noun:

• tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year

noun:

• bed of salted rice bran used for pickling ➜ 糠漬け【ぬかづけ】

noun:

• old term for rakugo

noun:

• strategy for dealing with China

noun:

• looking for or at cherry blossoms

noun:

• purity measure for gold; karat; carat; K; kt
• personality of a person born under the element of fire ➜ 金【きん】

noun:

• prize for excellence; prize of excellence

noun:

• ticket good for multiple performances (e.g. a whole day, including matinee and evening performances); season ticket; through ticket [literal] ➜ 通し切符

suffix:

• suffix for room numbers

expression / noun:

• cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2 in the morning and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death ➜ 丑の刻参り

noun:

• package of economic stimulus measures; comprehensive economic measures; comprehensive economic stimulus package

noun:

• floating lanterns or offerings for the spirits of the deceased

noun / ~する noun:

• looking for a change of occupation; looking for a new job

noun:

• place for ritual cleansing of hands and mouth with water when visiting shrines

noun:

• allowance for non-salaried wrestlers during tournaments - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• separate areas for smokers and non-smokers
• separating smoking from non-smoking

noun:

• prize awarded for a person's effort

noun:

• public funding for political parties; party subsidy

counter:

• counter for colours

expression / ichidan verb:

• to get ripped off for every last penny - idiom

adverb:

• for the first time

noun:

• protective covering for a book (often in the form of a folding case with clasps)

counter:

• counter for book covers

expression:

• for or against

expression:

• Defeat is inevitable for one who goes second; Being slow to take action inevitably leads to defeat - four character idiom

noun:

• rubber bag for collecting urine
• urinary bladder ➜ 膀胱