dismantling a (family) tomb
single-parent family; one-parent family; single-parent household
series (of publications); library (set of books)
candy-coated fruit (usu. a plum) on a stick
movie in which ... has the starring role
eating the food of the dead (which prevents return from the underworld)
single parent; one parent
Eurasian bullfinch (Pyrrhula pyrrhula); Japanese bullfinch
classifying in patterns; typification
treating bed hair; hair product for treating bed hair
astringency; constriction; collecting (e.g. opinions); putting together; extraction (of taxes); convergence (of light); convergence
first day of winter (approx. November 8)
streetwalker; nightwalker; prostitute
talkativeness; garrulity; loquacity
hard to reach place; remote place
to lull (a child) to sleep; to put a person to sleep
anthology; selection of books
placing salt by the entrance to one's establishment to bring good luck; such piles of salt
tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko; tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle)
slave labour; slave labor; compulsory service; forced labour; forced labor; exacted service
public relations department (section, office)
exorcism rite; purification
otitis media; inflammation of the middle ear
first day of autumn (approx. August 8); first day of fall
to anticipate; to foresee
press club; correspondents' club
near bankruptcy; edge of bankruptcy; bumper-to-bumper
oyaki; fried round wheat or buckwheat flour cake with various fillings; imagawayaki; thick pancake containing bean jam, served hot
first day of summer (approx. May 6)
to eat untidily; to eat a bit of everything; to dabble (in something); to try one's hand at various things