noun:

• entrance to a daimyo's mansion
• glans (of the penis)

noun:

• newsworthiness; news hook; topicality; popularity (of a topic, issue, etc.)

noun:

• faint or blurry way of writing with a brush ➜ 渇筆【かっぴつ】

noun:

• pile of poo shaped like a soft-serve ice cream

noun:

• furigana where kana is associated each character of a compound - From English "mono-ruby"

noun:

• small territory ［しょうりょう］
• assistant director of a district (ritsuryo system) ➜ 次官【すけ】

noun:

• Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) ➜ マジェラン鮎並【マジェランあいなめ】
• melody - abbreviation ➜ メロディー

suffix noun:

• section of a pop song - usu. Ａメロ, Ｂメロ, etc.

noun:

• parts of a building to which electrical cables are attached

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】・加熱ムラ【かねつムラ】

noun:

• uneven heating of food (esp. in a microwave) ➜ 斑【むら】

adjectival noun / noun:

• smooth and refreshing (of sake); light with a clean finish

noun:

• winning hand consisting of four kongs and a pair - Mahjong term

noun:

• win on the last discard of a round - Mahjong term

noun:

• celebration held 50 days after the birth of a child ➜ 五十日【いか】

noun:

• fiftieth day after the birth of a child
• fifty days

noun:

• four of a kind (poker hand) - From English "four card"

noun:

• large sound of unknown source heard on a forested mountain - from the idea that such sounds came from trees being felled by tengu ➜ 天狗

noun:

• atmosphere (esp. of a place or person); mood; vibe; ambience - colloquialism ➜ 雰囲気

noun:

• official promotional photo of a musician, model, etc. - from アーティスト写真 - abbreviation

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to take the form of (esp. in ref. to a spirit, fox, raccoon dog, etc.); to assume the shape of; to turn oneself into; to transform oneself into
• to disguise oneself as
• to change radically; to metamorphose
• to improve unexpectedly and dramatically (esp. of an actor, artist, rikishi, etc.)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to have one's eye caught on something; to have one's attention drawn to something

expression / ichidan verb:

• to shift one's attention to; to shift one's focus on

expression / ichidan verb:

• to state one's opinion; to offer one's opinion; to opine

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to alert; to get one's attention; to draw one's attention

adverb / ~と adverb:

• tap-tap; knock-knock; bang-bang - onomatopoeia
• cough-cough - onomatopoeia
• bark (of a fox); yelp; cry - onomatopoeia
• heavily (e.g. of snow falling) - onomatopoeia

noun:

• fox - children's language ➜ 狐