noun:

• mixture of vinegar and some other flavouring (e.g. soy sauce, sugar, etc.)

noun:

• hot springs bath with simulated natural water supply and drainage; closed-loop hot springs bath

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to work hard at one's lessons

noun:

• plane able to make short takeoffs and landings

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• violent and angry - archaism
• shining; glittering; sparkling

noun / ~する noun:

• looking to and fro

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

noun:

• adulterer and adulteress; adulterous couple - four character idiom

noun:

• distinction between right and wrong

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

expression:

• it's hard to cut one's ties to close relatives even if they are wicked; you don't cut your finger off just because it's dirty [literal] - proverb

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:

• fast living; dissipated life; riotous life - four character idiom

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:

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