noun:

• Heian-period pastry made of duck or goose eggs mixed with vegetables boiled and wrapped in mochi which is then cut into squares

noun:

• breakthrough in the situation; break in the deadlocked situation - four character idiom

noun:

• 10th in rank; tenth sign of the Chinese calendar

noun:

• toy box; toy chest

noun:

• minor piece in noh plays

noun / ~する noun:

• writing in red

noun / ~する noun:

• decreasing in number
• subtrahend - Mathematics term

noun:

• ceremony held in honor (honour) of Bodhidharma (October 5th)

noun:

• being versed in the literary and military arts

noun:

• ball-toss game, in which balls are thrown into a basket on a high pole (played at sports festivals)

counter:

• counter for carriages (e.g. in a train); counter for vehicles ➜ 両【りょう】

noun:

• remaining in spots

noun / ~する noun:

• giving up children for adoption or apprenticeship, etc. (out of poverty); reducing the number of mouths [literal]

noun:

• first year (pupil) in junior middle school; second year (pupil) in lower secondary school ➜ 中学校

noun:

• course in (of) mechanical engineering

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to distinguish in writing; to use different writing styles ［書き分ける］
• to draw (identifiably) - usu. 描き分ける

expression / adverb:

• in some way; somehow or other
• somewhere or other

expression:

• in great haste

noun:

• traditional winter hunters in Tōhoku; matagi

noun:

• number of nights staying in accommodation

expression:

• for this once only

noun:

• corporation in liquidation

noun:

• dressed in a kimono

ichidan verb:

• to fade in color; to fade in colour

noun:

• food for thought