noun:

• Minister of Health and Welfare

noun:

• beautiful and quiet scene

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

noun:

• sick and wounded soldiers

conjunction:

• and; thereupon; because of that - colloquialism ➜ 其れで

noun:

• bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• parent and daughter ➜ 親子

expression:

• in one ear and out the other

adverb:

• this and that; one thing or another ➜ どうのこうの

noun:

• tea ceremony performed with tables and chairs (instead of sitting on tatami)

noun:

• securing rights and profits

noun / ~する noun:

• comparison and choosing the good; consultation; referring to

noun:

• era at the turn of 1960s into 70s dominated by grand champions Kitanofuji and Tamanoumi - Sumo term

adjectival noun / adverb / noun / ~する noun / ~と adverb:

• dry and crumbling - onomatopoeia
• whispering; subdued; murmuring; muttering
• tasteless; flavorless; flavourless

noun:

• loyalty to the emperor and expulsion of the foreigners - four character idiom

noun:

• Japan and Poland

noun:

• observing and reviewing the effects of a drug after it has been released onto the market

noun:

• the fishing and agrarian populace

noun:

• the right to bear a surname and to wear a sword (during the Edo period) - four character idiom

noun:

• kitchen-cum-office of a Zen temple or monastery, where meals are prepared and senior priests have their offices

noun:

• Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan - abbreviation

noun:

• cross between a mallard and domestic duck

noun / adjectival noun:

• resourceful and quick-witted; showing a flash of brilliance; have a keen (sparkling) intellect - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• pure of heart and beautiful; innocent and beautiful - four character idiom

noun:

• forward arming and refueling point