noun:

• Numerical Analysis and Prediction System; NAPS

expression:

• there is a great difference between being told about something and actually seeing it with your own eyes - proverb

noun:

• Tochinishiki and Wakanohana I (dominant 1950s yokozuna) - Sumo term ➜ 栃若時代

noun:

• main point and details

noun:

• Japan, the United States and South Korea

noun:

• claws and fangs; claws and tusks
• clutches; devious design; means of causing harm; weapon
• pawn; stooge; cat's-paw
• right-hand man

noun:

• erudite and refined; handsome

~の noun / ~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• deserted and lonesome; quiet and alone; innocent and nonattached; All is void - archaism - four character idiom

noun:

• yellowtail and daikon cooked with soy sauce - Food term

noun:

• blending of the classical and colloquial styles - four character idiom

noun:

• Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (formerly Ministry of Public Management, Home Affairs, Posts and Telecommunications)

expression / noun:

• anyone and everyone; anybody at all

noun:

• mashing of steamed rice, mold and water with wooden poles in traditional sake making

noun:

• wit and intelligence

noun:

• envelope containing betrothal money and given as part of a betrothal gift

noun:

• flourishing and declining - obscure term

expression:

• and what is worse; to make matters worse

noun:

• area including Nagoya and Kobe

expression:

• being so content that one would not mind dying; one can now rest in peace; one ought to be contented with what has been accomplished - idiom

conjunction:

• and then; even so; and ➜ それとも

expression / noun:

• misty mountain with blossoming buds and flowers as it appears in spring

noun:

• the rights and wrongs (of a case) - four character idiom

noun:

• crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif) ➜ 鶴は千年亀は万年

noun:

• tension and relaxation - four character idiom

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to bark at and chase