adjectival noun / noun:

• witty; smart and polished - four character idiom

expression:

• blessed are the peacemakers; one should appreciate and follow the advice of a mediator - proverb ➜ 時の氏神【ときのうじがみ】・挨拶

noun:

• arsenal; arms and ammunition factory

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• forlorn; dark and desolate

noun:

• objective complement; noun or adjective following and modifing the direct object

noun:

• everyone; one and all

noun:

• prostitution of learning; twisting the truth and truckling to the times - four character idiom

noun:

• red-ink stick; red and black

noun:

• digestive medicine; medicine for the stomach and bowels

noun:

• Kyoto-Shiga; Kyoto and Shiga

noun:

• uji-kabane system; system of clans and hereditary titles (of the Yamato court) ➜ 氏【うじ】・姓【かばね】

noun:

• deviation-value-oriented education; education focussed on test results; education that stresses studying and passing exams to raise one's ranking; academic cramming

noun:

• Hexanchidae; family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• culture; arts and sciences

noun:

• greenhorn; youthfulness and lack of experience - in ref. to the yellow beak of a chick

noun:

• little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• Yinglong; dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology

noun:

• Hundred Schools of Thought; general term for the large number of scholars and controversialists, and their respective schools, that flourished during China's Spring and Autumn period and Warring States period - four character idiom

noun:

• adposition; prepositions and pospositions

noun:

• escabeche; fried fish marinated and served cold - From French "escabèche"

noun:

• beshimi; noh mask with a slanted mouth, bulging eyes and large nostrils

noun:

• around-the-clock; (working) day and night - four character idiom

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

noun:

• pen drawing; pen-and-ink drawing

noun:

• Nozomi; fastest Tōkaidō and Sanyō-line Shinkansen train service (stopping only at largest stations) ➜ こだま・ひかり