noun:

• line between victory and defeat

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to run (up hill, stairs, etc.)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to run past; to run by
• to go too far ahead

noun:

• the six articles of faith and five pillars of Islam

noun:

• copy and paste - IT term

noun:

• weights and measures

expression:

• pricking up one's ears and listening; listening attentively - from the Disney movie Dumbo

noun / ~する noun:

• being circumscribed by one's own words and actions

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】