noun:

• implement for carrying heavy loads, generally made of bamboo and woven grass or rope

noun:

• good and evil dualism; Manicheanism

noun:

• state-sponsored temples, particularly those favored and protected by the shogunate during the Kamakura period

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - Mahjong term

expression:

• at ordinary times and on special occasions; on every occasion; at all times

noun:

• seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables - Food term ➜ おろし和え【おろしあえ】

noun:

• Europe and Asia

noun:

• paste similar to miso made from koji mold and salt water
• watery mash left over from making soy sauce

noun:

• springs and rocks

noun:

• paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods

noun:

• every single word and phrase; each and every word - four character idiom

noun:

• boiled barley and rice

noun:

• good appetite and good bowel movements; enjoying one's food and having regular stools - four character idiom

noun:

• mud and tile wall topped with tiles

expression / ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become unrestrained and go to excess; to lose all restraint; to lose one's tension and become relaxed; to let go; to become disorderly; to be scattered; to lose one's self-control

adjectival noun / noun:

• loyalty and bravery

noun:

• rise and decline

noun:

• study of plants, minerals, and animals for use in Chinese medicine; herbalism; pharmacognosy

noun:

• dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers (popular in Tochigi Prefecture and surrounds) ➜ 酢憤り

noun / ~する noun:

• change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• immense and limitless - four character idiom

noun:

• mother and father - archaism

noun:

• low-riding vehicle usually containing a powerful speaker system and owned by a juvenile delinquent; pimped-out ride - abbreviation - slang ➜ ヤンキー

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• warm and genial spring weather; genial and balmy - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• custom (habit) of diligence and thrift