noun:

• Edo-period unit of gold coinage ［金目］
• golden eyes (of a cat, etc.)
• splendid alfonsino (Beryx splendens) - abbreviation ➜ 金目鯛

noun:

• tenkasu; crunchy bits of deep-fried dough produced as a byproduct of cooking tempura ➜ 天ぷら

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by buying too many clothes (as a fabled tendency of the people of Kyoto) ➜ 大阪の食い倒れ・着倒れ

noun:

• pit (of a fruit); stone - obscure term
• core
• tongue (piece of wood used to connect two boards)
• clitoris

noun:

• sugidama; ball made from sprigs of Japanese cedar, traditionally hung in the eaves of sake breweries

noun:

• LOHAS; Lifestyles Of Health And Sustainability; market segment made up of ecologically conscious consumers

noun:

• stripe-tailed goanna (Varanus caudolineatus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the forests of Western Australian)

noun:

• Platax (genus of 5 extant species of Indo-Pacific batfish in the spadefish family Ephippidae)

noun:

• Reaganomics; economic policies of Ronald Reagan (i.e. reduction of taxes, spending, and market regulation)

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺り

noun:

• sake brewed without addition of saccharides and no more than 120 litres of seed alcohol per tonne ➜ 本醸造【ほんじょうぞう】

noun:

• sense of enhanced value of a commodity or service (e.g. from quality, scarcity, etc.)

noun:

• highest honorifics; honorific language mainly reserved for speaking of or to a member of the Imperial family - Linguistics term

adverb / ~と adverb:

• fiercely (e.g. of a fire burning) - onomatopoeia
• bong-bong (of clock ringing) - onomatopoeia
• with repeated bangs (e.g. of fire cracker) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• striking clock - abbreviation - onomatopoeia ➜ ぼんぼん時計
• green young man from a well-to-do family - Kansai dialect

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to take over; to take back; to collect; to claim
• to take charge of; to take custody of; to look after; to take care of; to adopt
• to retire to a private place; to withdraw; to get out

noun:

• proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained ➜ 拘束名簿式比例代表制

noun:

• oni; ogre; demon
• spirit of a deceased person ➜ 亡魂
• ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.) ［おに］
• it (in a game of tag, hide-and-seek, etc.) ［おに］ ➜ 鬼ごっこ【おにごっこ】
• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) ［き］ - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

prefix:

• very; extremely; super- ［おに］ - slang ➜ 超

noun:

• Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama) ➜ 稲魂
• Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto)
• fox (said to be messengers of Inari) ➜ 狐
• fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes) ➜ 油揚げ
• inarizushi - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ いなり寿司

noun:

• style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho) ➜ 天明・蕉風
• style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo) ➜ 狂歌

noun:

• pawn (chess piece) ［ポーン］

~と adverb:

• boing; sproing (e.g. sound of releasing a spring); plonk (e.g. sound of hitting a tennis ball); crack (e.g. sound of ice cracking underfoot) - onomatopoeia
• flipping through the air; tossing - onomatopoeia

noun:

• nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit - Mahjong term

noun:

• ceremony on the fifth day of the 10th lunar month in which the emperor would watch prize archery (Heian and Kamakura periods)
• first firing of the bow (after the New Year or the reconstruction of the archery range (in military families))

noun / suffix noun:

• gate
• branch of learning based on the teachings of a single master ［もん］
• division; phylum ［もん］ - Biology term

counter:

• counter for cannons ［もん］

noun:

• height; stature
• length (esp. of clothing)
• all (one has); everything ➜ 思いのたけ・心のたけ
• magnificence (of a waka poem, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• protrusion; projection

noun:

• (Japanese) hors d'oeuvre; appetizer; snacks - Food term
• (winning technique of) pushing out of the ring - Sumo term