noun / ~する noun:

• payment of a sum twice the original; giving back a gift double the value of the one received; repaying twofold
• inflicting a revenge twice as hurtful (painful, costly, etc.) as the original misdeed

expression:

• great human beings never lose the innocence of childhood; a virtuous ruler never loses the spirit of the common people - from Mencius - proverb

noun:

• semi-Western, semi-Japanese wooden sailing boat, popular during the latter half of the Meiji period and the Taisho period

noun:

• two departments (under the ritsuryo system: the Dept. of State & the Dept. of Worship) ➜ 律令制

noun / ~する noun:

• arranging in a line; standing in a row

noun / ~の noun:

• parallel (electronics, computing, etc.) ➜ 並列回路【へいれつかいろ】・直列【ちょくれつ】

noun:

• getting mixed up in; getting embroiled in; involvement; entanglement; by-blow ➜ 巻き添えを食う

noun:

• being of one mind; acting in one accord; behaving in perfect harmony - four character idiom

expression / adjective:

• in good shape; strongly built; in good health; having a strong constitution

expression:

• in time of need; for a rainy day; in case of emergency

adjectival noun:

• quiet and subdued in appearance; solemn; sad and depressed in manner; soft; gentle

noun:

• thumbing (in boxing, poking a thumb in one's opponent's eye)

expression:

• while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ

expression:

• while looking on in blank amazement; while gazing at it in shock ➜ あれよあれよ

adverb:

• properly; in a good manner; sophisticatedly; seemly; in a dignified way

adverb:

• in groups of twos and threes; in small groups - four character idiom

noun:

• drive-in theater; drive-in theatre

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• glorious; luxuriant; splendid; in full bloom; in full glory

noun / ~する noun:

• laboring in vain or for no result; labouring in vain

noun:

• doctor working in a hospital; physician working in public practice ➜ 開業医

noun / ~する noun:

• increase in sophistication; enhancement of functionality; increase in speed; upgrading

noun / ~の noun:

• daughter-in-law and mother-in-law (relationship, conflict, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• seeing (or dropping) off, then later picking up or going to meet (the same person)

noun / ~する noun:

• going from door to door greeting relatives and friends
• complimentary visit for the New Year

noun:

• paper and sacred sakaki branches cut and mixed with rice to scatter before the gods

noun:

• iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character); ditto mark