noun:

• maid working for both the living quarter and kitchen

noun:

• shellfish removed from the shell

noun:

• night-watch bell; bells tolling out the old year

noun:

• indulgence (esp. in the Catholic Church)
• excuse; justification; rationalization

expression / adjective:

• bright even in the dark; clearly visible at night

noun:

• something not needed; person who is in the way

noun:

• bill collector for the night's entertainment; followers

noun:

• person collapsed and dying (dead) in the street

noun:

• feces contained long in the intestines; fecal stasis; coprostasis

noun / ~する noun:

• making a living; getting on in the world; subsistence

noun:

• deceased person (with no one to tend the grave)

noun:

• beard (esp. on the chin); goatee

noun / ~する noun:

• waiting for the rising tide or a good opportunity

noun / ~する noun:

• being initiated (e.g. into the arts); receiving instruction ➜ 伝授

noun:

• smoothing out wrinkles; (with reference to the elderly) recreation

noun:

• playing with dolls displayed on the Girl's Festival

noun:

• height from the ground to a building's eaves

noun:

• object cut off at the end; sudden, abrupt ending

noun:

• financial contributions to the UN made by member-nations

adverb:

• determining an attitude or response according to the opponent - four character idiom

noun:

• staying in the same inn or hotel; rooming together

noun:

• bacterial wilt (caused by the bacteria Ralstonia solanacearum) - Medicine term

noun:

• spot where the pulse may be taken; vital point

noun:

• the liver and gall bladder; one's inner being

noun:

• staying at home during the New Year's holiday