noun:

• discontent and grumbling - four character idiom

noun:

• corporate patronage of the arts and culture - From French "mécénat"

noun:

• Trinidad and Tobago

noun:

• give-and-take; give and take

expression / adjectival noun / noun:

• both eloquent and skilled - idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather; living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits - four character idiom

expression:

• being bold and courageous, but also careful and meticulous - four character idiom

noun:

• glasses and plates

noun:

• positive and negative; +-; plus and minus

noun:

• way of holding a calligraphy brush, with elbow away from the body and arm in the air ➜ 懸腕直筆【けんわんちょくひつ】

noun:

• petty official responsible for collecting public gossip and presenting it to the king (in ancient China) ➜ 稗史

adverb:

• anything and everything; all sorts of things; by all means ➜ 何でもかでも

noun:

• master and father ➜ 主君・父

noun:

• wine and women; sensual pleasures; dissipation

noun:

• being proud and self-willed

noun:

• supply and demand

noun / ~する noun:

• charmed and cursed - archaism ➜ 蠱
• something that bewilders; something that leads one astray; the work of demons

noun:

• the wise and the foolish

noun:

• Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors (mythological rulers of ancient China)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to use up all of one's energy and willpower; to be exhausted (and have no will to go on)

particle:

• particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it ➜ どころか

noun:

• Minister for the Restoration from and Prevention of Nuclear Accidents - abbreviation

noun:

• hard ball; regulation ball Antonym: 軟球

noun:

• bathtub placed on the roadside and rented to customers

noun:

• holiday granted to servants on the 16th of the first and seventh months - archaism