noun:

• novel depicting customs and manners of the day - four character idiom

noun:

• being versed in the literary and military arts

noun:

• coach announcing the winner and winning technique - Sumo term

noun:

• the principle of honorable death and no surrender - four character idiom

noun:

• Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations

expression / noun:

• the three Rs; reading, writing and arithmetic

noun:

• The Agency for Buddhists and Foreigners (ritsuryo system)

noun:

• Australia, New Zealand and the United States; ANZUS ➜ アンザス条約

noun:

• the four gentlemen (plum, chrysanthemum, orchid, and bamboo)

noun:

• The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI - abbreviation ➜ 日本商工会議所

noun:

• The Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry; JCCI

noun:

• the three sacred mountains: Fuji, Atsuta, and Kumano - obscure term ➜ 霊山

noun:

• empty rice field (between the harvest and spring)

noun:

• flowers and the moon - archaism
• refined leisure; elegant pastime - archaism

noun:

• Amphibia; class comprising the extant and extinct amphibians

noun:

• Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices - Buddhism term

noun:

• five flavors (sweet, salty, spicy, sour, bitter); five palates; five tastes
• five flavors (milk at various stages of making ghee: fresh milk, cream, curdled milk, butter, and ghee); "the five periods of the Buddha's teachings" [figurative] - Buddhism term ➜ 五時教

noun:

• take-out; take-away; carry-out

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to hold (in one's hand); to take (into one's hand)
• to own; to obtain

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to hit the bull's-eye
• to go as expected; to succeed (e.g. a plan)

noun:

• The Classic of Poetry; The Book of Songs; The Book of Odes; Shijing; Shih Ching ➜ 五経

expression:

• it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb

noun:

• archaic period of time (usu. a period of approx. two hours corresponding to one of the signs of the Chinese zodiac)
• carving; engraving; cutting; mincing ［刻］
• victory ［剋］
• strictness; cruelty

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to go downhill (e.g. for one's business); to be badly off (economically) ➜ 左前

noun / ~する noun:

• drawing away from someone because of their speech or actions; having the mood ruined
• zooming out or backing the camera away to get a wider image (film, TV)