expression / adverb:

• both in name and reality; both in name and substance ➜ 名実相伴う

noun:

• this and that
• this person and that person; anybody

noun:

• married couple; spouses; husband and wife; couple; pair

prefix noun:

• his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman) ［めおと］ ➜ 夫婦茶碗

noun:

• four and a half tatami mats; four-and-a-half-mat room
• small room esp. for assignations

expression:

• speak of the devil and he shall appear; speak rumours of someone and they shall appear [literal] - proverb

noun:

• hardships and joys; tasting the sweets and bitters of life; (having seen much of life) being well-versed in the ways of the world - four character idiom

noun:

• little girl; maiden; young lady; female usually between 7 and 18 years old
• female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period) ［しょうじょ・少女］ - archaism

noun:

• all of creation following their original natures, living and enjoying themselves freely; the kites fly and the fish leap [literal] - four character idiom - obscure term
• Heaven's will that all of creation shall follow their original natures and live freely - four character idiom - obscure term
• as a ruler's benevolence spreads, the people will find their places in the land based on their abilities - four character idiom - obscure term

conjunction:

• cum (e.g. bedroom-cum-study); holding both roles (e.g. Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs); and; in addition; concurrently; at the same time

noun:

• Buddhist center for study and meditation; monastery; temple - abbreviation of 栴檀林 - Buddhism term ➜ 栴檀
• Danrin style of haikai poetry (playful and oriented to the common person); Danrin school (of haikai poetry) - abbreviation ➜ 俳諧・談林風・談林派

noun:

• townscape; street (of stores and houses); (look of) stores and houses on street

noun / ~する noun:

• reorganize an enterprise and weed out redundant workers; reorganize an industry and weed out redudant enterprises - four character idiom

noun:

• steward in charge of the affairs of nobles of the third rank and higher (from the middle of the Heian period)
• administrative position (Kamakura and Muromachi periods) ➜ 政所

noun:

• criminal, administrative and civil codes (forming the basis of ancient East Asian law; orig. Chinese); legal codes of the Nara and Heian eras based on Chinese models ➜ 律・令【りょう】

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• stormy and full of drama; many drastic events in the course of events; full of ups and downs; with many vicissitudes - four character idiom

noun:

• (former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI

noun:

• one's own flesh and blood; blood relative; kinsman
• flesh and bone; (one's) body

noun:

• (former) Ministry of International Trade and Industry (now Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry); MITI ➜ 経済産業省【けいざいさんぎょうしょう】

expression:

• tread on a worm and it will turn; even a tiny bug will defend itself; even the weakest and smallest beings have their own wills, so do not make light of them - proverb

expression:

• Heaven is black and earth is yellow; heaven and earth - four character idiom

expression:

• money comes and goes; money goes around and around - proverb

noun:

• a snipe and a clam; a snipe and a mussel ➜ 鷸蚌の争い

noun:

• miso with sugar, sake, yuzu juice and skin - esp. ゆずみそ ➜ 練り味噌【ねりみそ】
• hollowed out yuzu stuffed with miso and yuzu juice then baked - esp. ゆみそ

noun:

• leader; boss
• upper part of a flag
• (Okinawa) bamboo poles with an attached vertical flag and an elaborate display at the top that are used during the annual fertility and thanks-giving festivals

noun:

• mamba (snake of the genus Dendroaspis)
• yamanba; manba; girl or young woman adhering to a fashion trend often characterized by extremely gaudy and colourful facial make up, heavily tanned skin and hair dyed in a bright hue - abbreviation ➜ ヤマンバ