noun:

• swollen face; puffy face - From English "moon face"
• moon display on a watch indicating am or pm (usually analogue)

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to make fun of; to look down on; to make light of
• to take a tea break; to rest

noun:

• one cup (of sake)
• (going out for, treating someone to) a drink; small drinking party

noun:

• excellent poem (tanka, haiku, etc.); famous poem
• superb rendition of a poem

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to meddle; to poke one's nose into; to interfere
• to make a pass at; to flirt with; to make a move on

noun / ~する noun:

• placing (an ad); submission of advertising copy
• sending a manuscript for printing

noun:

• Western word or sentence
• word created by translating components of a Western word

noun / ~する noun:

• revenge
• making a new attempt where one previously failed; determination of a loser to win the next time ➜ リターンマッチ

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shave off (esp. concrete)
• to take a percentage; to take a cut

noun:

• red dragon tile - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 紅中
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of red dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• convolution - Mathematics term
• taking in a sail; reefing a sail

noun:

• space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.) - archaism
• a short time

noun:

• rear gate (esp. of castle); back entrance ➜ 大手【おおて】
• one who arrests
• force attacking the rear of a castle ➜ 大手【おおて】
• (opponent's) weak point

noun:

• mixed vegetable and seafood tempura ［かき揚げ・掻き揚げ・掻揚げ・掻揚］
• something pulled upwards
• small castle with a simple earthen-walled moat ［かき揚げ・掻き揚げ・搔き揚げ］ - abbreviation ➜ かき揚げ城【かきあげじろ】
• turning up a lamp wick

noun:

• the western part of Japan (esp. Kyushu, but ranging as far east as Kinki) - abbreviation
• western nations (esp. India or Europe)
• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara ➜ 西国三十三所
• a pilgrimage of these temples ➜ 西国巡礼

noun:

• various containers; miscellaneous receptacles
• small wooden plate on which offerings for a Shinto home shine are placed

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to become empty (hollow)
• to relax from a tense situation into a vacant or absent minded state

noun:

• green dragon tile - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 緑發
• winning hand with a pung (or kong) of green dragon tiles - Mahjong term

noun:

• greeting - polite language
• a fine thing to say - used sarcastically as a response to a rude remark - humorous term

noun / ~する noun:

• breaking ground; ground-breaking (ceremony)

noun:

• New Year's ceremony in which a hoe is used to break ground in a field lying in a lucky direction

noun:

• bud; sprout; shoot ➜ 芽吹く【めぶく】
• opening of a bud

noun:

• oyakodon; chicken and egg on rice
• sexual relationship with both a mother and daughter - vulgar - slang

noun:

• white vinegar; plum vinegar made without perilla ➜ ホワイトビネガー・梅酢【うめず】
• dressing consisting of a dashi-diluted mixture of vinegar, ground sesame, tofu, sugar and salt - Food term

noun:

• shellfish cooked in its own shell (esp. turban shell) - abbreviation ➜ 栄螺の壺焼き
• food cooked in a crockpot

suffix:

• (some type of) enthusiast
• somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality