expression:

• now rejoicing, now worrying; swinging from joy to sorrow; glad and sad by turns; alternating hope and fear; unable to put one's mind at ease - four character idiom

noun:

• lotus position (meditation and yoga posture); padmasana; sitting with legs crossed and feet placed on opposing thighs ➜ 結跏趺坐
• lotus seat (under Buddhist statue); lotus base; lotus pedestal

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

noun:

• all of one's relatives by blood and by marriage; one's kith and kin - four character idiom

noun:

• sardine and holly charm; sardine head and holly branch placed next to the front door during setsubun to ward off demons

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いきじめ］ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いきしめ ➜ 活け締め【いけじめ】

noun:

• advancing and retreating; appearance and disappearance; one's daily activities; one's course of action; one's attitude - four character idiom

noun:

• one mobile telephone ring (used by companies, usually sex-related, to register a phone number on a mobile in the hope people will return the call. Also used between acquaintances when swapping telephone numbers, or to get another person to call oneself)

noun:

• type of alloy of copper and zinc (brass) with zinc at about 33-67% used to solder metals like copper and iron

noun:

• embouchure; position and use of the lips, tongue, and teeth in playing a wind instrument - From French
• mouthpiece of a musical instrument

noun:

• mixture of both culture and vulgarism; mixture of both literary and colloquial (language) - four character idiom

noun:

• access to genetic resources and benefit sharing; Access and Benefit-Sharing; ABS

noun:

• lidar; LIDAR; Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging; Light Detection And Ranging

noun:

• Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement

noun:

• court rank and honors; court rank and honours

noun:

• diligence and indolence; diligence; attendance; attendance and absence ➜ 出欠・勤惰

noun:

• foot-and-mouth disease; hoof-and-mouth disease

noun:

• track and hold unit; track and store unit - IT term

noun:

• track and hold unit; track and store unit - IT term

noun:

• right or wrong; good or bad; quality; suitability
• having both merits and demerits; having both advantages and disadvantages

adverb:

• often; again and again; over and over again; repeatedly; frequently

noun:

• the hole (between third and short); area between the third baseman and shortstop - Baseball term

noun / ~する noun:

• working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits - four character idiom

noun:

• type of stew, usu. fish or vegetables in a mild broth; fish grilled unseasoned and then simmered slowly in soy and mirin broth

expression:

• intending to persuade someone and instead being persuaded oneself; going for wool and coming home shorn; the biter bit; the mummy hunter himself becomes a mummy [literal] - idiom