expression / ichidan verb:

• to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question - idiom

noun:

• playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
• surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean - esp. ケレン

noun:

• gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom

noun:

• gifted young person who shows much promise; unrecognized genius; great person whose talent is hidden under a bushel - four character idiom

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe - Medicine term

noun:

• cap cloud (cloud shaped like an Asian bamboo hat that forms at the peak of a tall mountain)

expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

noun:

• fruit of a cactus in genus Opuntia (incl. prickly pears and cholla); cactus pear

noun:

• ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year - Shintō term

~する noun:

• blowing air into a dive mask through the nose to clear out the water - From English "mask clear" ➜ マスクブロー

noun:

• image of the Samantabhadra of long life (with either two or twenty arms, usu. on a white elephant) - Buddhism term ➜ 普賢菩薩

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb

noun:

• Pseudocarchariidae; family whose only member is a species of mackerel shark known as the crocodile shark

noun:

• silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• shingling using thick roof shingles; roof shingled in such a manner (usu. shrine buildings, noh stages, etc.) ➜ 栩板

noun:

• object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life - Buddhism term

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple - abbreviation ➜ 供奉僧
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• fruits left on a tree during winter (supposedly causing more fruits to appear in the next season) - archaism

noun:

• recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) - Buddhism term

noun:

• folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand ➜ 見て見ぬ振り

noun:

• meaningless or stupid turn of phrase that at first glance resembles a wise saying; silly saying; nonsensical proverb - pun on 名言 - humorous term ➜ 名言

noun:

• purity measure for gold; karat; carat; K; kt
• personality of a person born under the element of fire ➜ 金【きん】