noun:

• box made of thin wood or cardboard

noun:

• series of holidays with one or two workdays in between - four character idiom

noun:

• match held in front of the Emperor - Sumo term

noun:

• plane with a blade at ninety degrees to its base used for maintaining the bases of other wooden planes

noun:

• not having met or contacted someone for a long time; neglect of friends

noun / ~の noun:

• being in abstraction; being dazed; being absentminded; stargazing - four character idiom

noun:

• style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"

noun:

• horse mackerel caught in autumn - obscure term

noun / adjectival noun:

• being scattered in all directions; being broken up and dispersed - four character idiom

noun:

• a tree as seen in winter (esp. a barren deciduous tree)
• evergreen tree

noun:

• struggle for supremacy; championship game

noun:

• in itself; the thing itself; this itself; for its own sake; per se

noun / ~する noun:

• jumping along in a squatting position; bunny-hopping

noun:

• Nobel Prize in Economics ➜ ノーベル記念経済学賞【ノーベルきねんけいざいがくしょう】

noun:

• facility that serves meals and provides rooms for short-stay or overnight guests - From English "restaurant hotel"

noun:

• Edo-period term for a time of day, roughly 6 pm

noun:

• amateur wrestling on a street corner or in an empty field (esp. in autumn) - Sumo term
• wrestling show in a roadside tent - Sumo term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to write music for a song; to set to music

noun / ~する noun:

• being in someone's service for the first time; participating for the first time
• visiting a shrine (or temple) for the first time

expression / adjective:

• not in one's right mind; insane

noun:

• batting for fielding practice; fungo (hitting) - Baseball term - From English "knock batting"

noun:

• fan in autumn (esp. one that is no longer used); "outdated item that has fallen into disuse" [figurative]; "woman who has lost a man's affection or interest" [figurative] ➜ 秋の扇

noun:

• vinegar, soy sauce and mirin (or sugar) mixed in roughly equal proportions ➜ 合わせ酢

noun / ~する noun:

• word-for-word translation; literal translation

noun:

• person in arrears; (tax) defaulter