noun:

• pushing and shoving techniques - Sumo term

noun:

• food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu) - Food term

noun:

• loose and disheveled hair

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence - four character idiom

noun:

• terminate and stay resident program - IT term

noun:

• woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties

noun:

• the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology - four character idiom

noun:

• man between 61 and 65 (ritsuryo system)

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to err and not change one's ways, this is what it is to err (from Analects of Confucius)

noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

noun:

• raising and lowering; praising and blaming

noun:

• regional Sanuki cuisine, usu. of minced vegetables, seafood, and vinegared miso - from 鉄砲和え ➜ 鉄砲和え

noun:

• anti-aircraft gun; antiaircraft artillery

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism; Buddhist hell of uninterrupted suffering - four character idiom

noun:

• head of a pipe, incl. the bowl and stem attachment
• neck; head - colloquialism

noun:

• happiness and sorrows

expression:

• the former and the latter; A and B

noun / ~する noun:

• heavy eating and drinking; gorging and swilling; drinking like a cow and eating like a horse - four character idiom

noun / suffix noun:

• commerce and industry association - from 商工団体連合会, etc. - abbreviation

adjectival noun / noun / ~の noun:

• erotic and grotesque - abbreviation

noun:

• new and revised edition

adjectival noun / adverb:

• scattered here and there; at intervals

noun:

• wind and waves; rough seas; storm; dispute; quarrel; trouble

noun:

• health and welfare

noun:

• husband and wife travelling together (traveling)