noun:

• key (to understanding); point (e.g. of an argument) ➜ 捉えどころのない

noun:

• inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; the trouble of coming (going) [literal] - polite language

noun / ~する noun:

• paying to get someone (esp. a geisha, prostitute, etc.) out of bondage

noun / ~する noun:

• persuading by heavy-handed methods
• (in aesthetics) refinement; purification; elimination of non-essential elements

noun:

• capital letter
• first character of a dictionary entry
• matrix (printing)
• kanji corresponding to furigana

noun:

• wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)

noun:

• liquid; beverage; drink
• food with high water content
• gamble; uncertain affair; matter of chance

noun:

• visiting another school (e.g. of kendo) and defeating each member in a fight

noun:

• sirenian (any aquatic mammal of order Sirenia, incl. manatees, and dugongs); sea cow

noun / ~の noun:

• atavism; throwback; reappearance of an earlier characteristic; skipping a generation; reversion to ancestral type

noun / ~する noun:

• change of colour; changing colours; discoloration

~の noun / noun:

• differently coloured (but otherwise similar)
• different; unusual

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to improve one's skill (esp. at calligraphy or drinking larger amounts of alcohol) - idiom

noun:

• Mt. Koya missionary (usu. low-ranking monks)
• Lethocerus deyrollei (species of giant water bug) - usually written using kana alone ➜ 田鼈

noun:

• thin strip of wood smeared with sulfur, used to light a fire

noun:

• style of clothing popular in the late 1970s and resembling a Catholic school uniform - abbreviation - From English "Yokohama traditional"

noun:

• storyboard (film, television); design for a series of movie scenes - abbreviation ➜ コンティニュイティ

noun:

• popularly accepted "on" reading of a kanji (as opposed to those derived from Chinese)

noun:

• national of a third country
• foreigner resident in Japan (esp. Chinese and Korean) - derogatory term

noun:

• source of funds; gold mine; patron; milch cow
• cash box; safe

noun:

• penis-shaped device, traditionally made of horn, shell or papier mache; dildo

expression / noun:

• coming to nothing ➜ 水泡
• bubble on the surface of water
• something that is short-lived

noun:

• banners of thanks for the full house (in sumo tournaments, soccer matches, concerts, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• chart used to keep track of a wrestler's records during the tournament - Sumo term

noun:

• first ring-entering ceremony of the newly promoted grand champion, performed at Meiji shrine

noun:

• era at the end of 1970s dominated by grand champion Wajima and ozeki Takanohana - Sumo term ➜ 貴輪時代