noun:

• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised) ➜ 心学

noun:

• historic sites, places of scenic beauty and natural monuments

noun:

• persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period) ➜ 男伊達

noun:

• clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water) - four character idiom

noun:

• society where IT related gadgets are prevalent and their function transparent (from "ubiquitous computing")

noun:

• scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

expression / noun:

• sacrament of penance and reconciliation

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• medical, dental and pharmacological

noun:

• (a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty - four character idiom

noun:

• shop where one can buy and sell gift certificates, coupons, travel and concert tickets, etc.

noun:

• maneuver to draw a sword from its scabbard and cut immediately - Martial Arts term

noun:

• person and place name

noun:

• hot-and-sour cabbage - Food term - From Chinese "la bai cai"

noun:

• dried citrus peel (esp. of a satsuma mandarin) used as seasoning and in traditional Chinese medicine; chenpi ➜ 蜜柑

noun:

• waning and waxing (usu. of the moon) ➜ 盈虧【えいき】

adjectival noun:

• quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

noun / ~する noun:

• hit-and-run accident causing property damage

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• with colors flying and band playing; triumphantly; in splendid array

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

noun:

• (possession of) one feudal domain and one castle; being independent (acting without compromise or assistance) - four character idiom
• establishing only one castle in each feudal domain (edict issued by the shogunate in 1615)

noun:

• ministerial authority to grant permits and approvals - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (of a couple) fighting and splitting up

noun:

• birth and death; years of birth and death

expression:

• scholarship and swordsmanship are one and the same; the literary and the military are the same path - four character idiom