noun:

• ebullism; formation of gas bubbles in bodily fluids - Medicine term

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to smile complacently; to smile a smile of satisfaction

adjective:

• extremely dangerous; full of peril

noun:

• Twenty-Four Histories; authoritative collection of twenty-four Chinese historical books ➜ 二十五史

noun:

• actor print; ukiyo-e print of kabuki actors ➜ 浮世絵

noun:

• (man's) father-in-law; father of one's wife

noun:

• Brachycephalidae; family of frogs

noun:

• crystal grain; individual unit cell of a crystal

noun / ~する noun:

• exhaustion; draining of strength

noun:

• title deed; certificate of title

noun:

• Tiliaceae; family of flowering plants, incl. the linden

noun:

• debureaucratization; curtailing the power of the bureaucracy

noun:

• file wrapper for a patent; correspondence about the status of a patent between the inventor and the patent office

noun:

• art lover; lover of art

noun:

• greatest hits album; best of album

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

noun:

• Caspiomyzon; genus of lamprey in the family Petromyzontidae

noun:

• 100% buckwheat noodles; buckwheat noodles made from buckwheat flour only, without the addition of wheat flour ➜ 生そば【なまそば】

noun:

• sake offered to someone; treat of sake

noun:

• lunchmate syndrome; mental state of being afraid of being seen eating by oneself

noun:

• soft focus (photography, film); out-of-focus technique - From English "out focus"

noun / ~する noun:

• show one's real ability; illustration of the distinctive character of (something) - four character idiom

noun:

• popular singer; singer of pop songs

noun:

• phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night; lights that can be seen on the altar of gods, intended as an offering

noun:

• Hemiechinus; genus of hedgehogs