noun:

• taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things
• starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto)
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to fall in love at first sight
• to see for the first time; to meet for the first time - archaism
• to have sexual relations for the first time - archaism

noun:

• germ rice; half-milled rice; semi-polished rice; rice with the germ; rice polished to remove the bran but not the germ; milled rice with embryo buds - Food term

noun:

• semidarkness; deep and strange; hades; the present and the other world; dark and light

noun:

• compromised shaku (compromise between the Kyouhou shaku and the Matajirou shaku; approx. 30.3 cm) - archaism

ichidan verb:

• to have become worn
• to be used to the ways of the world

noun:

• supermoon; full moon or new moon occurring while the Moon is closest to the Earth

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to duff (golf); to sclaff; to hit the ground behind the ball during a stroke - Sports term ➜ ダフ

noun:

• number of events (e.g. accidents, crimes, meetings, housing starts, hits on a web page)

conjunction / expression:

• to make matters worse; besides; what's more; in addition; on top of that

noun:

• gobang (game played on go board involving lining up stones); gomoku; Five in a Row

noun:

• day on which many companies hold shareholders meetings (to limit disruption by would-be blackmailers)

noun:

• sommelier (sommeliere); waiter or waitress who manages and is an expert on wine - From French

noun:

• central black dot on a go board
• Tengen era (978.11.29-983.4.15)

noun:

• mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.

noun:

• food (meat, fish, vegetables, etc.) cooked separately but served together on one dish

noun:

• women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII

noun:

• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

expression:

• a curse will rebound on yourself as well; curses, like chickens, come home to roost - proverb

noun:

• tool which is attached to something (e.g. fire extinguisher on a boat); accessory; appliance

noun:

• body set on fire from head to foot (like a daruma doll being ritually incinerated)

noun:

• Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings ➜ 古医方

noun:

• chocolate given to a boy on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

noun:

• kakko; Japanese hourglass drum, played with sticks on both sides, traditionally used in gagaku - Music term

noun / ~する noun:

• impressed (glued) gold or silver foil on traditional Japanese fabric
• type of noh costume