expression:

• in a choked voice

noun / ~する noun:

• tossing oneself about in great pain; writhing in agony - four character idiom

noun:

• overcast sky in the rainy season

noun:

• logged in - IT term

noun:

• seafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape

noun:

• first rank in the hierarchy of the government
• highest rank given to a shrine

noun:

• Asian woman working in Japan - derogatory term

noun:

• Ministry of International Trade and Industry

noun:

• advertisement hanging in a train - abbreviation ➜ 中吊り広告

noun:

• rice ball wrapped in pickled leaf mustard greens ➜ 高菜・目を見張る

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have the end in sight; to see the mountains [literal] - idiom

noun:

• novel written in epistolary style

noun:

• 2nd in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 2nd note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• in a bag or one's purse

noun / ~の noun:

• free trade

noun:

• pot of chicken or seafood, and vegetables in a dashi broth, usu. cooked at the table (traditionally a winter meal); seafood and vegetable stew or chowder ➜ 寄せ

noun / ~する noun:

• living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside

noun:

• retirement house

expression:

• have a pain in one's chest

noun:

• break in the snow; patch of ground not covered in snow

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in disorder; to have stuff lying scattered around ➜ 取り散らかる

noun / ~する noun:

• working in the fields; working on a farm

noun:

• defence in depth; multiple safeguard; multiple protection

expression:

• in a word; to put it briefly; to make a long story short ➜ 早く言えば

noun:

• female servant who works in the kitchen ➜ 水仕事

noun:

• bonito caught in autumn - obscure term