noun:

• right and wrong; right or wrong - four character idiom

noun:

• right and wrong; right or wrong - four character idiom

noun:

• half-and-half chromis (Chromis iomelas)

noun:

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

noun / ~の noun:

• south; southern; southward

noun:

• countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to revel in trouble and discord; to be bent on making trouble; to like starting fights

noun:

• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term
• the seven days of the week

noun:

• tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese ➜ 呉音【ごおん】・漢音【かんおん】・唐【とう】

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to throw away as useless; to scrap
• to make null and void; to renege; to annul; to revoke

noun:

• now-now-ism; being interested only in the here and now without any regard for the future

noun:

• primary nursing care; nursing care level (with number between 1 and 5 based on assessed care needs) ➜ 要介護度・要介護認定

ichidan verb:

• to think something over and over; to rack one's brains; to be at a loss

noun / ~する noun:

• kneeling with the balls of the feet on the floor and sitting on one's heels ➜ 正座【せいざ】

noun:

• walleye pollack (Theragra chalcogramma); Alaska pollack - From Korean "myeongtae" ➜ 介党鱈
• walleye pollack roe (generally served salted and spiced with red pepper) - abbreviation ➜ 明太子

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to stick into and move around; to dig around in; to pick (i.e. one's teeth)

expression:

• the day is short, and the work is much; my goal is still a long way off - proverb

expression:

• it is easier to do something than worry about it; the anxiety that comes from doing nothing is worse than any danger you might face; fear overruns the danger; an attempt is sometimes easier than expected; it is easier to bear (a child) than to worry about it [literal] - proverb

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to wake up; to rouse out of bed
• to knock on the door and wake someone

noun:

• primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens)
• Siebold's primrose (Primula siebold)

noun:

• four beasts (tiger, leopard, black bear, and brown bear)
• four gods said to rule over the four directions ➜ 四神

noun:

• former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)

noun:

• empowering women; promoting women's contribution; removing obstacles to women's full participation in society and the workplace

noun:

• Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

noun:

• mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stop; to turn off - esp. 止める, 停める
• to park - esp. 止める, 停める
• to prevent; to suppress (a cough); to hold back (tears); to hold (one's breath); to relieve (pain) - esp. 止める, 停める
• to stop (someone from doing something); to dissuade; to forbid; to prohibit
• to notice; to be aware of; to concentrate on; to pay attention to; to remember; to bear in mind ➜ 目を留める・気に留める
• to fix (in place); to fasten; to tack; to pin; to nail; to button; to staple - esp. 留める
• to detain; to keep in custody - esp. 留める