noun / ~する noun:

• drying and hardening

noun:

• work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom

noun:

• person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths

noun:

• closing argument and sentencing recommendation (of a prosecutor)

noun:

• traveling alone and with little luggage (travelling)

adjectival noun / noun:

• pure and good; unmixed and of high quality - of a thing
• good-natured; genuine; wholesome - of a person

noun:

• Orient and Occident; Atlantic and Pacific

noun:

• arithmetic and control unit; ACU - IT term

noun:

• metal collar mounted between a sword blade and the hand guard

expression / noun:

• ebb and flow

noun:

• record of a person's words and deeds

noun:

• difficult, dirty, and dangerous (work) - from きつい・汚い・危険
• apartment with three bedrooms and a kitchen

noun:

• ups and downs of life; vicissitudes of fortune - four character idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to compare and contrast two alternatives; to weigh the relative merits of A and B; to weigh one's options
• to try to have it both ways; to try to sit on two stools ➜ 両天秤を掛ける

noun:

• dried codfish soaked in water for few days, and cooked almost to dryness in soy sauce and water (Kyoto speciality)

noun:

• bait-and-switch advertising; bait-and-switch advertisement

noun:

• Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications

noun:

• seven-and-five-syllable meter

expression:

• trying to straighten the horns of a bull, and killing it in the process; trying to correct a small defect and ruining the whole thing; The cure is worse than the disease - four character idiom

noun:

• nephews and nieces

noun:

• aluminium and sicilicum alloy - From German "Silumin"

noun / ~する noun:

• agitating other players in a multiplayer or online game by rapidly moving one's avatar left and right - abbr. of シャア専用ゲルググのダンス - slang

noun:

• mochi containing red bean paste ➜ 餅【もち】・餡

noun:

• ebb and flow

noun:

• rice and salt; the necessities of life