (in the sun)

noun:

• leniency and severity

noun:

• AND gate; AND element - IT term

noun:

• moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 雪月花

noun / ~する noun:

• getting slightly intoxicated and humming a tune

noun:

• vegetable and fruit growing

noun:

• decorating shrines and gates with shimenawa ropes for the New Year ➜ 注連縄

noun:

• patient and relatives

noun:

• boiled and half-dried bonito - abbreviation ➜ 生り節

noun:

• gods and men ［しんじん］
• godlike person; person as powerful as a god; person as refined as a god ［しんじん］
• low-ranking Shinto priest - archaism

noun:

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

noun:

• combined day-care center and kindergarten ➜ 認定こども園

noun:

• intimate friends and acquaintances - four character idiom

noun:

• waxing and waning (of the moon)

noun:

• wet and dry-bulb thermometer

noun:

• his-and-her watches; pair watches; couple watch set

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities