noun:

• subtle seasoning that brings out the flavor; secret ingredient

noun:

• fifth division of the night (approx. 3 am to 5 am) - archaism

noun:

• a sense of the seasons

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to face the truth

noun:

• final three bouts on the last day of a tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• the teachings of Bushido

noun:

• advertisement hanging in a train - abbreviation ➜ 中吊り広告

noun:

• rice ball wrapped in pickled leaf mustard greens ➜ 高菜・目を見張る

noun:

• food of the mountains (wild game, mountain vegetables, mushrooms, etc.); fruits of the land ➜ 海の幸

expression / ichidan verb:

• to have the end in sight; to see the mountains [literal] - idiom

noun:

• from the area (e.g. person or goods)
• local trader; local merchant
• street tough; hoodlum controlling a territory (e.g. red light district, amusement area)

noun:

• The Gambia; Gambia

expression / noun:

• dark of the night; darkness of the night

noun:

• great burdock sold covered with soil ➜ 牛蒡

noun:

• novel written in epistolary style

noun:

• 2nd in a sequence denoted by the iroha system; 2nd note in the diatonic scale (used in key names, etc.)

noun:

• rank of the emperor; the imperial throne ➜ 皇位

expression:

• there is little to choose between the two; they're both about the same - idiom

noun:

• the nine nearest generations of relatives

noun:

• female golf pro sponsored by the tournament host - From English "hostess pro" ➜ ホストプロ

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to step out of the ring; to put one's foot outside the ring - Sumo term

noun:

• sense of the times; sensitivity to the times ➜ 時勢感覚

noun:

• seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate

noun:

• skin stretched on the sides of a biwa ➜ 琵琶【びわ】

noun:

• tea prepared for the New Year with the first water of the year