hole in fabric between the warp and the weft

(Internet slang, vulgar) Alternative form of だめ (dame), representing slurred speech during sex.

Abbreviation of お誕生日おめでとう. Happy birthday

killing of an animal directly after capture

Short for メールフォーム (mērufōmu).

heart failure

sinfonietta

a job transfer that takes an employee away from their family for an extended period of time

be transferred far away from home, take a post far away from one's family

a 私撰和歌集 (shisen wakashū, “privately-compiled anthology of poems”) in two volumes, thought to be compiled by Sugawara no Michizane around 893–913 CE, with the poems completely written in 万葉仮名 (man'yōgana)