noun:

• feel of a brush or pen

noun:

• ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background

expression:

• when there is a legal tender currency, bad money drives out good money (Gresham's Law) - proverb ➜ グレシャムの法則

noun:

• place where a meeting (conference, etc.) is held; venue

noun:

• becoming a geisha (of a geisha apprentice) ➜ 半玉・舞子

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to punctuate a sentence

godan ~る verb:

• to win (a race) by a wide margin
• to slash though something; to tear (off)

noun:

• purpose of a visit

noun:

• taxi equipped with a meter (from "meter taxi") - obscure term

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• drinking like a fish and eat like a horse; eating mountains of food and drink oceans of liquor - four character idiom

noun:

• heir to a throne

noun:

• harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment - abbreviation ➜ パワーハラスメント

noun / ~する noun:

• a mention

noun:

• companies exploiting debtors by forcing them to make expensive credit card purchases and buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

noun:

• anniversary that celebrates author Dazai Osamu's birthday, and incidentally, the day his body was found after he was involved in a double suicide - 太宰治

ichidan verb:

• to put up a good front

expression:

• don't be a sore loser; don't make excuses for your failures; a defeated general should not talk of strategy [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to marry into a family of rank; to marry money

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to hold a memorial service for the dead, praying for their happiness in the next life by chanting sutras - Buddhism term

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to share a cup of sake (in commemoration of something)

noun:

• (having, there being) a great number of books - four character idiom

noun:

• forming a chow by picking up a tile discarded by another player - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 碰【ポン】

noun / ~する noun:

• the 'be-be-be' sound of a detector going off
• clicking with someone; being compatible

noun:

• horse entered in a race

noun / ~する noun:

• staying for two or more nights in a row (e.g. at a hotel)