noun:

• track-and-field association; athletics association - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• acceptance inspection; collating; receipt and inspection

noun:

• being imaginative and creative; creative originality - four character idiom

noun:

• left-and-right pair; symmetrical pair - four character idiom

noun:

• the middle-aged and the elderly

expression:

• as (one) walks on, and on

noun:

• automatic calling and automatic answering unit - IT term

noun:

• annihilation (of particle and anti-particle) - Physics term

noun:

• combined junior high and high school

adverb:

• repeatedly; over and over again

noun:

• Japanese and Chinese medicine; oriental medicine

noun:

• Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism - from 禅宗 and 浄土宗 - abbreviation

noun:

• hot and humid climate; steamy climate

noun:

• printed, semi-cursive, and cursive scripts ➜ 楷書・行書・草書・行草【ぎょうそう】

noun:

• industrial science and technology; industrial techniques

noun:

• political economy; political science and economics

noun:

• joint management council (labor and management)

noun:

• government and public offices; public agency

noun:

• bait and switch; switch selling

expression:

• no complaints and no returns - used in online auctions - abbreviation ➜ ノークレームノーリターン

adjective:

• painfully itchy; painful and itchy

expression:

• bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness - four character idiom
• strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail (Mencius)

noun:

• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa)

noun:

• "benefit-your-locality" tax scheme; system in which taxpayers can choose to divert part of their residential tax to a specified local government

noun:

• knee
• lap; knee and thigh (while sitting)