a surname

A Japanese children's game, similar to blind man's buff: The one in the middle is the demon, or 'It'. The demon has to keep their eyes covered while the others sing or chant and circle around him. When they stop, the demon has to guess who is sitting behind them.

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”)

lots; large amount

eyes opened wide