noun:

• southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) - archaism - derogatory term
• South-East Asia - archaism
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) - archaism ➜ 紅毛

prefix:

• exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun:

• (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) - usu.ナンバ
• food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions - abbreviation ➜ 南蛮煮【なんばんに】

expression / godan ~む verb:

• never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan [literal] - idiom

noun:

• soup with fried tofu, shiitake mushrooms, carrots, sweet potatoes and daikon flavored with salt or soy sauce and thickened with potato starch ➜ 濃餅

noun:

• small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt - Food term
• seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid) - Food term

noun:

• 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months ➜ 上元・中元・下元
• heaven, earth and man
• 1st January; New Year's Day

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• ternary - Chemistry term

noun:

• colour and lustre; color and luster; complexion; colour; color

noun:

• hide-and-seek (game); hide-and-go-seek

expression / adverb:

• by day and night; day and night; round the clock

noun:

• every single word and phrase; each and every word - four character idiom

noun:

• every single word and phrase; each and every word - four character idiom

noun:

• one's family and relatives; one's kith and kin - four character idiom

noun:

• discrimination of right and wrong; distinguishing between right and wrong - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• speak and write plainly (frankly); speak and write without reserve - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• being young and spirited; being young and full of go - four character idiom

expression:

• Matter and mind are one; body and mind as one - four character idiom

noun:

• both labor and management; both the workers and the employers - four character idiom

expression:

• make one wrong move and...; take one wrong step and...

noun:

• counting the revenues and expenditures; counting the gains and losses

noun:

• being very talented and intelligent; talented and intelligent person

noun:

• Hemiscyllium (genus of longtail carpet sharks in the family Hemiscylliidae with short snouts, nostrils at the tip, and elevated eyes and supraorbital ridges)

noun:

• new straw; straw from the current year
• rice seedlings boiled and dried and then tied into a woman's hair to chase evil spirits away

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to put in; to let in; to take in; to bring in; to insert; to set (a jewel, etc.); to ink in (e.g. a tattoo)
• to admit; to accept; to employ; to hire
• to accept; to comply; to grant; to adopt (a policy, etc.); to take (advice, etc.); to listen to; to pay attention to - esp. 容れる
• to include
• to pay (one's rent, etc.)
• to cast (a vote)
• to make (tea, coffee, etc.) ➜ 淹れる
• to turn on (a switch, etc.)
• to send (a fax); to call

upper nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to fall down; to drop; to fall (e.g. rain); to sink (e.g. sun or moon); to fall onto (e.g. light or one's gaze) - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to be omitted; to be missing - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to crash; to degenerate; to degrade; to fall behind - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to be removed (e.g. illness, possessing spirit, name on a list) - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to fall (into someone's hands); to become someone's possession - archaism ➜ 落ちる
• to fall; to be defeated; to surrender - archaism ➜ 落ちる

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to come near; to let someone approach
• to bring near; to bring together; to collect; to gather
• to deliver (opinion, news, etc.); to send (e.g. a letter); to contribute; to donate
• to let someone drop by
• to add (numbers)
• to have feelings for (love, goodwill, trust, etc.)
• to rely upon for a time; to depend on
• to use as a pretext
• to put aside
• to press; to push; to force
• to include; to welcome (in a group); to let in - Kansai dialect

noun:

• manager; steward; person next in rank to the chief retainer and in charge of general management and accounting in a samurai family (Edo period) - honorific language ➜ 用人