adverb:

• by and by; before long

adjectival noun / noun:

• complicated and mysterious - four character idiom

adjectival noun / noun:

• small, light and thin (of consumer products, esp. electronics) - four character idiom Antonym: 重厚長大

noun / adjectival noun:

• quick and decisive; fast and daring - four character idiom

noun:

• Chinese smoked and salted ham

noun:

• scrubbing and washing; kitchen work

noun:

• seeing Buddha and hearing his teachings - obscure term - Buddhism term

noun:

• soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch

noun:

• impression of a seal over the joint of two papers; tally

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fold and pile up

noun:

• picking and choosing

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to rant and rave; to raise hell

noun:

• archery, horsemanship, spearsmanship, and swordsmanship; martial arts in general - four character idiom

noun:

• socket services - IT term

noun:

• horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp ➜ 虻蜂取らず【あぶはちとらず】

noun / ~する noun:

• being disappointed and disheartened - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• drinking and vomiting; coming and going

noun:

• matter and mind

noun:

• small knife that is largely ornamental or used to cut open letters and the like ➜ 小刀

noun:

• One Thousand and One Nights (collection of Arabic stories)

noun:

• horse mackerel, cut open and dried

noun:

• dinner and drinks served after a wake

noun:

• wholesomeness while meditating and in one's daily affairs - Buddhism term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be different and distinct; to be (relatively) distinct (when referring to items in a set) - Mathematics term ➜ 異なる

noun:

• luck, steadfastness and patience (the three keys to achieving success)