noun:

• epididymitis; inflammation of the epididymis - Medicine term

noun:

• first laugh of the year

noun:

• The Confederate States of America

temporal noun:

• at the time of writing

noun:

• Land of the Rising Sun ➜ 日出ずる国

noun:

• pinna (of the ear); auricle - Anatomy term

noun:

• Declaration of Independence (the document) ➜ 独立宣言【どくりつせんげん】

noun:

• morning of the New Year ➜ 元朝【がんちょう】

noun:

• closing of the winter hearth

noun:

• immediate follower (of the shogun) - obscure term ➜ 直参【じきさん】

noun:

• gonarthrosis; osteoarthritis of the knee - Medicine term

noun:

• theatre of the absurd (theater)

expression:

• remote; out-of-the-way

expression / adjective:

• remote; out-of-the-way ➜ 鳥も通わぬ【とりもかよわぬ】

noun:

• flowers of the season

noun:

• rear part of the tongue

noun:

• the right of innocent passage - Law term

noun:

• climate of the Setouchi Region

noun:

• Minister of the Imperial Household ➜ 宮内省

noun:

• batting eye; ability to judge whether a pitch will be called a ball or a strike - Baseball term

expression:

• things depend on how you use them; all things have their uses when they are used in the right way - proverb

noun:

• dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
• person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to stick (to); to cling (to)
• to stay (e.g. in the office)

noun:

• corporate culture; company climate or spirit; the way a company does things

noun:

• sharing a room; dormitory room
• match between wrestlers from the same stable - Sumo term