noun:

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

adverb / ~する noun:

• sound of something thick and soft being pierced by something sharp and hard - onomatopoeia
• containing sullen anger or discontent

expression:

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

noun:

• Board of Retainers; Kamakura- and Muromachi-period government office - esp. さむらいどころ
• samurai guard house (Heian and Kamakura periods) - esp. さぶらいどころ

noun / adjectival noun:

• calm, cool, and collected; level and calm - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• calm, cool, and collected; level and calm - four character idiom

noun:

• boss and his henchmen; boss and underlings

noun:

• horsefly and bee; horsefly and wasp ➜ 虻蜂取らず【あぶはちとらず】

noun / ~する noun:

• entertaining with food and drink; treating to dinner; wining and dining
• immediately agreeing with someone else; pandering ➜ 迎合【げいごう】

noun:

• natural features; scenery
• things particular to a certain region or season; characteristic scenery and customs; scenes and manners

adverb / ~と adverb:

• crunching; chewing or crushing something hard; scraping; scratching - onomatopoeia

adjectival noun:

• hard and crunchy - onomatopoeia
• very skinny; emaciated; all skin and bones - onomatopoeia

noun:

• fish, meat, and vegetables stewed in a thick, sweet sauce of soy sauce, sugar and mirin - Food term

noun:

• abandoning artifice and just being oneself; doing nothing and taking things as they come - four character idiom
• unconditioned nature; unconditioned spontaneity - Buddhism term

noun:

• trick of leaning back and carrying one's opponent round and out of the ring - Sumo term
• last-minute reversal

noun:

• feeling apprehensive; feeling (looking) lone and helpless; being down-and-out (ruined); helplessness of those in reduced circumstances - four character idiom

noun:

• the flourishing mid-Shōwa period (1960s and early 1970s) of peace, rapid economic growth, and life of ease - four character idiom

noun:

• San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)

noun:

• robe with a round collar, stitched sides and a ran, worn by the emperor and high-ranking officials ➜ 襴

noun:

• special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels - obscure term

noun:

• special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels - obscure term ➜ 石帯

noun:

• special leather belt used in ceremonial court dress, covered in black lacquer and decorated with stones and jewels ➜ 石帯

noun:

• go; soy beans soaked and mashed to a creamy paste (ingredient of tofu and soy milk) - ご is gikun for 豆汁 and 豆油

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• heartily (eating); devouring; munching; gobbling - onomatopoeia

noun:

• rakugan; dry confection of starch (e.g. rice, soy or barley flour) and sugar, mixed and pressed into a pattern - Food term
• geese alighting

pronoun:

• that way (direction distant from both speaker and listener); over there; yonder ➜ 何方【どちら】・此方【こちら】・其方
• that one (something physically distant from both speaker and listener, or something not visible but known by both speaker and listener); that
• that person (someone physically distant from both speaker and listener, or someone not present but known by both speaker and listener) - あちら is pol.
• there (place distant from both speaker and listener); over there; foreign country (esp. a Western nation)