noun:

• car rental and lease - abbreviation ➜ レンタカー・カーリース

noun:

• vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions ➜ 合わせ酢

noun / ~する noun:

• custody and care

adjectival noun:

• weak and soft; supple; pliant - lit. ➜ 嫋か【しなやか】

noun:

• singing and playing the sho

noun / ~の noun:

• perpetual youth and longevity; immortality - four character idiom

noun:

• power and popularity

noun:

• one jō and six shaku (4.85m)
• statue of Buddha measuring one jō and six shaku
• sitting cross-legged

noun / ~する noun:

• conservatives and reformists being neck and neck; balanced conservative and progressive strengths - four character idiom

noun:

• Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (United Nations, 1948)

noun:

• self and others; this and that; both sides; oneself and one's opponent; he and I

noun:

• Immigration Control and Refugee Recognition Act

noun:

• fruits and vegetables

noun:

• sacred sword and jewels

noun:

• carriage beautifully decorated with gold, silver, gems, etc., for use by Heian era nobles at festivals and like activities

expression / noun:

• strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)

expression:

• the difference between truth and fiction in art being very subtle; Art abides in a realm that is neither truth nor fiction - four character idiom

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• bright, clear and reverberate

expression / noun:

• before and after (e.g. photos) - From English "before after"

noun:

• every single word and phrase; word by word - four character idiom

expression:

• those who resort to blandishments and fawning smiles are apt to lack compassion; a honeyed tongue with a heart of gall - archaism ➜ 巧言令色

expression:

• all take and no give; rip-off

noun:

• government post and court rank ➜ 官職・爵位

noun:

• pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• the five Ws and one H (who, what, when, where, why and how)