noun:

• army and navy

noun:

• crab meat and rice

noun:

• era during the 1950s dominated by grand champions Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I - Sumo term

noun:

• rise and fall (of nations)

noun / ~の noun:

• indoor and outdoor

expression:

• names and natures do often agree - proverb

expression:

• points and lines

noun:

• round plaque carrying the image of a Buddha (usually hammered from behind) used in temples and shrines

noun:

• hierarchy of samurai, farmers, artisans, and merchants in Edo society - four character idiom

noun:

• governing a nation and providing relief to people - four character idiom

noun:

• Japan and Belgium

noun:

• head and branch offices

noun:

• Yangtze and Yellow rivers; large river

noun:

• Japanese tofu and vegetable chowder

expression / noun:

• casting off the drudgery of everyday life and doing as one pleases; kicking back

noun / ~する noun:

• starving and freezing to death - obscure term

noun:

• the Spring and Autumn period and the Warring States period (Chinese history) - four character idiom

noun:

• town and country

noun:

• calm and free of ambition or care

expression:

• money comes and goes; money goes around and around - proverb

noun:

• chicken and scallion skewer ➜ 焼き鳥

noun:

• type of lettering consisting of thick vertical and horizontal lines which is often used in seals

noun:

• joint venture; JV

expression:

• Japan and Korea as one (slogan from 1910-1945)

noun:

• free and unbiased; fair and just; ruling or judging what's right is right and what's wrong is wrong; calling spade a spade - four character idiom