noun:

• butt of a gun

expression / noun:

• all the gods and goddesses; all the deities - Shintō term ➜ 八百万【やおよろず】

noun:

• banquet and concert pavilion (of the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 七殿・十七殿

noun:

• government and public offices; public agency

noun:

• planting and harvesting; farming

expression / ichidan verb:

• to proofread again and again

noun:

• Japanese and Chinese literature

adjectival noun / noun:

• clear and cold (water, etc.)

noun:

• first-run limited edition technical recording ➜ 初回生産限定盤

noun:

• roots of herbs and barks of trees used in Chinese medicine - four character idiom

noun:

• combination microwave and (gas or electric bar) oven - From English "oven range" ➜ 電子レンジ

noun:

• Foreign Exchange and Foreign Trade Control Law - Law term

noun:

• benevolence and strictness

noun:

• half-way between medium and well done - From English "medium well"

noun:

• three primary virtues: valour, wisdom and benevolence (valor)

noun:

• stock exchange member who facilitates trading by matching buy and sell orders (similar to an NYSE specialist) - Kantō dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• going to work and leaving work; clocking in and clocking out

noun:

• picking herbs and wildflowers

noun:

• the boar, deer and butterfly cards (high-scoring combination in hanafuda) ➜ 花札

noun:

• Heian-period ceremony where a newlywed groom and bride eat a rice-cake on the third night after the wedding ceremony

noun:

• mustache and beard

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights

noun:

• counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses

adverb:

• for millennia and millennia; for years and years; forever and ever - archaism

noun:

• red and white oval rice cakes