noun / adjectival noun:

• wise and virtuous; good and able men - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• wiping and purifying; wiping and cleansing

noun:

• 15th day of the 1st, 7th and 10th lunar months ➜ 上元・中元・下元
• heaven, earth and man
• 1st January; New Year's Day

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• ternary - Chemistry term

noun:

• system of automatic advancement to high school and university without an entrance exam ➜ エスカレーター学校【エスカレーターがっこう】

noun / adjectival noun:

• peace and quiet; safe and peaceful; tranquil and uneventful - four character idiom

noun:

• sabani sailing and paddling regatta (Okinawa)

noun / ~する noun:

• high and low; disparity

noun / ~する noun:

• gathering and writing up material

noun:

• front and back; before and behind; before and after

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun:

• large building and lofty tower; splendid (magnificent, palatial) structure - four character idiom

noun:

• complexity and simplicity

noun:

• long-life celebrations, particularly the 61st, 77th and 88th birthdays

noun:

• stealing a car by rear-ending it lightly and having a friend jump in and drive off after the driver gets out - slang

noun:

• burning stubble and dry grass

noun:

• whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture) ➜ 海老責め・石抱き・鞭打ち

noun:

• back-and-forth; neck-and-neck

noun:

• light, heating and water (utilities)

noun:

• twill damask and brocade

noun:

• solfa syllables (do, re, mi, fa, sol (soh), la and si (ti))

noun:

• truths of the cessation of suffering and of the way to the cessation of suffering - Buddhism term ➜ 道諦・滅諦

noun:

• mix of peanuts and spicy baked or fried mochi chips in the shape of kaki (Japanese persimmon) seeds - abbreviation ➜ 柿の種【かきのたね】・ピーナッツ・柿ピー【かきピー】・ピー柿【ピーかき】

noun:

• the world of hungry spirits and the world of animals; three evil worlds hell - Buddhism term ➜ 三悪趣・三悪【さんあく】

noun:

• light Kyoto-style home cooking with boiled vegetables and marinated food, also now served in restaurants ➜ 惣菜【そうざい】

noun:

• hard wiring - IT term