noun:

• early morning crowing of a rooster
• brown domestic fowl (chicken breed)

noun / ~の noun:

• the said (cabinet) minister

noun:

• in-phase (component of a wave)
• homeomorphism

noun:

• germ (of a cereal, e.g. wheat, rice); embryo bud - Botany term

noun:

• flood of customers; (doing a) roaring business - four character idiom

noun:

• maggot
• worm (as a term of abuse); scum - derogatory term

noun:

• the nine principal points in a game of go

noun:

• rivalry for the heart of a woman ➜ 恋の鞘当て【こいのさやあて】
• quarrel over something trivial - from two samurai quarreling because the sheaths of their swords happened to touch

noun:

• Edo-period term for a time of day, roughly 6 pm

noun:

• gold-colored paper wrapped around the tip of a cigarette (coloured)

noun:

• emphasis (e.g. placed on a word); stress; tone (of voice)

noun:

• a person whose services are at the disposal of another

noun:

• the mid-month's slate of entertainment in a variety hall

noun:

• signature or written seal at the end of a document

noun:

• seeking to improve one's health with a change of climate

noun:

• foreword; preface; introduction ［じょし］
• prefatory modifying statement (of a waka, etc.)

noun:

• opening of a new theater (theatre)

noun:

• salted salmon roe (i.e. a mass of immature eggs) ➜ イクラ

noun / ~する noun:

• statement (of a carefully reasoned logical argument); dissertation; enunciation; setting forth

noun / ~する noun:

• looking down (from the heavens); visit of a high-ranking person

noun:

• obi-tying ceremony designed to ensure safe birth of a child

noun:

• first number (e.g. issue of a magazine)
• No. 1 type

noun:

• citing or naming a variety of flowers
• multi-flowered design

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have a hard time of it ➜ 目にあう【めにあう】

noun:

• employee of a messenger or delivery service - From English "hand carrier"

noun:

• flour paste cake in the form of a tube