expression:

• witty and knowing; not to be underestimated; smooth operator

noun:

• America and China; Sino-American

noun:

• skewered fish, coated with miso and cooked ➜ 田楽焼き

noun:

• welcome and sending off party - abbreviation ➜ 歓送迎会・送別会・歓迎会

noun:

• rhythm and blues; R & B

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to shine out far and wide

noun:

• roofed path (lacking walls) connecting the main residence and the side houses (in traditional palatial architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• seafood seasoned with salt and sake then steamed

noun:

• mining and manufacturing industry

noun:

• water and moon
• the moon reflected on the water
• pit of the stomach; solar plexus ➜ 水落

noun:

• electric power producer and supplier (PPS); electric power production and supply

noun:

• weight-loss diet accompanied by meticulous notes about when and what one has eaten - abbreviation ➜ レコーディングダイエット

noun:

• relatives and acquaintances - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• co-existence and co-prosperity - four character idiom

suffix:

• honorific added to names of makuuchi and juryo division wrestlers - honorific language - abbreviation - Sumo term ➜ 関取

expression:

• slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb

noun:

• Arts and Crafts Movement

expression / ~の noun:

• skin and bones

noun:

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

expression:

• there must be a clear distinction between the upper and lower classes; even new shoes must not be worn on the head [literal] - proverb

noun:

• east, west, south and north - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• polite and courteous - four character idiom

noun:

• couple who only go through the motions of being husband and wife

noun:

• free markets and open guilds - abbreviation ➜ 楽市楽座
• way of sitting on the ground with the sole of both feet pressed together

noun / ~の noun:

• young and hot-blooded (impetuous) - four character idiom