noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• colorless and transparent - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)

noun:

• mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried ➜ 欠き餅

expression:

• even so; anyhow; at any rate

noun:

• pitcher and catcher - Baseball term

noun:

• giving up and turning back

noun:

• rank and official position

noun:

• (sense of) crushing evil and spreading the truth - Buddhism term

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Science and Technology Policy - abbreviation ➜ 科学技術政策担当大臣【かがくぎじゅつせいさくたんとうだいじん】

noun / ~する noun:

• one's chest tightening up (from emotion) so much that one feels one's heart might stop; "dying of cuteness" - colloquialism ➜ きゅん

noun:

• far sight and deep design - four character idiom

expression:

• 3 days and 3 nights

expression:

• I told you so - obscure term ➜ 言わんこっちゃない

noun:

• Antigua and Barbuda

noun:

• "dancing" with hands and arms from a seated position; dancing empty-handed

noun:

• master and friends

noun:

• type of sushi with vinegared fish and rice lightly pressed overnight

noun:

• nine traditional astrological signs in Onmyōdō, each corresponding to the year of a person's birth and used to create a horoscope ➜ 陰陽道・一白【いっぱく】・二黒【じこく】・三碧【さんぺき】・四緑【しろく】・五黄【ごおう】・六白【ろっぱく】・七赤【しちせき】・八白【はっぱく】・九紫【きゅうし】

noun:

• reserve and consideration (to others) - four character idiom

noun:

• endless cycle of rebirth through the three worlds of past, present, and future existences - four character idiom - Buddhism term

noun:

• winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair - Mahjong term

noun:

• evil spirits of rivers and mountains - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• dismantling an historic building and reconstructing it elsewhere

auxiliary verb:

• indicates respect for the one performing an action and politeness to the listener - after a monosyllable imperfective form verb - archaism - female language - polite language

noun:

• dish of fish (meat, etc.), tofu, vegetables boiled together and served with ponzu dipping sauce; pot used to cook such a dish