expression:

• nobody knows the morrow; speak of next year and the ogres laugh [literal] - proverb

noun:

• type of humorous book popular in the Edo period (from the 1750s)

noun:

• Carcharhinus (the type genus of the requiem shark family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• divining the year's crop yields from the shape of lingering snow

noun:

• backmarker (competitor at the tail of the field, likely to be lapped)

noun:

• divination that predicts the events of the whole year (esp. concerning crops) ➜ 年見

noun / ~する noun:

• being in the center of attention again; coming back into the limelight

noun:

• flag used at funerals showing the name and rank of the deceased

noun:

• backside part of the shamisen's neck where it meets the body

noun:

• high-quality buckwheat flour (made only using the center of the grain)

noun:

• plan for the invasion of the Soviet Far East in July 1941 - abbreviation

noun:

• sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra - archaism ➜ 金剛杵
• plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

noun:

• killing a would-be avenger
• having the tables turned on someone (e.g. by a challenger); being beaten at one's own game

noun:

• first part of a poem; first part of a verse

noun:

• honor of seeing (a person); honour of seeing (a person)

noun / adverbial noun:

• flash of lightning; flash of a sword; brandishing a sword - four character idiom

noun:

• var. of mochi made from a mixture of rice flour and sweet bean paste (famous product of Kagoshima)

noun:

• starting; engaging
• expenses; costs - esp. 掛かり, 掛り
• attack (esp. a corner approach in the game of go) - esp. 掛かり, 掛り; often as カカリ ➜ カカリ
• barb
• charge; duty; person in charge; official; clerk ［掛かり・掛り］ - esp. for government offices, railways, etc. ➜ 係【かかり】

expression:

• if two ride upon a horse, one must sit behind; when Greek meets Greek, then comes the tug of war; two great rivals cannot coexist - proverb

expression:

• the pot calling the kettle black; the goop in the eye laughing at the snot in the nose [literal] - idiom

noun:

• people living in the country; people living inland; Japanese in Japan proper; people living on Honshu

expression:

• the day is short, and the work is much; my goal is still a long way off - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• return to the United States

noun:

• term used to refer to Japanese-American children (nisei) who were sent by their parents to Japan before WW2 to receive their schooling

adverb / ~と adverb:

• gentle clinking; sound of rapping; sound of rattling; sound of lightly chopping - onomatopoeia
• simmering noise; light bubbling; sound of cooking something on a low flame - onomatopoeia

proper noun:

• Epistle to the Hebrews (book of the Bible); Letter to the Hebrews; Hebrews ➜ ヘブライ人への手紙