noun / ~する noun:

• one step forward, many steps backward; little to gain and much to lose - four character idiom

noun / adjectival noun:

• with no physical defects; in perfectly good health; sound in wind and limb - four character idiom

noun:

• salt and pepper hair; dark hair streaked with gray

noun:

• one's dark days; the period during which one suffered misfortune and obscurity - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to open one's mouth wide and eat heartily; to gulp down food ➜ ぱくぱく

expression:

• losing everything; coming to nothing; having lost the interest and the principal

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• flickering; flashing on and off; twinkling; glittering - onomatopoeia
• glaringly (bright); painfully (bright) - onomatopoeia
• prickling (pain) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• a doubt that lurks in one's soul and that cannot be resolved

expression:

• there are exceptions to every rule; rocks will flow and leaves will sink [literal] - proverb - obscure term

expression:

• children are a bond between husband and wife; children hold marriages together - proverb

conjunction:

• indicates two contrasting actions - form: ...つ...つ ➜ 浮きつ沈みつ・追いつ追われつ

particle:

• indicates possessive (often found in place names and compound words) - archaism

expression:

• see Nikko and die; don't say "wonderful" until you've seen Nikko [literal] - proverb ➜ ナポリを見てから死ね

noun:

• agency (government department between a ministry and a bureau under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• accent (in French; acute, grave, and circumflex) - From French
• accent (on a syllable, word); stress ➜ アクセント

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to fold one's arms; to stand and watch (without interfering)

noun:

• two-storied pagoda (with a square base, pent roof and a round top) ➜ 裳階

noun:

• Ksitigarbha statue erected to help deliver miscarried and aborted fetuses to buddhahood (foetuses) ➜ 地蔵

noun:

• school route; street for students going to and from school (esp. on foot)

expression:

• know your enemy, know thyself, and you shall not fear a hundred battles - proverb

noun:

• combined living room, dining room and kitchen

expression:

• to get more than one requests; to beg for water and receive wine [literal] - idiom

noun:

• mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour ➜ 餅【もち】・餡・青きな粉

noun:

• married couple's insurance (i.e. life-insurance policy covering husband and wife)

noun:

• Panthalassa; vast global ocean during the late Paleozoic and the early Mesozoic periods

noun:

• latte; caffè latte - abbreviation ➜ カフェラテ
• radio and television ［ラテ］ - abbreviation ➜ ラジオ・テレビ
• rat (esp. laboratory or pet) ［ラッテ］ - From German "Ratte" ➜ ラット