noun:

• the first part of a poem or verse

expression:

• as of the end of (today, this month, etc.); to make (today, etc.) the last (day) ➜ 声を限りに

noun:

• getting ready to go out in the snow; clothing for going out in the snow; snow gear - obscure term

noun:

• section of a room next to the alcove (where shelves are often placed)

noun:

• memorial rite involving the western sanctum - Buddhism term

noun:

• year of the boar

expression / noun:

• sound of the wind; voice of the wind

conjunction:

• the reason for something

noun:

• 48th of the sexagenary cycle

noun:

• falling paulownia leaf signaling the beginning of autumn (fall)

noun:

• the deceased; old friend

expression / ichidan verb:

• to score the first point

counter:

• counter for the hito-futa-mi counting system (forming hitotsu, futatsu, mitsu, and misoji, yasoji, etc.)

expression:

• This is the point we need to think about - idiom

expression:

• it's always darkest before the dawn; the darkest hour is just before the dawn

noun:

• 24th of the sexagenary cycle

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat ➜ 何かと言うと

noun:

• rope that ties the lower end of the sail to the hull (on a Japanese-style ship)

noun:

• migrant worker from the countryside (in China) ➜ 民工

noun:

• light of the evening sun; setting sun

noun:

• the right of pledge

noun:

• Collar of the Supreme Order of the Chrysanthemum

noun:

• 56th of the sexagenary cycle ➜ 干支

noun:

• writing in the kana

noun:

• woman who earns her living by entertaining with song, dance and playing the shamisen; geisha who sings at parties