tongue-twister

(Japanese grammar) dropping the ら (ra) in the potential form of verbs formed with られる (-rareru)

Alternative spelling of 枕詞 (makura kotoba): an epithet; introductory words; a pillow talk

wordplay

Kyoto dialect

expression, wording, way of speaking

入り目: expenses

滅: extinction, destruction; nirvana; death; nothingness; one of the Four Noble Truths, the path to nirvana

The hiragana syllable め (me). Its equivalent in katakana is メ (me). It is the thirty-fourth syllable in the gojūon order; its position is ま行え段 (ma-gyō e-dan, “row ma, section e”).

目, 眼: eye / 目: small hole, like those inherent to a net-like material (between the warp and the weft) / 目: short for 賽の目 (sai no me, “dice pip”). / 目: (by extension) experience