noun:

• referee officiating at bouts of rank-and-file wrestlers in the highest division - Sumo term

expression:

• see Naples and die - proverb

noun:

• sweet paste of white beans and miso

noun / ~の noun:

• arguments for and against; pros and cons; mixed reception; mixed reviews - four character idiom

expression:

• autumn with the sky clear and blue, and horses growing stout [literal]; autumn comes with harvest time and clear weather - proverb

noun:

• separation of church and state - four character idiom

noun:

• school building for housing an imperial photograph and a copy of the Rescript on Education (pre-war Japan)

noun:

• pung (or kong) of west tiles when west is both the round wind and one's seat wind (yaku) - Mahjong term ➜ 連風牌

noun:

• (a line, queue) being long and serpentine - four character idiom

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to topple over and lean at a precarious angle; to fall onto something and lean against it
• to be on the point of collapse; to be about to fall; to begin to fall

noun:

• military provisions and cavalry horse fodder

expression / ~と adverb / adverb:

• this and that; one thing or another

noun:

• yesterday and today - four character idiom
• (something that happened) only yesterday (just recently)

noun:

• fish salted and dried overnight

noun / adjectival noun:

• dauntless and decisive; with fortitude and resolution - four character idiom

noun:

• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

noun:

• humanity, justice, loyalty, and filial piety - four character idiom

expression:

• this and that

noun:

• pitch and length marks (to accompany a Buddhist liturgical chant, etc.) ➜ 博士【はかせ】

expression:

• freshly laundered and starched; fresh and unwrinkled ➜ 洗濯糊

noun / adjectival noun:

• wide-ranging and diverse; multifarious - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone

adjective:

• sweet and sour; bittersweet

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• all nature being bleak and desolate; scene looking desolate and forlorn as far as the eye can see - four character idiom

noun:

• a service station for cars that run on alternative fuels