~する verb (spec.):

• to be a bad influence (on something); to corrupt; to poison

noun:

• Rhincodon (genus of one species of whale shark, Rhincodon typus, in the family Rhincodontidae)

noun:

• Nasolamia (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose only member is the whitenose shark)

noun:

• blogosphere (the world of blogs and bloggers)

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to be (in contrast to something that is not the case) - である with は ➜ である

noun:

• a sense of release (as if one had wings and were riding on air) - four character idiom

auxiliary verb / ichidan verb:

• indicates passive voice (incl. the "suffering passive") - れる for 五段 verbs, られる for 一段 verbs. After the -nai stem of a verb ➜ 迷惑の受身【めいわくのうけみ】
• indicates the potential form - no imperative form
• indicates spontaneous occurrence - no imperative form
• used as an honorific for others' actions - no imperative form - honorific language

noun:

• (time limit imposed by the) statute of limitations

noun:

• white cane (for the blind or visually impaired)

noun:

• Hozukius emblemarius (species of fish closely related to the rockfish)

noun / ~する noun:

• ignoring a text message by leaving it unopened and marked as "unread" (in the chat application LINE) - colloquialism ➜ スルー

noun:

• Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

noun:

• metallurgy (the science)

noun / ~の noun:

• acute (of the shape of a leaf); acuminate; pointed ➜ 鈍頭

noun:

• safe day (one on which conception is unlikely to occur)

noun:

• small part (of the whole) Antonym: 大部分

noun:

• principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義

noun:

• Nationalist Government (of China; i.e. under the Kuomintang) ➜ 中国国民党

noun:

• greybearded pygmy goby (Trimma annosum, from the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• Harriotta (genus with two species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• young person who stays in their (non-metropolitan) hometown after graduation, drives a car, etc. (unlike the majority who moves to a larger city and commutes by train) ➜ ヤンキー

noun:

• Mohe (one of the Tungusic-speaking tribes)

noun:

• alluvial epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch) ➜ 完新世

noun:

• candy vendor (esp. an Edo-period candy vendor who sold candy while walking around playing the flute or another musical instrument); candy vender

noun:

• last quarter (of the year)