poutine (Canadian dish)

a red paper lantern, typically used as a sign marking an izakaya, an inexpensive Japanese pub / (figuratively) an izakaya

word puzzle where four kanji are arranged around a blank in the middle, and four 熟語 (jukugo, “kanji compounds”) are to be formed by filling in the blank.

rare / unusual / strange

tax / tariff

sharp / pointed / piercing

sink / be submerged / subside / be depressed / aloes

Synonym of 野鳥観察 (yachō kansatsu, “birdwatching”)

slender, fine / thin kimono

speech is silver, silence is golden