noun:

• mirror-shaped mochi, usu. a pair stacked in order of size with a daidai on top, used as a New Year offering, then cut and eaten on January 11.

noun:

• wrestler's belt used in a bout - Sumo term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bring up a subject; to touch on a matter

expression:

• even the patience of a saint eventually runs out; (if you touch) the Buddha's face three times (he will get annoyed) [literal] - proverb

noun:

• prostitute working at a soapland - From English "soaplady"

expression / godan ~ぶ verb:

• to cause a commotion; to create a big stir; to invoke a storm [literal]

noun:

• bath heated directly from beneath, with a floating wooden lid on which the bather sits causing it to sink (named after the robber Goemon Ishikawa, who was boiled to death in one)

noun:

• adding a product line or department to improve a store's performance - From English "line robbing"

noun:

• tearoom attached to a theater (esp. in Kabuki)

godan ~る verb:

• to draw a tile from the wall - Mahjong term ➜ 自摸
• to win on a self-drawn tile - Mahjong term ➜ 自摸

noun:

• flower in a pot

noun:

• tiles in a player's hand - Mahjong term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to deal with a large number

noun:

• a square ri

expression:

• Have a good New Year ➜ 良いお年を【よいおとしを】

noun / ~する noun:

• performance of a noh play; performing a noh play

noun:

• man who drives a woman around for free; man used by a woman for his car - slang

noun:

• being a match for a thousand - four character idiom

godan ~む verb / transitive:

• to cast in a mold (mould)

noun:

• bath at a temple for the poor, sick and prisoners

noun:

• seasonal flowers arranged for a tea ceremony; flowers in a tea room

noun:

• the fate of a nation; life-or-death (situation) for a nation; national crisis - four character idiom

noun:

• stallion brought close to a mare to test her readiness to mate
• stalking horse; spoiler

noun:

• the charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; (so beautiful that) the moon is abashed and flowers wilt [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• part of a loom