noun / ~する noun:

• recitation (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); chanting; singing
• composition (of a Chinese or Japanese poem); composed poem

noun:

• apomictic; of or relating to a plant that reproduces by apomixis; related to reproduction without fertilization, meiosis or production of gametes, with the result that the seeds are genetically identical to the parent plant

pronoun:

• that (indicating an item or person near the listener, the action of the listener, or something on their mind); it ➜ 何れ・此れ・彼【あれ】
• that time; then
• there (indicating a place near the listener) - archaism
• you - archaism

noun:

• silver white croaker (Pennahia argentata); silver croaker; white croaker ➜ 白口【しろぐち】
• Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii) ➜ 鮸【にべ】
• vertical-striped cardinalfish (Apogon lineatus); Indian perch; coral fish ➜ 天竺鯛【てんじくだい】

noun:

• fish and chips

noun / ~する noun / transitive:

• closing down a course or a program (school, etc.)

noun / ~する noun / intransitive verb:

• end of a course or program (school, etc.)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to stumble a step or two forward (when trying to stop); to pass one's destination and stumble a step or two forward; to totter

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to distinguish; to recognize; to recognise; to tell apart; to differentiate (both figuratively and visually)
• to identify (whether an object is positive or negative in some aspect); to know the difference between something of superior and inferior quality (on sight or figuratively)

noun:

• master (of a house, shop, etc.)
• husband (informal)
• sir; boss; master; governor; word used to address a male patron, customer, or person of high status
• patron of a mistress, geisha, bar or nightclub hostess; sugar daddy ➜ パトロン
• alms; almsgiving; almsgiver - orig. meaning; usu. written as 檀那 - Buddhism term - From Sanskrit "dāna" ➜ 檀越・檀家

noun:

• penitence by chanting sutras; confession (of sins); Tendai ritual of chanting Lotus Sutra or to Kanzeon, Amida, or Kichijoten for forgiveness of sins performed unknowingly - Buddhism term

noun / suffix noun:

• penitence sutra - Buddhism term

noun:

• guidebook to penitence - Buddhism term

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree [literal] - from Mencius - proverb

noun:

• adoration which is performed three times or repeatedly; act of worship which is performed three times or repeatedly

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to complain of itching; to be bothered by an itch (or rash, etc.); to feel itchy; to have an itch (or rash, etc.); to itch

noun / suffix noun:

• section (i.e. of text); sentence; passage; paragraph
• phrase - Linguistics term
• verse (of 5 or 7 mora in Japanese poetry; of 4, 5, or 7 characters in Chinese poetry)
• haiku; first 17 morae of a renga, etc.
• maxim; saying; idiom; expression

expression:

• to be unable to accomplish something because one has chosen the wrong method; to ask for the impossible; to look for fish by climbing a tree (Mencius) [literal] - variant of 木に縁りて... - proverb ➜ 木に縁りて魚を求む【きによりてうおをもとむ】

noun:

• poem (esp. tanka); song; composition of a poem or song
• pilgrim's song; pilgrim's hymn - Buddhism term ➜ 御詠歌
• singing a poem or song in a loud voice

expression:

• not wanting to live in the same world as one's father's or lord's enemies; being prepared to sacrifice one's life to avenge one's father or lord - from the Book of Rites - proverb ➜ 不倶戴天

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福・ひょっとこ
• soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc. - abbreviation ➜ お亀蕎麦

noun:

• common freshwater goby (Gymnogobius urotaenia)
• floating goby (Gymnogobius petschiliensis) ➜ 墨浮鮴
• Gymnogobius opperiens (fish) ➜ 縞浮鮴
• isaza goby (Gymnogobius isaza) ➜ イサザ

noun / suffix noun:

• lattice - Mathematics term

noun / suffix noun / counter:

• counter for large bundles (e.g. 10 sheafs of rice, 200 sheets of calligraphy paper, 20 whistling arrows, 100 fish)
• handbreadth (unit for measuring the length of arrows)

noun:

• slicing a fish down its back
• slit in the back of a garment
• split in a piece of lumber (to prevent splitting when drying)

noun:

• processing trade (importing all or part of raw and auxiliary materials, parts, components, accessories, and packaging materials in bond from a foreign company, and re-exporting the finished products after processing or assembly for distribution and sale by that foreign company)

noun:

• orca (Orcinus orca); killer whale; grampus
• mythical carp with the head of a lion and the body of a fish (auspicious protectors of well-being) ［しゃち］ - abbreviation ➜ 鯱【しゃちほこ】

~の noun / noun:

• speckled with white; salt-and-pepper (pattern, fabric, etc.)

noun:

• marbling (of beef) ➜ 霜降り肉
• (of fish, chicken, shellfish, etc.) blanching by exposure to boiling and then icy water - abbreviation ➜ 霜降り作り
• formation of frost - orig. meaning

noun:

• impoverishment of fishermen because of a bumper catch; decline in fishermen's income caused by the sharply lower fish prices as a result of an overabundant catch - four character idiom