noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• closing of the winter hearth

noun:

• person fond of using a mobile phone - From English "mobiler"

noun:

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

noun:

• character of a particular place

expression:

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

noun:

• candy fashioned in human and animal forms

noun:

• point of difference

noun:

• measure of area - From German "Ar"

noun:

• right of control; supremacy; sovereignty

adverb:

• in its entirety; whole; wholly - Ōsaka dialect

noun / ~する noun:

• change of post

noun:

• regiment of military policemen

noun:

• Disposition of Ryukyu; forced assimilation of Okinawa into Japan, ending its tributary relations with China and abolishing the Ryukyu Kingdom (1872-1879)

noun:

• first bath of the New Year ➜ 初湯

noun:

• state of dependence

noun:

• working as a servant for a series of masters

noun:

• adding of value

noun:

• forcible obstruction of business; obstructing business by force

expression:

• in a manner of speaking; as it were; so to speak; if you like; per se

noun:

• value of one's property (assets); property (asset) value

noun:

• economy of scale ➜ スケールメリット

suffix noun:

• used after the name of someone who is an older sister figure - familiar language ➜ 兄【にい】

noun:

• used with various honorifics to mean (older) sister ➜ お姉さん

noun:

• outermost region of the castle ➜ 本丸・二の丸