expression / noun:

• skill learned in one's former days; using one's experience from the past - idiom

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to narrow in (on); to home in; to focus; to target

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

expression:

• living in obscurity; lying low; remaining unnoticed

noun / ~する noun:

• chanting in a loud voice; singing in a loud voice

noun:

• traditional work song of Hokkaido herring fishery workers, performed by school students in modern choreographed interpretations

noun:

• everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan
• silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out

noun:

• ritual stamping in the ring - Sumo term

noun / ~する noun:

• lineup; appearance together

noun:

• warfare in which soldiers fling themselves at the enemy; hand-to hand combat

noun:

• fish pickled in sweet Kyoto-style miso ➜ 西京味噌

noun:

• crow cawing in the morning; crows crying in the morning - obscure term ➜ 明け烏

expression / adjective:

• fresh in one's mind; fresh in one's memory

noun:

• delivery service where package is left in front of door or in designated area; safe drop

noun / ~する noun:

• drying in the shade

noun:

• equipment used in rituals

noun:

• variation of uta-garuta played in Hokkaido ➜ 下の句【しものく】・歌ガルタ【うたガルタ】

noun / ~する noun:

• spending the night in a car, train, bus, etc.

noun:

• browser helper object - IT term

noun:

• hair style where the hair is tied up in a bundle on the back of the head (resembling the shape of a tea whisk) ➜ 茶筅

noun:

• Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora; CITES

noun:

• (inadvertent) insertion of a character in a text

adjective:

• high in the sky

adverb:

• in high spirits - slang

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to hold (the opponent) in the arms and carry him out of the ring

noun:

• in season; at its best; ready for eating ➜ 食べ頃【たべごろ】