used in response to a failure or mistake: dang, shoot, darn it

sister city

contradiction

contradict, oppose, compete, conflict

Alternative form of メルポメネー (Merupomenē, “Melpomene”) (Muse of tragedy)

(Greek mythology) Melpomene

Japanese unit of weight (1/1000 of a kan)

鮴, メバル: sea perch

ぞろ目: (gambling, idiomatic) doubles: two of the same number other than 1, after rolling two dice; (gambling, idiomatic) in a forecast bet, betting that the same horse wins twice in a row; (idiomatic) by extension, doubled numbers, or numbers that line up, such as the ones in a date like 2011/11/11

(emphatic, more derogatory) Synonym of 奴 (yatsu, “guy”)