noun:

• brief remark; few words
• one side (e.g. of an argument); ex-parte statement

noun:

• identity fraud; forgery (e.g. of email); spoofing - IT term
• masquerade (esp. for evil purposes)

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:

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

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:

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

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:

• 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:

• 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

noun:

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

noun / ~する noun:

• astonished; stunned; startled out of one's wits; thunderstruck; open-eyed astonishment

noun / ~する noun:

• change in mentality; changing one's way of thinking; adjusting psychologically to shifting circumstances - four character idiom

counter:

• counter for collections or assemblies of flat objects (e.g. CDs, DVDs, etc.)

noun:

• the large number of bridges over canals and rivers in Naniwa (present-day Osaka) - four character idiom

noun:

• show-off underwear; wearing clothes that reveal part of one's pants

noun:

• Ginkgoaceae; family of flowering plants whose only extant member is the ginkgo ➜ 銀杏【いちょう】

noun:

• (Chinese-style) almond jelly; dessert of powdered and jellied apricot kernels with fruit

noun:

• type of soft Japanese confectionery made with rice flour (somewhat similar to Turkish delight)