suffix:

• taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.)
• similar to ...
• dependent on ...; reliant on ...
• while ...; when ...; in the midst of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb

adverbial noun / noun:

• here and there; this way and that way; everywhere; all over

noun / ~する noun:

• meat and matrimony (Buddhism); Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• (many things) gathering like clouds and vanishing like mist; swarming and scattering - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• prompt decision and prompt execution; make swift decisions and take quick actions - four character idiom

adjectival noun:

• quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb ➜ 聞くは一時の恥聞かぬは一生の恥

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb

noun:

• both extremities ➜ 両極端
• North and South Poles
• positive and negative poles

noun:

• sending and receiving; transception

~する noun:

• to transceive; to send and receive

noun:

• loveliness; charm; allure; beauty
• colour and scent; color and scent

noun:

• half asleep and half awake; trance
• dream and reality

adverb / ~の noun:

• equally (talented, etc.); evenly; neck and neck; nip and tuck

noun / adjectival noun:

• free and easy; frank, easy, and openhearted; sophisticatedly refined - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• self-control and close application; self-denial and diligent devotion - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• timid and evasive (person); timid and makeshift (approach, measure, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• regret and sympathy; having lingering attachment and sympathy toward someone - four character idiom

noun:

• discrimination between right and wrong; distinction between good and bad ➜ 正邪の区別

noun:

• humans and animals; humans and beasts
• beast in human form ➜ 人面獣心

noun:

• video intercom; intercom with a video camera and display; video doorphone - From English "television door phone"

noun:

• the world and the nation; the state of the world; high affairs of state - four character idiom

noun:

• children's game in which three or more stand back-to-back in a circle and jostle ➜ 押し競べ【おしくらべ】

noun:

• approximate age; apparent age ➜ 年の頃

noun / ~の noun:

• marriageable age (esp. of a woman); age of maturity; age of adulthood

noun:

• appropriate age (to ...); old enough (to ...) - after modifying phrase

noun / adverbial noun:

• past few years; for some years - archaism ➜ 年来

adverb:

• after all; in the end; ultimately; eventually

noun / ~の noun:

• conclusion; end ➜ 結局のところ

noun:

• end of a game of go, shogi, etc. ➜ 終局

noun / ~する noun:

• public appeal (e.g. for contributions); public offering (of securities); public advertisement (of a post); open recruitment