noun:

• rivalry over winning the right to host an event; competition to lure (attract, invite) (institutions, manufacturing facilities, foreign tourists, etc.) to a locality - four character idiom

noun:

• friendship's responsibilities

noun:

• expiration date (on a credit card); effective date

expression / ~する noun:

• going up and down; going back and forth

noun:

• snow guard (to prevent snow from sliding off of a roof); snow stop

noun:

• idle money; idle capital

~の noun:

• signed; sealed; having a signature or seal - Law term

noun / ~の noun:

• after a bath; after taking a bath ➜ 浴後

noun:

• large towel used after taking a bath; yukata worn after taking a bath ➜ 浴衣

noun:

• finite-state machine; FSM - IT term

noun:

• oil paper; oiled paper

noun:

• overhanging snow

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to parboil; to scald

noun:

• snowfall

noun:

• grand-prize diploma

noun / ~する noun:

• trouble; distress; sorrow

noun:

• hair style; way of dressing hair

noun:

• favorite (top choice) for the championship (favourite); best bet for the title

expression / ichidan verb:

• to look on enviously while doing nothing; to look on with a finger in one's mouth [literal] - often 〜て見る

noun:

• costumed mascot character (oft. devised for PR purposes by local governments, government departments, etc.) ➜ キャラ・緩い

noun:

• materialism (in philosophy) ➜ 唯心

noun:

• finite automaton - IT term

noun:

• sake drunk while viewing a snowy scene

noun:

• import ceiling

noun:

• assistance

noun / adjectival noun:

• profound elegance; refinement