noun:

• the milk of human kindness of the people of the traditional commercial and working-class neighborhoods - four character idiom

expression:

• even so (expressing frustration, etc.); still

expression:

• if I do say so myself

noun:

• all times and places; all ages and countries - four character idiom

noun:

• principles and parameters approach

noun:

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

adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of something thick and soft being pierced by something sharp and hard - onomatopoeia
• containing sullen anger or discontent

~と adverb / adverb:

• tall and thin; long and thin; lanky; spindly; gangly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• dogs and cats; pets
• something trivial; worthless thing - idiom

noun:

• Minister of Internal Affairs and Communications ➜ 総務大臣

noun:

• short and round sleeves of a kimono

expression:

• bread and circuses

noun:

• urine and excrement - archaism

noun:

• The Treaty of Amity and Commerce (July 29, 1858); Japan-US Friendship and Trade Treaty

noun:

• heat and humidity

noun:

• functionary charged with training and organizing young wrestlers - Sumo term

noun:

• cake made from pounded horse chestnuts and mochi rice

noun:

• box-and-whisker plot; box-and-whisker diagram; box plot; boxplot - Mathematics term

adjectival noun / noun:

• short and small Antonym: 長大

noun:

• being inseparable as a form and its shadow; a person's deed mirrors the good or evil of his mind; husband and wife being never apart - four character idiom

noun:

• refreshing breeze and the bright moon; a beautiful nocturnal scene with a full moon - four character idiom

noun:

• barbarians to the east and to the west (from the perspective of old China) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• evildoers being rampant and roaming at will - four character idiom

noun:

• special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels ➜ 石帯

noun / ~する noun:

• funerals and festivals