noun:

• rising diagonally up and to the right
• growing; expanding; soaring

noun:

• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and the index and middle fingers ➜ 単鉤法

noun / ~する noun:

• waxing and waning of the moon; phase of the moon - Astronomy term ➜ 盈虧
• rising and falling (of fortune)

godan ~す verb:

• to dig up and expose a criminal matter

noun:

• Thousand and One Nights

adjectival noun / ~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb / noun:

• rising above the trivia of life and remaining calm and selfless - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• hardships and privations - four character idiom

noun:

• nationals and foreigners

noun:

• the scenery being beautiful in both sunny and rainy weather - four character idiom

noun:

• squares and circles; square and round shapes

noun:

• someone haughty and boastful at home but meek and reserved outside; being a lion at home and a mouse abroad

noun:

• thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink

noun:

• ease and comfort

noun:

• English, Mathematics and Japanese

noun:

• sand and stone; pebble

noun:

• combined junior high and high school

noun:

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

noun:

• Minister of Posts and Telecommunications

noun:

• red bishop (species of African weaverbird, Euplectes orix)

noun / ~する noun:

• collecting together and buying; doing a big shop

noun:

• fair and equitable principle - Law term ➜ 信義誠実の原則

noun:

• short clip used to begin and end commercial breaks on Japanese TV - From English "eyecatch"

noun:

• red

noun:

• Special Weapons and Tactics; SWAT

noun:

• unpolished and uncut gem