(astronomy) Sirius, Dog Star

a Newfoundland wolf

the famous of the “one hundred poems by one hundred poets” anthologies, compiled by Fujiwara no Teika in c. 1235, used in the basis of certain card games

(literally) a beautiful single red flower that blooms within a field of trees and grass / (figuratively) something unique that stands out among many other things

vicissitudes, the way that the world or a person prospers one day and declines the next

dotting the i's and crossing the t's

You should treasure every encounter, for it will never recur.

successive series of questions and responses

one part

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see 一 and 本 (one thing) / Short for 一本勝ち (ippon-gachi, “winning in one blow”).