noun:

• combined cargo and passenger ship

noun:

• fast Internet connection

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:

• hard life; life of austerity - four character idiom

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

noun:

• rectangular bugaku mask made of thick paper and white silk with facial features drawn on it ➜ 舞楽

noun:

• Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment

noun / adjectival noun:

• luxurious and gorgeous; splendid; dazzling; magnificent - four character idiom

noun:

• the orientation of time and place; awareness of the existing situation - four character idiom

noun:

• mixture of ice and water (for keeping fish fresh)

noun:

• hard luck; misfortune

noun:

• independence and self-reliance - four character idiom

noun:

• railway station built with government and popular support