floriography; the language of flowers

one's local dialect

tongue / reed of a woodwind (musical instrument) / clapper of a bell

(poetry) a pillow word, an epithet, specifically a poetic device where a certain introductory phrase is commonly used to allude to something else, traditionally used in 和歌 (waka, “traditional Japanese poetry”)

a cant or secret language of ladies-in-waiting in the imperial court, arising during the Muromachi period and later spreading to the general population / a word originally belonging to this cant

床虫: bedbug

A Noh mask with the facial features of a man who has become gaunt as a result of suffering in Hell.

雨男: A man whose presence always seems to bring rain

Alternative form of いまのところ (ima no tokoro)

to show off one's masculinity