noun:

• large text that appears in ads or brochures to catch the reader's attention (in copywriting) - From English "catch copy"

noun:

• everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan
• silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out

expression:

• matter being discussed (e.g. in a private conversation) - colloquialism ➜ こちらの話
• our side of the story (in contrast to another's version)

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to feel down; to feel sad; to be depressed; to be in low spirits
• to be in a slump (business, economy, etc.); to be in an unfavourable condition
• to fall into (e.g. a hole)

noun:

• devil's walking stick (tree) (Aralia elata); Japanese angelica tree

noun:

• one of the accent patterns of Japanese words, with a rising and then falling pitch

noun:

• aged paste; microbially fermented weak adhesive for restoration of Japanese works of art on paper

noun:

• Japanese-Spanish (gen. for translations and dictionaries); Japan-Spain (e.g. intercountry trade and relations)

noun:

• lacertid (any lizard of family Lacertidae, esp. the Japanese grass lizard, Takydromus tachydromoides)

noun:

• series of articulated plates attached to the back and sides of a Japanese helmet ➜ 兜

noun:

• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

noun:

• Japan Revolutionary Communist League-National Committee; JRCL; Middle Core Faction [literal]; Japanese far-left revolutionary group

noun:

• lintel of the alcove in a tea room or a window in a shoin-style reception room
• cloud-shaped carving on the bottom of a transom
• metallic bowl used to hold the charcoal in a wooden hibachi ➜ 火鉢

noun:

• preceptor or high priest (esp. in Zen or Pure Land Buddhism) ［おしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Tendai or Kegon Buddhism) ［かしょう］ - honorific language
• preceptor or high priest (in Shingon, Hosso, Ritsu or Shin Buddhism) ［わじょう］ - usu. 和上 - honorific language
• second highest priestly rank in Buddhism ➜ 法眼
• monk (esp. the head monk of a temple) ［おしょう・かしょう］
• master (of one's art, trade, etc.)

noun:

• things on hand; things in stock
• money on hand; money in one's wallet

~の noun:

• on hand; in stock

noun:

• oak; daimyo oak; Japanese emperor oak; Quercus dentata

noun:

• madder (esp. Japanese madder, Rubia argyi)
• madder (red color)

noun:

• Shōwa Depression (Japanese part of the Great Depression); Showa Depression ➜ 世界大恐慌

noun:

• barnyard millet (Echinochloa esculenta); Japanese millet; sanwa millet

noun:

• Japanese mallotus (Mallotus japonicus)
• mallotus bark (herbal medicine)

expression:

• There's no point in staying (here) any longer; There's no point in prolonging a (the) visit; There's no point in extending one's stay - four character idiom

expression / godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to challenge (esp. in a lawsuit); to take on an opponent (in negotiations, contest, etc.)

noun / prefix noun:

• fried seafood or vegetables in general; deep-frying

noun:

• fly ball - Baseball term
• fly (esp. in fishing bait)
• flying

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom

expression:

• Very truly yours (a complimentary close used in a letter written in an old epistolary style) - four character idiom