~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• lonely and crestfallen; a lonely and heavy-hearted figure - four character idiom

noun:

• hourglass economy; economy having large upper and lower classes and a small middle class

noun:

• vehicle larger than a light motor vehicle, and subject to automobile registration and tax ➜ 軽自動車

noun:

• apartment with one bedroom and a combined living room, dining room and kitchen ➜ ＬＤＫ【エルディーケー】

expression:

• take a long walk off a short pier; go stick your head in a pig; bash your head against the corner of a block of tofu and die [literal]

noun:

• hundred times worship (e.g. visiting a shrine or temple a hundred times for prayer, walking back and forth a hundred times before a shrine offering a prayer each time) ➜ 御百度

noun:

• pomato; cross of a tomato and a potato

noun:

• a foolish older brother and a smart younger - four character idiom

expression:

• with a gentle face and a nice word - four character idiom

noun:

• length and width; length and breadth; lengthwise and crosswise; longitude and latitude; vertical and horizontal
• four cardinal points; every direction ［じゅうおう］
• as one wishes; as one pleases; at will ［じゅうおう］
• warp and weft; warp and woof ［たてよこ］ ➜ 経緯【たてよこ】

noun:

• samurai costume; old ceremonial costume
• top and bottom; up and down; high and low; above and below; upper and lower ends ［上下］ - orig. meaning

noun:

• a strong beginning and a weak ending; an anticlimax - four character idiom

noun:

• a minute and a half

noun:

• children's lunch box of cooked rice and a Western-style side dish (popular late Meiji and Taisho periods)

noun / ~する noun:

• setting oneself free from the life of a white-collar worker; quitting a job as a salaryman and launching an independent business ➜ サラ

noun / ~する noun:

• change again and again; seesaw back and forth; being in a state of flux; backtracking repeatedly - four character idiom

noun:

• liger (offspring of a male lion and a female tiger) ➜ タイゴン

noun / ~する noun:

• studying two lines together (as a major and a minor)

expression / noun:

• well-matched contest; fight between a dragon and a tiger [literal]

noun:

• "pocket Hello Kitty" that combines a pedometer and a tamagotchi - abbreviation

noun:

• storage chest for a suit of armour and a helmet

noun:

• (in China) 10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B) ➜ 十二律・盤渉
• eighth month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• sunken kotatsu; low table over a hole in the floor (may have a heat source underneath and a hanging quilt to retain warmth) ➜ 炬燵

expression:

• evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail [literal] - idiom

noun:

• dogs and monkeys (esp. as an example of a bad relationship, like that between cats and dogs)