noun:

• cenote; sinkhole (esp. in the Yucatan peninsula) - From Spanish

noun:

• the six articles of faith (in Islam) ➜ 六信五行

ichidan verb / auxiliary verb:

• to do for (the sake of someone else) - from ..て and 上げる - colloquialism

noun:

• the newly rich

noun:

• meat around the eyes of a fish

noun:

• student hostel partly managed by the residents

noun / ~する noun:

• calling someone over the phone many times - colloquialism

noun:

• migrant worker from the countryside (in China) ➜ 民工

noun:

• sounding of the wooden clappers (kabuki) ➜ 附け板・附け木

~の noun:

• against the rules; breaking etiquette; illegal

noun:

• wild geese returning north in the spring

noun:

• being owned by the Tokyo metropolitan government

noun:

• 15th day of the 1st lunar month

noun:

• 15th day of the 10th lunar month

expression:

• sometimes the best gain is to lose - proverb

expression:

• man is the measure of all things - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• looking up the meaning (of a word)

noun / ~する noun:

• adopting (novel, etc.) for the theatre (theater)

noun:

• spy working for the Edo shogunate; oniwaban

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• exactly the same; identical; exact; perfect

noun:

• new registration; registering for the first time

noun:

• film shown over the New Year period

expression:

• eat moderately to avoid the doctor

noun:

• first cherry blossom of the year

noun:

• years (since the start of an era)