noun:

• Manneken Pis (cupid-like statue urinating into a fountain); Petit Julien

noun:

• aiming at the eye (with a sword)
• warm, welcoming eyes ［青眼］ ➜ 白眼【はくがん】

noun:

• shed skin (of a snake, insect, etc); ecdysis

noun / ~する noun:

• taking a breath (while singing, swimming, etc.)
• short break; breather

noun:

• early morning crowing of a rooster
• brown domestic fowl (chicken breed)

noun / ~の noun:

• the said (cabinet) minister

noun:

• in-phase (component of a wave)
• homeomorphism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to thrust at (with a knife, sword, etc.)

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to get back together (with a former partner)

noun:

• germ (of a cereal, e.g. wheat, rice); embryo bud - Botany term

noun:

• flood of customers; (doing a) roaring business - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• living a quiet life in seclusion away from the masses

noun / ~する noun:

• penal servitude; submitting to a sentence; pleading guilty
• undetected crime ［伏罪］ - obscure term

noun:

• maggot
• worm (as a term of abuse); scum - derogatory term

noun:

• the nine principal points in a game of go

noun:

• tail and fins
• embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration

noun:

• rivalry for the heart of a woman ➜ 恋の鞘当て【こいのさやあて】
• quarrel over something trivial - from two samurai quarreling because the sheaths of their swords happened to touch

noun:

• Edo-period term for a time of day, roughly 6 pm

noun:

• afterbirth pains; afterpains
• repercussions; consequences
• child from a later wife ➜ 先腹

noun:

• gold-colored paper wrapped around the tip of a cigarette (coloured)

noun:

• traditional style of Japanese architecture with a steep thatched roof

noun:

• present (to build up a "friendship" with someone); bribe

noun:

• rice, meat and vegetable dish served in a small pot

noun:

• emphasis (e.g. placed on a word); stress; tone (of voice)

noun:

• visiting a shrine or temple to give thanks
• settling scores

noun:

• a person whose services are at the disposal of another