noun:

• Japan and the Philippines

noun:

• dish consisting of fried potatoes, bacon and onion - Food term - From English "German potato"

noun:

• men and horses

noun:

• era during early 1900s dominated by the grand champions Hitachiyama and Umegatani II - Sumo term

adjectival noun:

• upbeat and freehearted; cheerful and magnanimous - four character idiom

noun:

• tax-exempt savings system which includes stocks and cash ➜ マル優

noun:

• nose and ears

noun / ~する noun:

• drinking hard; drinking like a fish

noun:

• Committee on Rules and Administration (Diet) - abbreviation ➜ 議院運営委員会

noun:

• proper diet and Chinese herbal medicine share the same principles - four character idiom ➜ 医食同源

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• national research and development agency

noun:

• hard work; rough physical labour ➜ あらしごと

expression:

• point and figure

noun:

• long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono

noun:

• (as discordant as) fire and water

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• openly and in broad daylight - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• simple and clear; plain and lucid - four character idiom

expression:

• mixture of fact and fiction; half-truths

noun:

• joint venture of government and business; business venture financed jointly by the public and private sectors; semi-public sector; third sector [literal]

godan ~る verb:

• to dry and harden

noun:

• work hakama that are loose at the top and tight at the bottom - obscure term ➜ 猿袴

adjectival noun / noun:

• good and obedient; gentle; meek

noun:

• wind and string instruments

noun:

• hard sell