expression:

• and what is worse; to make matters worse

noun:

• area including Nagoya and Kobe

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

noun / ~の noun:

• young and energetic; up-and-coming - four character idiom

expression:

• each and every; all

noun:

• February and August (times of slow business, sluggish sales, etc.)

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

noun:

• bowl of eel and rice (donburi)

expression:

• metaphor in which the road to paradise is likened to a white road between two rivers, one of water (wrath) and one of fire (greed) - Buddhism term

expression / noun:

• anyone and everyone; anybody at all

noun / ~する noun:

• meat and matrimony (Buddhism); Buddhist priest eating meat dishes and being married - four character idiom

noun:

• disaster caused by wind and rain

noun / ~する noun:

• going to and from school; path to and from school; way to school

noun / ~の noun:

• obstinate and self-assertive - four character idiom

noun:

• male and female servants

noun / ~する noun:

• being prudent and cautious; caution oneself against - four character idiom

noun:

• feeling refreshed in mind and body - four character idiom

noun:

• treating a metal surface to make it look worn and aged; antique finish

noun / adjectival noun:

• short-tempered and impatient - four character idiom

noun:

• rich and poor, high and low; people of all ranks - four character idiom