noun:

• goldfish with a shrimp-like tail ［えびお］
• head of a shamisen or lute (bent back like a shrimp's tail)

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated a whole compound - From English "group ruby" ➜ モノルビ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to turn everything into a joke; to continue joking to the last

expression / ichidan verb:

• to set a trap

noun / ~する noun:

• floral decorations, e.g. at a wedding

expression:

• as a nation; with the whole country

noun:

• shoji with glass window behind a sliding bottom half

noun:

• telephone number at which person without a phone can be reached

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation

noun / ~する noun:

• formal demand for disciplinary measures against a lawyer ➜ 弁護士法

expression / ichidan verb:

• to give a command (e.g. in a loud voice); to give an order

noun / ~する noun:

• performing a part in one's own play; playing a musical piece that one has written - four character idiom
• doing everything by oneself (from preparation to execution)
• put-up job; charade
• sock-puppeting (i.e. pretending to be more than one person on the Internet)

noun / ~する noun:

• formal complaint made by a victim

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun / ~する noun:

• (a bar hostess) coming to work accompanied by a customer - four character idiom

noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ

noun:

• railcar powered by a diesel or gasoline engine; rail motor

noun / ~する noun:

• being connected at a fundamental level; having an unseen commonality; underlying (both)

adverb:

• a little; for a moment; a short while; just a minute ➜ ちょっと

noun:

• a face of (feigned) innocence ➜ 恍け

noun:

• amount of a donation

noun:

• meaning of a title (of a book, poem, etc.); point of a question

noun / ~する noun:

• removing a bad taste; cleansing one's palate

noun:

• palate cleanser; intermezzo; dish or beverage to cleanse one's palate between dishes of a meal

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to be embarrassed for a reply; to be at a loss for a reply ➜ 返答に詰まる

noun:

• pounding down earth around the roots of a tree
• adding short branches of flowers to the base of an arrangement in ikebana