noun:

• geography and history

noun:

• artistic and literary circles

godan ~す verb:

• to compliment and criticize lavishly (criticise)

noun:

• bitter cold and fierce heat - four character idiom

noun:

• miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat

noun:

• dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers ➜ しもつかれ

noun:

• fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories - abbreviation ➜ お姉系ギャル

expression:

• the positive and the negative

expression / ichidan verb:

• to wear the mantle of (borrowed) authority and misuse it

noun:

• combined cargo and passenger ship

noun:

• awareness and activity about global environmental, etc. problems - From English "Earth conscious"

noun:

• the nature of plants to grow down and root; geotropism

noun:

• painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting

expression:

• all pain and no gain; lots of pain and not much gain - idiom

noun:

• All-Campus Joint Struggle League; student group active at universities throughout Japan between 1968 and 1969

noun:

• the three main Shinto gods: Amaterasu Omikami, Tsukuyomi no Mikoto and Susano-o no Mikoto; three precious children ➜ 三柱の神

noun / adjectival noun:

• attractive face and figure - four character idiom

godan ~む verb:

• to grieve and moan

noun:

• the six historical styles of writing kanji: large seal, small seal, clerical, triangular-swept clerical, running, and cursive

expression:

• stillness and motion

expression / noun:

• showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)

noun:

• false arrest and imprisonment; illegal arrest and confinement ➜ 逮捕監禁罪

noun:

• bowl of eel and rice (donburi) - Kansai dialect ➜ 鰻丼

noun:

• the gods of heaven and earth - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• both mother and child