noun:

• Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology

noun:

• the passage of people and horses; coming and going of people and horses - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• dash and go; pushing forward - four character idiom

noun:

• brush and ink; writing; drawing

expression:

• dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs) ➜ 犬猿

noun:

• ceremonial sake decanter with a spout and semicircular handle

noun:

• dishes based on spring onions and tuna

noun:

• arts and crafts; artistic handicraft; fine and applied art

noun / ~する noun:

• being so embarrassed as to keep one's face down

noun:

• mind and composure

noun:

• breaks and pauses (in a sentence)
• punctuation - abbreviation ➜ 句読点
• way of reading (esp. kanbun)

noun:

• red and white reversible cap

noun:

• tiles matching both the round wind and one's seat wind - Mahjong term ➜ 圏風牌・門風牌
• pung (or kong) of these tiles (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 役牌

adjective:

• long and thin ➜ 長細い【ながほそい】

ichidan verb:

• to cut and prepare (stones)

noun / adjectival noun:

• big-hearted and free-spirited; daring and uninhibited - four character idiom

noun:

• quick and lightweight car

noun / adjectival noun:

• wise and clear-sighted; intelligent and astute by nature; blessed with talents - four character idiom

expression:

• two people arguing and not letting the other express their opinions - idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• first and fifteenth days of the lunar month (corresponding to new moon and full moon)

noun:

• former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period) ➜ バテレン

noun:

• shallow learning and limited information; ignorant and badly informed - four character idiom

expression:

• be that the case, do so; do as you please; in any case

noun:

• sudden and dramatic event (incident); sudden and strange phenomenon - four character idiom

noun:

• marriage following adultery and a subsequent divorce