noun:

• children and grandchildren; descendants

noun:

• making a piece of clothing with the same cloth inside and out; making a kimono with lining of the same fabric - four character idiom

noun:

• posing and moving the fingers as an art form; finger-tutting

noun:

• dragon and tiger; "two mighty rivals" [figurative]

noun:

• inconsistency of speech and action; failing to act up to one's words; not practicing what one preaches - four character idiom

noun:

• flowers and fruit; blossom and fruit
• name and reality ［はなみ］
• form and content; appearance and substance ［かじつ］ - esp. in poetry

noun:

• red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

noun / ~する noun:

• coming into close contact and being influenced by

expression / noun:

• withered trees and frozen rocks; "a person that is hard to approach" [figurative]

noun / ~する noun:

• jealousy and enmity; being jealous of and at odds with (each other) - four character idiom

noun:

• meat and potato stew

noun:

• Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology; MEXT - abbreviation ➜ 文部科学省

noun:

• sweet red-bean soup

noun:

• birth, illness, old age and death - Buddhism term

noun:

• type of bed linen resembling a large beach towel and used to cover oneself in hot weather - From English "towel blanket"

adjectival noun:

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

noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• aesthetic sense in Japanese art emphasising quiet simplicity and subdued refinement - four character idiom ➜ 侘寂

noun:

• large fan-shaped object held by an attendant and used to conceal the face of a noble, etc.

expression:

• glowing red - archaism

noun / ~する noun:

• cutting and sewing

noun:

• Mondays and Fridays

noun:

• virtue and influence; virtue and authority

noun:

• reading and meaning of a kanji

noun:

• national interests and the people's welfare - four character idiom

noun:

• (Japanese) Darby and Joan dolls ➜ 高砂・高砂の松