noun:

• office and rank; an official rank

noun:

• the dots of i's and the crosses of t's; (not neglecting) the slightest details - four character idiom ➜ 一点一画もおろそかにしない

noun:

• door made of one or several wooden planks and no door framework ➜ 桟唐戸

noun:

• method of dyeing in which a color repeatedly goes from dense to diffuse, diffuse to dense - imported from western China and used in Buddhist pictures, temple ornaments, etc., during the Nara and Heian periods

noun:

• one's wife, children, and other relations; one's whole family - four character idiom

noun:

• Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare

noun:

• right and wrong; right or wrong - four character idiom

noun:

• Russia and Manchuria

noun:

• health and longevity; enjoying a long and healthy life being untouched by disaster - four character idiom

noun:

• Japan and China

noun:

• fish and shellfish

noun / adjectival noun:

• honest and straightforward to a fault - four character idiom

noun:

• fish sauce made of salted and fermented sardines, mackerel, or squid; a specialty of the Noto Peninsula of Ishikawa Prefecture

noun:

• ashes and dust

noun / adjectival noun:

• beneficial and harmless - four character idiom

noun:

• half-game consisting of an east and south round - Mahjong term - From Chinese "banzhuang"

expression:

• don't try and tell me that!; don't try that shit on me ➜ やがる

noun:

• wait-and-see; sitting on the fence; waiting to see which way the wind blows

noun:

• grass and straw (as fodder for horses, etc.) - archaism

noun:

• trial and error - From English "try and error" ➜ トライアルアンドエラー

noun / ~する noun:

• comparison and contrast

noun:

• Minister of Health, Labour and Welfare

expression:

• paper lanterns and temple bells (esp. as an example of two things looking similar on the outside, but of a completely different nature); (like) chalk and cheese; you can't judge a book by its cover - obscure term ➜ 月と鼈【つきとすっぽん】

ichidan verb:

• to think something over and over; to rack one's brains; to be at a loss

adverb:

• root and branch; thoroughly; by the roots; completely; all