noun:

• production, sales and inventory; PSI

noun:

• young men who are not competitive as in the traditional male stereotype, including in the avid pursuit of money and sex, and who may also be kind, co-operative and family-oriented ➜ 草食男子【そうしょくだんし】

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb

noun:

• prostitute and entertainer - archaism ➜ さぶる児【さぶるこ】

noun:

• fabric with a brocade and embroidery; beautiful fabric; beautiful clothes
• beautiful poem; beautiful wording
• beautiful autumn leaves; beautiful flowers

noun:

• China and the Soviet Union ➜ ソ連【ソれん】

prefix:

• Sino-Soviet; Soviet-Chinese ➜ 中ソ国境紛争【ちゅうソこっきょうふんそう】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to break up and start anew; to break out of one's shell; to make a fresh start; to go outside oneself - idiom

expression:

• an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth - from Matthew 5:38

expression / ichidan verb:

• to run aground; to strike a rock; to be stranded on a reef
• to reach a deadlock; to come to a standstill; to run into difficulties; to hit a snag

expression:

• still waters run deep - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• copying and transmitting a text

noun:

• style of temple gate featuring four supporting pillars and a gabled roof

noun:

• sign and seal

noun:

• being generous, benevolent and magnanimous in disposition - four character idiom

noun:

• brick and mortar bookstore

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom

expression / adjectival noun:

• clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)

expression:

• helping and protecting in all ways; acting as a raincoat (protecting from rain) and acting as a hat (protecting from sun) [literal] - proverb ➜ 陰になり日向になり【かげになりひなたになり】

expression:

• beauty and fortune seldom go together; the beautiful die young - four character idiom

noun:

• State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories

noun:

• happiness and health - used in letter writing; referring to the recipient

noun / ~する noun:

• abduction and confinement (esp. unlawful)

expression:

• if you know your enemy and know yourself, in a hundred battles you will never be defeated; know your enemy - from Sun Tzu's The Art of War - proverb

noun:

• salted and fermented meat or fish - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• sitting calmly and quietly (i.e. in order to meditate)