expression / ichidan verb:

• to able to enter the New Year (i.e. have work finished, debts paid, etc.)

noun:

• horn shark (Heterodontus francisci, a bullhead shark from the Eastern Pacific)

noun:

• the five fundamental seasonings used in Japanese cooking: (in order) sugar, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, miso

noun:

• Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods ➜ 伊弉冉尊

noun:

• hairstyle for men and women from early Edo era to the Genroku era

noun:

• game in which one makes a big snowball by rolling it around in the snow

noun:

• water poisoning (in traditional Chinese medicine, illnesses caused by excessive water accumulation within the body)

noun:

• hakama for women (esp. hakama worn by female students and teachers in the Meiji period) - archaism

noun:

• multiple people holding the same item with their chopsticks
• passing something from chopstick to chopstick

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage ➜ 婿入

noun:

• (belief in) spiritual power possessed by sisters to protect their brothers (in the Ryukyu Islands)

expression:

• capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds [literal] - proverb

noun:

• purple vestment (traditionally awarded by the imperial household); high-ranking priest's purple robe

expression / noun:

• more or less right; you are on the right track; getting warm ➜ いい線【いいせん】

noun:

• Shonan train; medium-distance train on the eastern Tokaido Main Line (coloured green and orange) - colloquialism

noun:

• gathering evidence (e.g. to back a news story); getting the facts; obtaining supporting evidence

noun:

• chained library; library where the books are attached to their bookcase with a chain

noun / ~する noun:

• catching a fishing hook on seaweed, coral, etc. on the seabed or riverbed

~の noun / noun:

• freemium; offering both free and premium content in the same product (esp. in online gaming)

noun:

• pachinko nail adjuster; pachinko parlor employee who adjusts the machines to regulate profit and loss - colloquialism

noun:

• eldest son (may be the only son); first-born son

adverb:

• not in the least; not at all; not a bit - before a negative

noun:

• unhulled rice; rice in the husk; paddy
• rice husks; chaff - abbreviation ➜ 籾殻

noun:

• animate nature; living things
• living person; the living - usu. せいじゃ or せいしゃ