noun:

• convert; person converted to a religion or belief

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to become a thing of the past

~と adverb:

• splintering or cracking (e.g. in a strong wind) - onomatopoeia

expression / adverb:

• dark under the trees; obscurity of a forest

noun:

• longfin catshark (Apristurus herklotsi, a Western Pacific species)

noun:

• counter in a sushi restaurant

noun:

• edge; angle

noun / suffix:

• ridge (e.g. of a mountain)

noun:

• chief actor (e.g. of a kabuki play) ➜ 名題役者

noun:

• (act of) taking a graduate school entrance examination ➜ 大学院入学試験

noun:

• bamboo fence that resembles a fishing net - obscure term

noun:

• brute force approach (esp. in a video game) - colloquialism

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens

noun:

• party appointee in a safe constituency; parachute candidate [literal]

noun:

• subordinate of a hired thief-taker (Edo period) - archaism ➜ 岡っ引き

noun:

• cloth dyed in a dapple pattern ➜ 鹿の子

noun:

• style of a haikai or haiku poem ➜ 俳諧・俳句

noun:

• discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration)

noun:

• discolouration of a mineral due to impurities (discoloration) ➜ 他色

noun:

• leather strap put across a horse's neck - archaism

noun:

• pistil (of a flower) ➜ 雌しべ【めしべ】
• stamen ➜ 雄しべ【おしべ】

noun:

• upper branches of a tree ➜ 下枝

noun:

• plover on the riverside; plovers near a river

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to lead (a man) around by the nose

expression / ichidan verb:

• to lead (a man) around by the nose ➜ 鼻毛を読む

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• anticipation; expectation

noun:

• looking over (e.g. a fence)