noun / ~の noun:

• conveying the will of the governing to the governed; top-down (system) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• east and west
• Orient and Occident; East and West

expression:

• Ladies and Gentlemen!; Your attention, please!; roll-up, roll-up ［とうざい］ - abbreviation ➜ 東西東西

noun:

• bell signalling that work, class, etc. will formally begin shortly; first bell; warning bell ➜ 本鈴

noun:

• seeds and seedlings
• eggs and hatchlings; (fish) eggs and fry

expression:

• when kids get in a fight, their parents come to their aid; yelping curs will raise mastiffs - proverb

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to abuse (verbally); to curse at; to shout abuse at; to speak ill of

noun / ~する noun:

• inability to make up one's mind due to worrying about how others will think; hesitation; wavering; vacillation - four character idiom

expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

noun:

• wait for the middle tile of a three-in-a-row which will finish one's hand - Mahjong term

expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

noun:

• salad of fish and vegetables, dressed with crushed mustard leaves and greens seasoned with sake lees, miso and vinegar - Food term

noun:

• better being rough and ready than slow and elaborate; better being brisk and sharp than slow and prudent - four character idiom

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck - four character idiom

noun:

• fraudulent way of business, cajoling people into buying articles for an extremely high price by claiming they will bring good luck ➜ 霊感商法

noun:

• your will; your wishes; your request - honorific language

noun:

• batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike - Baseball term

noun:

• front and back; before and behind; before and after

adjectival noun:

• tranquillity and peace; tranquility and peace; peaceful and uneventful - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• tall and steep
• severe and dignified; severe and cruel

noun:

• front and rear; front and back; before and behind - archaism

adjectival noun / noun:

• serious; not joking; straight - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ 真面目【まじめ】

auxiliary verb:

• cannot; should not; will not; must not ［まじ］ ➜ まい

noun:

• the cosmic dual forces (yin and yang) and the five elements (metal, wood, water, fire and earth) in Chinese cosmology - four character idiom

noun:

• living will

noun:

• Murphy's Law ("Whatever can go wrong, will go wrong")

noun / adjectival noun:

• selfishness; egotism; egoism; (being) self-centered; without consulting; (doing) as one pleases; one's own free will - four character idiom