noun:

• red and blue ［たんせい］
• paints; colors ［たんせい］
• painting; picture

expression:

• after many twists and turns; after much trouble

noun:

• knee joint

expression / adjective:

• to be fast at walking and running
• to be quick to spoil (of foodstuffs) - idiom

noun:

• Socialist and Communist Parties - from 社会党 and 共産党 - abbreviation

noun:

• meals exchanged by parishioners and priests

noun:

• fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin - Food term

noun:

• the three powers: heaven, earth and man

noun / ~の noun:

• wait-and-see

noun:

• collecting rocks and mineral specimens (as a hobby) - From English "stone hunting"

noun:

• arriving and departing

noun:

• limitless expanse of clouds and smoke - four character idiom

noun:

• combination of riichi, tan'yao, and pinfu (common trio of yaku) - abbreviation - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 立直【リーチ】・断ヤオ【タンヤオ】・平和【ピンフ】・タンピン

noun:

• court nobles and other courtiers allowed into the Imperial Palace - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• carrot and stick; candy and whip [literal] - idiom

noun:

• boiled rice mixed with vegetables and meat or fish - Food term ➜ 加薬飯

noun:

• conduct that is immoral and lacking in common sense - obscure term

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to bite and tear; to bite a hole in

~の noun:

• tasteless and odorless; bland

noun:

• Treatise on the Two Entrances and Four Practices - Buddhism term

noun:

• flowers and trees
• flowering trees

noun:

• sophisticated and professional work system - from 高度プロフェッショナル制度 - abbreviation

noun:

• fish sliced open, seasoned with mirin, soy sauce, etc. and dried in the sun

noun / adjectival noun:

• plain and simple; naive - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• reading-and-discussion meeting