noun:

• Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Star

noun:

• snow, moon, and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 月雪花【つきゆきはな】

noun / ~する noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• billing and cooing; holding an intimate, long-winded conversation in whispers - archaism - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• clear and concise - four character idiom

noun:

• Thursday and Friday

adjective:

• young and immature - archaism

adverb / noun:

• night and day; all the time - four character idiom

noun:

• wealthy women who strive to follow the fashions exactly and be seen in all the right place

noun:

• common and low grade type of katsuobushi
• bamboo rod used during imperial exorcism ceremonies

noun:

• transportation and delivery

noun:

• food and beverage

noun:

• geisha and maiko

noun / ~する noun:

• questioning accused and witness together - Law term

noun:

• day and night

noun:

• praise and censure; approval and disapproval; approbation and condemnation

expression / noun / ~の noun:

• (woman with) beautiful eyes and mouth - idiom ➜ 目元千両

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; sometimes you have to lose to win - proverb

noun:

• deity of rice fields and harvests

noun:

• The Agency for Buddhists and Foreigners (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

noun:

• Death comes to old and young alike; uncertainty of life - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• stand idly by and watch - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• heavy, thick, long, and big (products, esp. industrial); massive and heavy; heavy (industry) - four character idiom Antonym: 軽薄短小

noun / ~する noun:

• copy-and-paste - abbreviation

noun:

• beautiful man and woman; handsome couple