noun:

• annual event of miso-making
• first steps of miso making, from simmering the beans to fermentation

noun:

• Spencer's monitor (Varanus spenceri, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to northern Australia); Spencer's goanna

noun:

• heavy rotation; frequently broadcasting or listening to the same music; frequently wearing the same outfit - abbreviation ➜ ヘビーローテーション

noun:

• downtown high-rise area; street of office buildings; area of medium to tall business buildings

expression:

• what did you do?
• is anything the matter?; what seems to be the problem?; can I help you?

noun / ~する noun:

• passing through (a tunnel, station, town, etc.); passing by (e.g. of a typhoon); transit
• passage (of a bill, e.g. through parliament); carriage
• passing (an examination, inspection, etc.); clearing

noun:

• main building (of a manor)
• central room (of a house)

noun:

• umbrella carrier; servant who carried a long-handled umbrella for a noble

noun:

• capital (of a column) - Architecture term
• stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower - Biology term

adverb:

• for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree

noun:

• one's time at a certain point (at various points) of a race

noun:

• taking a story with a grain of salt; hearing only half the story

noun:

• temporary legislation; legislation with a specified duration; act valid for a limited time

noun:

• rising tone (in Chinese)
• (of a Japanese accent) having a high, flat tone

noun / ~する noun:

• giving a loud pep talk; encouraging (somebody) strongly in a loud voice - four character idiom

noun:

• chief actor in a kabuki play; star actor; leading actors of a troupe - four character idiom

noun:

• (a plain citizen) having no special rank or title; being a common citizen - four character idiom

noun:

• small pillars supporting the main pillars of a torii or a temple gate

expression:

• the autumn sun sets as quickly as a bucket dropping into a well - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• admission by a defendant of the justice of a plaintiff's case; cognovit

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; urine on a frog's face [literal] - colloquialism ➜ 蛙の面に水

expression:

• too late (by a short time); just failed (by a small margin) - colloquialism Antonym: ギリギリセーフ ➜ ぎりぎり・アウト

noun:

• development of a text ➜ 起承転結
• the second line in a four-line Chinese poem

noun:

• coarse silk from the outside of a cocoon (a type of waste thread)

adverb / ~する noun:

• tensely; tightly; tautly - onomatopoeia
• erectly - onomatopoeia
• intuitively; instinctively; immediately - onomatopoeia
• with a burst; with a crack - onomatopoeia