expression:

• a few minutes; for a few minutes; for a number of minutes; for a period of a few minutes; for several minutes

noun:

• salt pan (used for boiling seawater to make salt)
• cooking a fish inside a salt crust - abbreviation ➜ 塩釜焼き
• candy made with a wrapping of sweetened rice flour (looking like a salt crust)

noun / ~する noun:

• softening Antonym: 硬化
• softening (of attitude); mollification Antonym: 硬化
• weakening (of the market) Antonym: 硬化
• blanching (e.g. of vegetables; by depriving of light)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• noisily (e.g. from many people talking); creating a commotion - onomatopoeia
• rustling (leaves) - onomatopoeia
• feeling a chill; getting the chills - onomatopoeia

expression / noun:

• a fish on the chopping board; person in a situation where they are rendered powerless - idiom

expression:

• to only look the part (but otherwise be wholly unsuited for it); a monkey wearing a crown - idiom

noun:

• attending foreign language study at a school near the train station (esp. used as a NOVA catchphrase)

expression:

• temptation one can't resist; setting a wolf to mind the sheep; trusting a cat with milk - idiom

noun:

• peoples formerly of northern Japan with distinct language and culture (i.e. the Ainu) - archaism ➜ 蝦夷
• provincial (i.e. a person who lives far from the city)
• brutish, unsophisticated warrior (esp. used by Kyoto samurai to refer to samurai from eastern Japan)
• foreigner; barbarian - derogatory term

expression:

• regardless of; whether (or not) - volitional form of verb + が ➜ が

conjunction:

• or; either ... or

adverb:

• maybe; perhaps; possibly
• sometimes; some

noun / ~する noun:

• inner glow or light; deep gloss or luster (lustre)

noun:

• northern or southern lights; aurora borealis or australis

noun:

• damage or injuries caused by bombing or an explosion

noun / ~する noun:

• drastic measure or treatment (common mistake or alternative version) ➜ 荒療治

noun:

• votive card or tablet ➜ 納札
• treasury or granary receipt statement - archaism

adverb:

• somehow or other; for some reason or another ➜ なんとなく

expression / adverb:

• knowingly or unknowingly; with or without someone's knowledge

noun:

• selling one's personal effects in order to live (like peeling the layers of a bamboo shoot one by one)

noun:

• flat ground
• seats immediately in front of the stage (e.g. in kabuki) ➜ 平土間【ひらどま】
• multi-brand display area (in a shop)

expression:

• whether or not; presence or absence

adverb:

• sometimes; some ➜ 或いは【あるいは】

conjunction:

• or; either ... or ➜ 或いは【あるいは】

noun:

• Budget Committee (of the Upper and Lower Houses of the Diet)
• budget committee

noun:

• first sound of the year for an animal; first sound of the season - obscure term

noun:

• Song of Solomon (book of the Bible); Song of Songs; Canticle of Canticles