expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to lose a battle to win the war; to incur damage so as to inflict greater damage on a foe; to allow one's flesh to be cut in order to sever another's bone [literal] - idiom

noun:

• new futures on the first trading session of the month

noun:

• products of the south seas

noun / ~する noun:

• direct delivery

noun / ~する noun:

• all things being in flux through the endless circle of birth, death, and rebirth; the circle of transmigration - four character idiom ➜ 輪廻転生

adverb:

• still some way to go before the goal; still more to come; much more; not yet

noun:

• broiled eel served over rice in a lacquered box; broiled eel and rice served in two separate stacked boxes, with eel in top box and rice in bottom box

noun / ~する noun:

• being returned (sent back) to the drawing board - four character idiom

noun:

• built-in device - IT term

noun:

• expert in old writing

noun:

• newspaper with a lot of advertisements and delivered for free of charge - From English "free paper"

adjectival noun:

• covered with ashes

noun / ~する noun:

• inspire someone with fresh courage; with redoubled courage - four character idiom

noun:

• all over the country

noun:

• twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods

godan ~る verb:

• to act the goody-goody; to pretend to be nice

noun:

• closing of the winter hearth

noun:

• message appended to a note accompanying a gift, requesting the recipient to keep the gift at hand

noun:

• mochi filled with red bean paste and topped with green soy flour ➜ 餅【もち】・餡・青きな粉

noun:

• soup of soumen noodles and various ingredients in a soy sauce broth

noun:

• the symbolist school

noun:

• grated daikon mixed with flavoured vinegar

~と adverb / adverb:

• with a bump; with a clunk - onomatopoeia ➜ こつんと
• yelp (e.g. of a fox); bark; howl - onomatopoeia

noun:

• padding, armour, etc. covering the testicles
• mantle or hood on a urinal, squat-toilet, etc.

expression:

• the mere shadow of one's former self; the ruin of what one once was