noun:

• red eboshi (headgear worn by Japanese men prior to and during the Edo period, which was ordinarily black in color) ➜ 亭主の好きな赤烏帽子
• metaphor for an odd item or having a taste for such an item

noun:

• a single word; (not even) a word; (not even) a syllable - four character idiom

noun:

• distinguished person - four character idiom
• thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile plus one extra copy of any of them - Mahjong term

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to stand in the way (esp. with legs spread out); to block the way
• to stand in the way (e.g. of progress); to obstruct

numeric:

• 108; one hundred and eight

noun:

• the number of kleshas, worldly thoughts and passions - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩
• the sum of 12 months, 24 seasons of the solar year, and 72 'climates' of one year ➜ 七十二候・節気

expression:

• money talks; money is the key that opens all doors; money is the best lawyer in hell; even in hell, the extent of one's suffering is determined by money [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• pitching a tent; putting up a shack or tent (e.g. a circus tent)

noun:

• (theater, circus, etc.) tent or shack

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to start (e.g. a scene, a war, etc.)
• to end (e.g. a play, an episode, an event, etc.)

noun:

• miso; fermented condiment usu. made from soybeans - Food term
• innards (from crabs, shrimps, etc.) resembling miso
• key (main) point; good part (of something) ➜ 手前味噌【てまえみそ】
• weakling; weak person - derogatory term ➜ 泣き味噌【なきみそ】・弱味噌【よわみそ】

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to shake; to jolt; to rock; to swing; to sway
• to shake (e.g. the political world); to disturb; to shock; to upset
• to put off a batter (by varying one's type of pitch) - Baseball term

noun:

• individual item (i.e. not part of a set); single article
• single item out of a set; one item from a set

noun / ~する noun:

• photo taken with a mobile phone; taking a photo with a mobile phone - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 写メール
• email from mobile phones with attached photos - abbreviation ➜ 写メール

noun:

• flat nose; flat-nose person

noun:

• pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• white heat; incandescence
• becoming excited; getting heated (e.g. of a discussion); reaching a climax

noun:

• variant (in a manuscript or book); part of a text that differs from other versions

noun / ~する noun:

• accepting a challenge; returning fire; fighting back; putting up a fight; responding to an attack

noun / ~する noun:

• criticism (by a teacher or coach, with commentary, especially at a poetry reading); review; critique

noun:

• a couple strangely but happily united; uncanny relationship formed by a quirk of fate - four character idiom

expression:

• doing one's own flower arranging
• marrying or making a mistress of a geisha

noun:

• Edo-period mouth harp (with a hairpin-like frame and a long straight tongue)

noun / ~する noun:

• go into a huddle (over); hold a secret conference (about); put heads together and conspire - four character idiom

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

noun:

• love of a knight for a courtly lady (upon which he is unable to act) - From German "Minne"

noun:

• sweetie (sweet green-skinned citrus; cross between a grapefruit and a pomelo); oroblanco