noun:

• jatropha (member of a genus of flowering plants in the spurge family)

noun:

• ceremony fee; money dedicated to the gods when participating in a ceremony - Shintō term

noun:

• Hojo clan symbol; Hojo family crest (three triangles in a triangular pattern)

noun:

• pieces of crab prepared for use in shabu-shabu (usu. claw meat) - Food term ➜ しゃぶしゃぶ

noun:

• ranking vice-minister in the Department of Worship (ritsuryo system); deputy minister - archaism ➜ 大輔【たいふ】

noun:

• jawbone; mandible ➜ 顎骨
• branchial arches (in fish); gill arches

noun:

• last call (in bar, restaurant, etc.); last order

noun:

• service in the second reserve; military reserve force comprised of ex-servicemen

noun:

• Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine ➜ ノーベル生理学医学賞

noun:

• plan for the invasion of the Soviet Far East in July 1941 - abbreviation

interjection:

• yes; that is correct - polite language
• understood; I see; OK; okay
• present; here - as a response to a roll call
• pardon?; what's that?; come again? - with rising intonation - colloquialism
• now; here; here you go - used when calling for someone's attention or when handing something to someone
• giddy-up; giddap

noun:

• kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)
• jade (gem) ［ひすい］ ➜ 硬玉・軟玉・ジェイド・翡翠色
• beautiful lustrous colour similar to that of the kingfisher's feathers ［ひすい］

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• using all of one's strength (to); giving (it) everything one has got; going full-out - four character idiom
• throwing a ball as hard as one can - Baseball term

expression:

• no time like the present; make hay while the sun shines; it's the auspicious day when you've just thought of it [literal] - proverb

expression:

• evading blame for a transgression by pinning it on a subordinate and abandoning them; a skink lizard's shedding of its tail [literal] - idiom

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to wither (esp. plants as winter draws near); to fade; to shrivel ➜ 末枯れる【うらがれる】
• to pass one's prime; to start deteriorating; to begin to decline

noun:

• leading a group of people; someone who leads others into a song by singing the leading notes ➜ 音頭を取る【おんどをとる】
• workmen's songs; marching songs

noun:

• roundworm (Ascaris lumbricoides); mawworm; intestinal worm
• (metaphor for) location of one's feelings or sentiments ➜ 腹の虫が治まらない【はらのむしがおさまらない】
• (metaphor for) empty stomach; feeling of hunger ➜ 腹の虫が鳴る【はらのむしがなる】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• not letting oneself puffed up by one's success; maintaining a serene state of mind when one has achieved a great success - archaism - four character idiom

expression:

• of soup and love, the first is the best; one's first spouse tends to be better than any subsequent spouse - proverb

noun:

• Dragon's beard candy; Chinese cotton candy; Chinese pastry, similar to Turkish pishmaniye or Persian pashmak (thin pastry threads outside, filling inside) - Food term ➜ 竜の髭

noun:

• head (of a household); proprietor (of a store); proprietress; landlord; landlady; master (of a servant) - abbreviation
• entertaining someone as one's guest - also written as 饗 - archaism ➜ 饗設け

expression:

• till; to; over (a period); through (e.g. Monday through Thursday); about (approx. time or place); on
• concerning (an area of expertise)
• swearing by (one's sword, God, etc.)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to catch (a person's words); to make out; to follow; to understand
• to find out by asking

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to receive permission ➜ 御免を蒙る
• to leave (with someone's permission); to retire
• to refuse; to beg off doing