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first of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mercury and north)

question time (e.g. in parliament, diet, etc.)

to be pleasure to the eye

picking up stitches (knitting)

pouring ladle (in ironworks)

holding one's course

pulling out by the roots

feast for one's eyes

winning one's first election

operating (e.g. of trains, cars)

first sound of the year for an animal

to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses

division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five time periods and eight categories (theory of the Tendai sect)

beauty parlour offering sexual massages

person who lives an extravagant lifestyle

discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration)

preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

lowest level

system of self-management

to turn over a new leaf

to get jealous

lingering snow

to break by hand (e.g. a flower)

to drift

vehicle (car, motorcycle, etc.) with an engine that runs

social skills

leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen

(another's) daughter

large-scale housing and lifestyle development project

men's bath