noun:

• poets and artists; persons who take delight in such refined pursuits as poetry, literature, painting, and calligraphy - four character idiom

noun:

• the five pillars of Islam and six articles of faith ➜ 六信五行

noun:

• light shower on a night in late autumn and early winter - four character idiom

noun:

• long and short stitch

expression:

• taste for the simple and quiet; wabi and sabi

noun:

• small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric

noun:

• joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)

noun:

• pasturing cattle in summer and feeding them indoors during winter; rotated grazing - four character idiom ➜ 夏山冬里方式

noun / adjectival noun:

• peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful - four character idiom

noun:

• superior talent and strategic wisdom; outstanding abilities and a talent for developing and implementing grand strategies - four character idiom

noun:

• Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry; METI - abbreviation ➜ 経済産業省

noun:

• older and fashionable man (wild-looking, burly, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• brush and paper; description

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• large and wide
• peaceful and calm

noun:

• agricultural and marine products

noun / ~する noun:

• praise and encouragement

noun:

• off and on manner; intermittent style; dragging on and on - often 五月雨式に - four character idiom ➜ 五月雨【さみだれ】

expression:

• miss and out race

noun:

• high and dry ground

noun:

• season when the sky is clear and the air warm (spring)
• first ten days of the fourth lunar month ➜ 卯月

adjectival noun / noun:

• simple and kind; innocent

noun:

• hair and makeup artist; beautician; hair-dresser - From English "hair make artist"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to eat oneself out of house and home; to eat up completely

expression:

• always dot the i's and cross the t's; don't neglect the slightest detail; be punctilious - proverb

noun:

• playing shogi with a handicap of the rook and bishop
• participating in a contest while missing key players, pieces, etc.