expression:

• this, that and the other; this and that

noun:

• (being unable to control) one's worldly desires and passions - four character idiom

noun:

• sport that requires a strong willpower and hunger for success (esp. boxing) - From English "hungry sports"

noun:

• going in and out of style; changes in fashion

noun:

• spirits of heaven and earth - Buddhism term

noun:

• mercy and love

noun:

• official during the ritsuryo period who was allowed to use the state-provided stables and horses - archaism

noun:

• white sand and green pines; beautiful stretch of sandy beach dotted with pine trees - four character idiom

noun:

• game of chance similar to rock, paper scissors, where the different hand gestures symbolize a fox, a hunter and a village head

noun:

• saving a nation and providing relief to people - four character idiom

noun:

• rain and dew

noun / adverb:

• black and blue (e.g. beaten ...) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• ancient mirror decorated with gods and animals

expression:

• old age and sickness

adverb / ~する noun:

• bright and clear (weather, sky, etc.); perfectly (fine weather) - onomatopoeia
• nicely dry (laundry, air, etc.); crisply (fried, cooked, etc.) - onomatopoeia
• frankly; open-heartedly - onomatopoeia

noun:

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

noun:

• drum and fife

noun:

• speaking one's mind and holding nothing back

noun / ~の noun:

• hardness and softness

noun:

• diseases specified by the Japanese government as being worrisome, having no known treatment and of unknown causes

noun:

• fire and wind - archaism
• fire-laden wind - archaism

noun:

• cutting grass and trees is prohibited

noun:

• consumption of goods and services by young working adults who live at home, with their basic living expenses covered by their parents; nest-dweller consumption [literal]

noun:

• printed, semi-cursive, and cursive scripts ➜ 楷書・行書・草書・行草【ぎょうそう】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• bright and brilliant