expression / noun:

• first sunrise of the year; sunrise on New Year's Day

intransitive verb / godan ~る verb:

• to supplant; to supersede; to replace; to take the place of

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to rise in revolt; to raise the standard of revolt

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to mark the passage of time; to let (feel) time pass

noun / ~の noun:

• gender equality; equal rights for both sexes; equality of the sexes - four character idiom

expression / noun:

• heyday; prime; one's glory; the height of one's prosperity

noun:

• guide to office routine; guide to the performance of official duties - four character idiom

noun:

• harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment - abbreviation ➜ パワーハラスメント

expression:

• the way one talks; one's way of speaking

noun:

• thread knot (end of the thread tied up to a knot)

expression:

• without hesitation; without a qualm; at the drop of a hat

noun:

• break in the snow; patch of ground not covered in snow

noun:

• first lull of the year; lull on New Year's Day

noun:

• Koya paper; Japanese paper produced in the vicinity of Mt. Koya ➜ 和紙

noun:

• lex talionis; the law of talion; an eye for an eye - Law term - From Latin "talio"

noun:

• Red and White singing contest; annual contest between male and female popular singers on New Year's Eve (sponsored and broadcast by NHK)

noun:

• sleeping quarters; bedroom (mainly refers to one used by a married couple)
• inner room; inner sanctum

expression:

• baby-making machine (famously used by Health, Labour and Welfare Minister Yanagisawa Hakuo to refer to women)

noun:

• monkey banana (var. of wild banana in the Philippines and Okinawa) (Musa acuminata 'Seniorita'); seniorita banana; var. of banana producing small fruit - From English "monkey banana"

noun:

• matrilineal emperor of Japan; emperor (either male or female) whose mother is (was) a member of the Imperial family but whose father is (was) not - four character idiom ➜ 女性天皇

noun:

• light-pen detection; light-pen hit - IT term

adverb:

• so; really; seeming

adjectival noun / suffix:

• appearing that; seeming that; looking like; having the appearance of - after masu stem or adj-stem

noun:

• impression of the teeth; tooth mold (mould) - usu. 歯型
• tooth mark; teeth marks

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to change (with the passage of time)
• to fade; to wane; to decline

noun:

• pupil and (dark) iris of the eye ➜ 白目【しろめ】

~の noun:

• dark-eyed; sloe-eyed