noun:

• price of a flower
• fee for a geisha's companionship

noun:

• killing a passerby in order to test a new sword

expression:

• being a member of staff but useless as a worker

expression / noun:

• well-matched contest; fight between a dragon and a tiger [literal]

noun:

• "pocket Hello Kitty" that combines a pedometer and a tamagotchi - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

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

noun:

• ceramics with a blue pattern on a white background

expression:

• discouraged person; (like a) sheep being led to a slaughterhouse

noun:

• style of garden that features a path around a pond - obscure term

noun:

• bunbuku chagama (a mythical raccoon dog transformed into a teapot)

noun:

• call number (e.g. of a book in a library)

expression:

• a drowning man will catch at a straw - proverb

noun:

• clay face (made like a mask or as a decoration)

adverb / ~と adverb:

• ding; chime (sound of a bell or a small gong) - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• returning to a club (one was formerly a member of) - colloquialism - obscure term

noun:

• signboard depicting scene from a play (usu. outside a theatre)

expression:

• You must lose a fly to catch a trout - idiom

noun:

• running style (of a horse, e.g. a front runner)

noun:

• papercraft sculpture representing a scene akin to a painting

noun:

• storage chest for a suit of armour and a helmet

noun:

• coating a painting with a layer of transparent oil

noun:

• blow to a vital point of a person's body - Martial Arts term ➜ 当て身【あてみ】

expression / noun:

• fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill

expression / noun:

• fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill - idiom

expression / noun:

• fighting over nothing; making a mountain out of a molehill