noun:

• dish of fish or meat flavoured with soy sauce, mirin, etc., coated with starch and then deep-fried - Food term

noun:

• wisdom and good (common sense) judgment - four character idiom

noun:

• hunger and cold

noun:

• China and foreign countries (from the perspective of China); civilized land and uncivilized land

noun:

• shallow, glib and obsequious person - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to observe the reasons and types of faults a person makes is to come to know whether they are virtuous or not

noun:

• god of shepherds, herdsmen, flocks and herds; Pan; Faunus

adjective:

• smelling of rotten food and drink - obscure term

noun:

• Thursday, Friday and Saturday

noun:

• half and half; half-and-half

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• (of a woman) slender and smartly shaped

noun:

• double-barreled gun

noun / adjectival noun:

• having handsome and clean-cut features - four character idiom

noun:

• peach and plum
• person of one's recommendation ➜ 桃李もの言わざれども下自ら蹊を成す

noun:

• UN Food and Agriculture Organization (Organisation); FAO

expression:

• result of one's blood, sweat, and tears; fruits of one's labour

noun:

• stalwart and insurgent factions

noun:

• kimono and ancient head-dress

noun:

• tax and service charge included - from 税金 and サービス - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• admiration and devotion; hearty submission

noun:

• mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

noun:

• first run

noun / ~する noun:

• shift away from manufacturing to an information and service-based economy - Economics term
• softening
• release (e.g. of a movie) on home video (e.g. DVD, BD, VHS)

noun:

• something broad and flat

~の noun:

• common; ordinary; plain; rank-and-file

noun:

• low-ranking employee; freshman; novice; private - abbreviation ➜ 平社員

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting across from each other and drinking together