noun:

• the friendly atmosphere of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom

expression:

• Life and death are the two faces of the same coin - four character idiom

noun:

• the typhoon Ginza; the area (of Japan) where typhoons frequently pass - four character idiom

adverbial noun:

• upon arrival of an item (items); as soon as one arrives - four character idiom

noun:

• government (public policy) focusing on the construction of public (community) buildings - often used to criticise wasteful spending

noun:

• balance of power among factions (within a political party); factional balance - four character idiom

noun:

• man of perennial youth; man who never loses his youthful vigor - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• (person) seeming like a genius; (having) the temperament of a prodigy

noun:

• stink of blood or meat; meat eating barbarian (i.e. Westerner)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to look old; to appear mature (e.g. of children)

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

noun:

• Korean (person) - derogatory term - slang - sensitive
• idiot
• Korean currency unit (1/100 of a won) - From Korean "jeon"

noun:

• (fictional) fusion of human and animal; therianthrope; furry; human beast

noun:

• using money as a weapon; power of money

noun:

• stationed in France; resident to France (e.g. of Ambassadors, etc.)

noun:

• Ryukyu Islands; southern chain of the Nansei Islands comprising Okinawa Prefecture ➜ 南西諸島

noun:

• Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas - Buddhism term ➜ 胎蔵界曼荼羅【たいぞうかいまんだら】・金剛界曼荼羅【こんごうかいまんだら】

expression:

• two halves of the whole; two wheels on which everything rolls

noun:

• Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)

noun:

• checkmark; mark in the shape of the katakana "re"

noun:

• groove in the body of wooden plane which holds the blade

noun:

• inner part of a tatami mat
• tokonoma with tatami flooring

expression / ~の noun:

• (living) from hand to mouth; living on the fringe of subsistance

noun:

• one field; a division; a branch (e.g. of study, etc.)

noun:

• ich (Ichthyophthirius multifiliis) infection; white spot (protozoan infection of freshwater fish)