noun:

• brown tinged with olive green and indigo

noun:

• wise and learned elder - obscure term

noun:

• body and mind as one; mind-body unity - four character idiom

noun:

• slash-and-burn agriculture

noun:

• incantation and prayer - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• feelings of dread and aversion - four character idiom

adverb:

• such and such - archaism

noun:

• area of a soccer pitch between the penalty area and the centre ring (of tactical importance) - Sports term - From English "vital area"

noun:

• (tiny) house about nine feet wide and 12 feet deep - four character idiom

noun:

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

noun:

• up and down, left and right; top and bottom, left and right - four character idiom

noun:

• being wounded in mind and body - four character idiom

expression:

• Heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth - four character idiom

expression:

• being in doubt and unable to decide; hesitation and indecision - four character idiom

adverb / ~と adverb:

• long, slender and well-proportioned - onomatopoeia
• smooth, continuous (movement) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dish of rice, fish and vegetables

noun:

• breaking and removing frozen snow to expose the ground - obscure term

noun:

• joint military exercise

noun / ~する noun:

• following someone's example, and committing suicide

noun:

• vinegar mixed with ginger juice and soy sauce, etc. - Food term

noun:

• system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space

noun:

• tossing several items into the air and attempting to catch them all (form of street performance)
• sleight of hand; magic

expression:

• reduced to skin and bones

noun:

• abolition of feudal domains and establishment of prefectures (1871) - four character idiom

noun:

• joint manufacturing; joint production; production joint venture