noun:

• winter sparrow (said to be tasty and having healing properties); sparrow in winter

adverb:

• dripping; in drops ➜ ぼたぼた

noun:

• shortage of talented people; shortfall in human resources

noun:

• facing one's opponent head-on and winning via overwhelmingly superior strength or skill; match in which a yokozuna overpowers his opponent - Sumo term

ichidan verb:

• to yearn for; to be in love with

noun:

• Thymallus; genus of freshwater fish in the salmon family Salmonidae

noun:

• Hexanchus; genus of sixgill sharks in the family Hexanchidae comprised of 2 extant species

expression / adverb:

• furthermore; besides; moreover; in addition; further; above or beyond this

noun:

• circumstances; one's situation or lot in life

noun:

• bowed tendon; type of tendon injury in a horse's leg

noun / ~する noun:

• using without permission; using information obtained in the course of one's duties - obscure term

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to fade (of a colour); to grow dull in color (colour)
• to lose vividness; to lose freshness; to grow stale; to pale

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be highly-reputed and sell extremely well (of a printed literary work); to raise the price of paper in Luoyang [literal] - idiom - archaism

noun:

• cultivation of aesthetic sensibility; education in good taste

noun:

• Pangu; creator of heaven and earth in Chinese mythology

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give one's heart to; to fall in love
• to turn one's mind towards; to think of

expression:

• I am writing to you; I am (taking the liberty of) getting in touch with you - template phrase used in business writing - polite language

adverb:

• never; by no means; not in the least; in no way - with neg. verb

noun:

• reduced demand; decline in demand

expression:

• cause of headaches; pain in the neck

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make a leap into the dark; to take the plunge; to jump in at the deep end; to jump off the stage of the Kiyomizu temple [literal] - idiom

noun:

• soup served at the end of a traditional Japanese dinner; last soup served in a Kaiseki course (often miso soup) ➜ 会席料理

expression:

• the beauties of nature as the key poetic theme; the central theme in composing poetry (haiku) must be the beauties of nature and the harmony that exist between nature and man. (The slogan of the Hototogisu School of modern Japanese haiku) - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥風月

noun:

• restraint; being exclusively absorbed in something

noun:

• topcoat; light overcoat for use in spring and autumn - From English "spring coat"