noun:

• love call; calling out to someone with love or good will
• phone call to a loved one
• fervent request; heartfelt appeal; passionate call to action

noun:

• menko; children's game in which thick circular or rectangular cards are slapped down on the ground to overturn other cards

noun:

• a cappella; unaccompanied choir or choral work - Music term - From Italian

godan ~す verb:

• to sift out; to screen or eliminate (candidates)

noun / adjectival noun:

• bad-mouthing someone so as to be deliberately overheard; intentionally letting someone hear insults or sarcasm regarding them

noun:

• traditional horse-racing; originally two horses head-to-head or ten at a time, esp. May 5th event at Kamigamo shrine

noun / ~の noun:

• a sight for sore eyes; seeing something beautiful or precious

noun:

• objective complement; noun or adjective following and modifing the direct object

noun:

• traffic; volume or quantity of goods transported

noun:

• Hexanchidae; family with four species and three genera of cow sharks characterized by either one or two additional pairs of gill slits

noun:

• Special Permission to Stay in Japan; residence status that can be granted to illegal immigrants or overstayers - abbreviation ➜ 在留特別許可

noun:

• horse; block of rock completely separated from the surrounding rock either by mineral veins or fault planes - Geology term

noun:

• little four winds; winning hand consisting of three kongs or pungs of winds and a pair of the fourth wind - Mahjong term - From Chinese

expression / adjective:

• having a high threshold; awkward to approach or go to ➜ 敷居が高い

~する verb (spec.):

• to name; to take a second name or alias ➜ 号・号
• to announce; to boast; to declare

noun:

• every word and act; just a word or an act - four character idiom

noun:

• slide film; positive or reversal film ➜ ポジフィルム

noun:

• abovementioned item; description at beginning of (this) text or document

noun:

• soju; Korean spirit typically distilled from rice or sweet potatoes - From Korean

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures ➜ 覗き機関【のぞきからくり】
• water glass; hydroscope; box, etc. with glass bottom for viewing underwater ➜ 箱眼鏡【はこめがね】

noun:

• theism; belief in existence of a god or gods

noun:

• a style of Chinese poetry; legend or inscription on a picture

expression:

• around ...; or so

noun:

• explosive increase (in number of pests); (severe) outbreak or upsurge of pests

adverb / ~する noun:

• this and that; one thing or another