expression:

• Good and evil are but two faces of the same coin - four character idiom - Buddhism term

expression:

• Blossoms fall and leaves scatter; the evanescence (impermanence) of worldly things - four character idiom

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• gasping for breath; puffing and panting; wheezing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• objective complement; noun or adjective following and modifing the direct object

noun:

• Hamaguri Gomon incident (1864 clash between pro and anti-shogunate forces)

noun:

• plant native to eastern Russia and Hokkaido (Mimulus sessilifolius Maxim. p)

noun:

• same singular and plural form (of a noun) (e.g. sheep)

noun:

• moquette (thick velvety synthetic fabric used for carpets and soft upholstery)

noun:

• hatchet; traditional Japanese edged tool with short handle and wide blade

noun:

• parent and child meeting (with teacher for course, career guidance, etc.)

noun:

• mochi cut thin, dried, and baked or fried ➜ 餅

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement - four character idiom ➜ 侘寂

noun:

• rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)

noun:

• knee touch down - Sumo term
• posture with knees and toes on the floor

noun:

• Jolly Rodger; pirate skull-and-crossbones flag

noun:

• long holiday (esp. Golden Week in late April and early May) ➜ ゴールデンウィーク

noun:

• cupronickel (alloy of approximately 80% copper and 20% nickel) ➜ 白銅

noun:

• poor and careless way of living - archaism - male language
• self deprecating first person pronoun

noun:

• skewered fish (or vegetables, etc.) coated with miso and cooked

noun:

• naan; nan; flatbread in Central and South Asian cuisine - From Hindi

noun:

• silpasthanavidya (ancient Indian study of the arts, incl. mathematics and mechanics) ➜ 五明

noun:

• Formosan whistling thrush (Myophonus insularis) - colloquialism
• blue-and-white flycatcher (Cyanoptila cyanomelana) ➜ 大瑠璃

noun:

• 34 (originally 33) sacred places in and around Chichibu, Saitama Prefecture ➜ 三十三所

noun:

• strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried

noun:

• strips of daikon sliced the long way and dried ➜ 割り干し大根