noun:

• (sudden) complete reversal (of plot); unexpected twist (at end of story)

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat

noun:

• kanji "mound" or "small village" radical at left (radical 170) - e.g. left side of 防 ➜ 邑【おおざと】

expression:

• out of luck; (at the) end of one's rope

noun:

• lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony
• tea master

noun:

• hook (high point of a song)
• (at a sushi shop) wasabi ［さび］ - abbreviation ➜ 山葵

noun:

• kanji radical "wa" or "covering" at top (radical 14)

noun:

• kanji "crooked seal" radical at right (variant of radical 26)

noun:

• telolecithal egg (egg having the yolk situated primarily at one end) ➜ 等黄卵

noun:

• chief kagura dancer (of kagura performed at the imperial palace) - archaism

noun:

• mountain covered in autumn colours at the end of autumn ➜ 紅葉

noun / ~する noun:

• standing guard; watchman

noun:

• watchman at the shogun's palaces (Edo period)

noun:

• main door at the front of a house
• front shutters

noun / ~の noun:

• (at a rate of) once a month

noun:

• 10 percent monthly interest

expression:

• hold on; go for it; keep at it; do your best ➜ 頑張る

noun:

• vintage awamori; awamori aged in cask for at least three years - sometimes written 古酒 ➜ 泡盛【あわもり】・古酒【こしゅ】

expression:

• on the least pretext; at the drop of a hat ➜ 何かと言うと

adverbial noun / ~の noun:

• at parting; on parting

~と adverb / adverb:

• growing light (e.g. at dawn)
• pale
• appearing dumb; talking in an obvious way

expression / adjective:

• good at playing along; up for anything; carefree; social; positive
• uplifting; upbeat

noun:

• Newtonian telescope (having a secondary mirror at 45 degrees, reflecting light into the eyepiece)

noun:

• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

noun:

• rapid pace at which the information technology field moves - From English "dog year"
• dog's ear ➜ ドッグイヤ

auxiliary:

• word used at sentence-end (like a particle) to indicate speculation, volition or invitation - archaism - Kantō, Tōhoku dialect
• should; must ➜ 可き

noun:

• traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)