noun:

• Eusphyra; genus of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae whose sole member is the winghead shark

expression:

• the greater embraces the less; better too big than too small - proverb

expression:

• It's hard to tell a poor thinker from a sleeping one; They to whom only bad ideas come might as well be asleep; Poor thinking is futile; Inadequate ideas are worse than none at all - proverb ➜ 下手の考え休むに似たり

expression / adverb:

• at the very beginning; first of all; before anything else; first and foremost

noun:

• Shiroganese; housewife, esp. from up-market Shirogane, who does nothing but shop, dine out, etc. - slang

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to hold all the while; to talk about nothing but

noun:

• world of tathata; "the pure and absolute truth of the tathata is as wide as the sea" [figurative] - Buddhism term

noun:

• nil return; nothing offered (e.g. in wage negotiations)

noun:

• term of validity; period for which (a ticket) is available (valid)

expression / adjective:

• no way to do; nothing can be done

noun:

• hooligan; layabout; good-for-nothing; gangster

expression:

• the student has become the master; blue dye comes from the indigo plant and is bluer than indigo [literal] - proverb

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term

noun:

• period of prohibition of remarriage; period after the cessation of a marriage in which the woman is prohibited from remarrying (100 days) - Law term ➜ 待婚期間

expression:

• to get a tiny share of the profits; to get a small share of what someone is enjoying

auxiliary:

• be; is - polite copula - archaism - polite language ➜ でございます

noun:

• epigeal stem; (normal) plant stem which is above the ground Antonym: 地下茎

adjective:

• superior; better

expression:

• one's true purpose lying elsewhere; the enemy is at Honnoji [literal] ➜ 本能寺の変

expression:

• any port will do in a storm; when you've lost your boat midstream, even a pot is worth a fortune [literal] - proverb

noun:

• abandoning artifice and just being oneself; doing nothing and taking things as they come - four character idiom
• unconditioned nature; unconditioned spontaneity - Buddhism term

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be burned to ashes; to come to nothing

noun / ~の noun:

• higher rank; better position

expression:

• truth comes out of falsehood; many a true word is spoken in jest - proverb

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; ISIL
• information separator; delimiter - IT term