expression / ichidan verb:

• to preserve in salt

noun:

• initial playing of an instrument in the New Year

expression:

• (to pay off) in full

noun:

• life in exile

noun:

• person in charge of warming sake in a bar

noun:

• counters for various categories; counter suffix - Linguistics term

noun:

• prize for a single stage of a relay race

noun:

• criterion (criteria) for selection

noun:

• hanging scroll in a tea-ceremony room

noun / ~する noun:

• reproducing in large numbers; multiplying

noun:

• persons who convince female celebrities to pose nude for photoshoots

noun:

• lidless box for clothes

expression:

• unparalleled in history - four character idiom

noun:

• reduction of punishment in the light of extenuating circumstances - Law term

noun:

• the lone woman (e.g. bright flower) in a group

noun / ~する noun:

• starting to work in a shop; joining a shop as an employee
• going inside a shop
• opening up a shop (in a building, etc.)

noun:

• letter dropped in the road; Japanese insect

noun:

• strong local wind blowing around the Hira mountains in Shiga prefecture (sinks boats on the lake and stops trains of the Kosei Line)

noun:

• type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China ➜ 福建土楼【ふっけんどろう】

noun:

• (crime of) preparations or plots for private war - Law term

noun:

• the five fundamental seasonings used in Japanese cooking: (in order) sugar, salt, vinegar, soy sauce, miso

noun:

• slender rope that goes through the hole in a coin

expression:

• sacrifice something small in order to save something great; lose a leg to save one's life; let a large bug live and kill a small one [literal] - proverb

expression:

• The world is covered in darkness; All is plunged into darkness - four character idiom

noun:

• crow in winter ➜ 寒鴉