noun:

• event where young men and women paint each others' cheeks with black ink or soot during Little New Year in the San'in region ➜ 小正月

noun:

• dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon) ➜ 蝶鮫

noun / adjectival noun:

• being sick and tired (of); being fed up (with); having one's fill (of) - four character idiom

noun:

• beef boiled with soy sauce, ginger and sugar

expression:

• the law of arising and ceasing; the law of creation and destruction - Buddhism term

noun / adjectival noun:

• bold and clever; daring and ingenious; audacious and masterly - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• going from door to door greeting relatives and friends
• complimentary visit for the New Year

noun:

• coarse broken tea leaves and buds generated during the sifting process

noun:

• speech used by the speaker to convey the social stature between the speaker and listener; language conveying that the speaker is of greater social status than the listener - honorific language

noun:

• governing by law and reason rather than by military force

noun:

• drink made of boiled water poured over preserved cherry leaves and blossoms

noun / ~する noun:

• new and revised (edition)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• repeatedly opening and closing (one's mouth); gasping - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~する noun:

• flapping (e.g. shoe sole); gaping open and shut - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• heartily (eating); devouring; munching; gobbling - onomatopoeia

noun:

• Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; CDC

noun:

• Edo-period popularized blend of Buddhist, Shinto and Confucian ethical teachings (popularised) ➜ 心学

noun:

• historic sites, places of scenic beauty and natural monuments

noun:

• persons organized into gangs and wearing flashy clothes, who styled themselves as "chivalrous men" (Edo period) ➜ 男伊達

noun:

• clear and serene (as a polished mirror and still water) - four character idiom

noun:

• society where IT related gadgets are prevalent and their function transparent (from "ubiquitous computing")

noun:

• run-time library - IT term

noun:

• scheme in which a man and woman trick another man into a compromising situation for blackmail; badger game

noun:

• way of sitting by placing both knees on the ground and standing upright

expression / noun:

• sacrament of penance and reconciliation

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• medical, dental and pharmacological

noun:

• (a woman) being gifted with both intelligence and beauty - four character idiom