noun:

• walking with bent knees to strengthen thighs and improve balance - Sumo term

noun:

• plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)

noun:

• the various countries of Europe and America

noun:

• to and fro process; back and forth process; cooperative process; collaborative process

noun:

• old and young

noun:

• first and second volume (e.g. of a book); volume one and volume two; book one and book two

noun / ~の noun:

• bricks and clicks; brick and click; business with both physical and online presence ➜ クリックアンドモルタル

noun:

• cross between Hinai-dori and Rhode Island Red chickens ➜ 比内鶏

noun / ~する noun:

• exercising self-restraint and conforming to the rules of etiquette and formality - four character idiom

noun:

• ridges of and paths between fields
• countryside; civilian

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• distance between outstretched thumb and middle finger (approx. 18 cm) - archaism

noun:

• miso mixed with minced great burdock, ginger, etc. and sweetened with sugar ➜ 味噌

noun / ~の noun:

• blue and red; azure and crimson

noun:

• refined and vulgar; classical and colloquial

noun:

• men's fashion style characterized by brown hair and deep-tanned skin, expensive brand-name clothes and accessories

noun:

• prayer and austerities - Buddhism term

noun / adjectival noun:

• detailed and careful; scrupulous; meticulous; elaborate - four character idiom

expression:

• see Naples and die - proverb ➜ 日光を見ずして結構と言うなかれ

noun:

• blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana)

noun:

• mixed writing of literary Japanese and Chinese

noun:

• Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (1869-1871 CE) ［だんじょうだい］
• Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun / ~の noun:

• daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)

noun:

• unity of church and state - four character idiom

noun:

• sweat and blood

noun:

• hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach