noun / ~する noun:

• jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other) - four character idiom

noun:

• Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan - abbreviation

noun:

• chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce

noun:

• soft tennis; tennis played with soft rubber balls instead of hard yellow balls ➜ 硬式テニス【こうしきテニス】・ソフトテニス

expression:

• scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path - four character idiom

noun:

• clear broth soup, with ingredients and garnish floating in and on it

noun:

• chopped burdock root (and sometimes carrot) cooked in sugar and soy sauce - abbreviation ➜ 金平牛蒡

noun:

• three famous ancient calligraphers: Emperor Saga and Tachibana (no) Hayanari and Kooboo Daishi

noun:

• dictionary giving etymology and describing historical changes in meaning and usage

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• composed and unhurried; easygoing and leisurely; in indolence - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• broad-minded and free in disposition; large-hearted and not scrupulous about trifles - four character idiom

noun:

• eel and cucumber salad, finely sliced, dressed in sake, soy, and vinegar - Food term

expression:

• fields and rice paddies that have been abandoned and are no longer cultivated

noun:

• time of year when television and radio replace programs (usu. spring and fall)

noun:

• village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gradually; little by little; in a breezy manner - onomatopoeia

adverb:

• soon; before long - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• here and there; scattered - onomatopoeia

noun:

• spots; dots; pimples; rash - onomatopoeia

noun:

• outdoor bench (placed under the eaves of a house and used for cooling off during the summer)

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• fruit of a cactus in genus Opuntia (incl. prickly pears and cholla); cactus pear

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka) ➜ 京の着倒れ・食い倒れ

ichidan verb:

• to take off something (e.g. a pair of shoes) and leave them neatly aligned side by side

noun:

• silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) - Buddhism term

noun:

• civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood) - Food term - From French

noun:

• half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once