noun:

• thick red ink (used for signature seals); red ink pad; vermillion ink; cinnabar ink

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to use as a pretext; to use as an excuse for doing something

noun:

• drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice ➜ 稲掛け

~の noun:

• dull ［ダル］

noun:

• Indian split pulse (lentils, peas or beans); Indian pulse stew; dal; daal - Food term - From Hindi "dāl"
• dāl; eighth letter of the Arabic alphabet ［ダール］ - From Arabic

noun:

• style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to change clothes (on someone else, e.g. child, doll); to change the wallpaper or skin (of a smart phone, etc.)

auxiliary:

• word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation - Kantō, Tōhoku dialect ➜ 可い

suffix:

• familiar suffix used after a personal name ［ぺ］

noun:

• coping; top rail; cap piece; head board; what covers the top of a wall, torii or gate, not necessarily made of wood - Architecture term

noun:

• monkey booze; sake-like liquid produced by the fermentation of fruits left by monkeys in tree caches or hollows in rocks

noun:

• Shunkei lacquerware; lacquerware created using transparent lacquer on yellow- or red-stained wood, allowing the natural wood grain to be seen

noun:

• gratuitous scene inserted in a narrative (in anime, etc.); scene designed purely to excite or titillate the viewer - From English "service cut"

noun:

• male chorus; male-voice choir; chorus for male voices

noun:

• sash roller; door roller; roller for a sliding door

noun:

• chalice (for Holy Communion)
• Holy Chalice; Holy Grail

upper nidan verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to be worried; to be grieved; to pine for - archaism ➜ 侘びる

noun:

• Edo-period hairstyle for the common man (the entire head shaved just above the ear, with the remainder tied up in the back) - archaism

expression:

• something-something; something or other

expression:

• something something; something or other

noun:

• weather; climatic conditions
• fine weather; clear day
• situation; state of affairs
• sea conditions; good day for sailing

noun / ~する noun:

• looking up (e.g. a word in a dictionary); retrieval (e.g. data); searching for; referring to

expression:

• sleep four hours and pass, sleep five hours and fail (when cramming for university entrance exams) - four character idiom

noun:

• temporary employment; a temporary job while looking for a better job; work just to kill time - four character idiom

noun:

• (animal) feed tray; feed trough; feed box; feed bowl; bait box (e.g. for fishing)

noun:

• alternative name; alternate name
• assumed name of a customer in a brothel (for anonymity)
• stage name

noun / ~する noun:

• participation in a war; going to war
• "taking part in a competition or contest" [figurative]