noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom

noun:

• sexual position where the man lies flat on his back and the woman sits on top; cowgirl position - vulgar

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• bold and unrestrained; daring and unfettered - four character idiom

noun:

• soba with various vegetables, seafood, and meat

noun:

• wisdom and courage

noun:

• the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

noun:

• maid at an inn who served clients and worked as a prostitute (Edo period) ➜ 飯盛り女

noun:

• traditional women's hair style, with hair worn up and arched back ➜ 島田髷

noun:

• income and expenditure plan

noun:

• branch-twined hedge around a field to keep out wild boars and deer
• abatis

noun:

• today and tomorrow; today or tomorrow; in a day or two - four character idiom

noun:

• Zen Buddhism and Pure Land Buddhism - from 禅宗 and 浄土宗 - abbreviation

noun:

• subject and predicate

expression:

• as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and immovable as the mountain - four character idiom

noun:

• justice and humanity

conjunction:

• even so; even that

noun:

• (spirit of) independence and self-respect - four character idiom

noun:

• free-spirited and uninhibited - four character idiom

noun:

• Occident and Orient (esp. the Occident)
• ocean; sea

prefix:

• foreign; Western; European

noun:

• family chart and personal history - esp. for お見合い

expression:

• not distinguishing between what's good and bad; not knowing chalk from cheese; mixing good and bad together; shit and miso are the same [literal] - idiom

noun:

• transitional tide between spring and neap tides

noun:

• hovering one's chopsticks back and forth over side dishes, when trying to choose which one to take (a breach of etiquette) ➜ 惑い箸

noun:

• hypothesis that Jews and Japanese are of common ancestry

noun:

• need for social approval and self-esteem