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

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

noun:

• error which directly allows a run to score - Baseball term - From English "timely error"

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