noun:

• praying mantis (esp. the narrow-winged mantis, Tenodera angustipennis) - occ. written 杜父魚

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to become bald from the forehead; to recede (of one's hairline)

adjectival noun / noun:

• having one's hands full; not having any room to do more; at the limit

noun:

• glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by bureaucrats in the drafting of government policies and bills (rather than by politicians) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• initiative taken by politicians (in the formulation of a policy or bill) (rather than by bureaucrats) - four character idiom

noun:

• radio or television serial broadcast in the same time slot each day or week

noun:

• sub-temple, esp. a Zen one founded to commemorate the death of a high priest - Buddhism term

expression / adjectival noun:

• triumphant (over a mediocre achievement); boastful; as if one had grabbed a demon by the neck [literal]

noun:

• hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - From English "counter stop" ➜ カンスト

noun:

• spring flowers and the autumn moon; beauty of nature as it changes from season to season - four character idiom

noun:

• (university) club that exists for the purpose of getting women drunk and taking advantage of them

adjectival noun:

• at the point of death; almost dead; about to die
• at some limit (pain, hunger, etc.)

noun:

• (Japanese) electoral system allowing for the election of from 3 to 5 candidates from one district ➜ 大選挙区制

noun:

• ridged wooden bench used in SM practices (and in the Edo period for torturing female prisoners)

noun:

• dripping liquid (soup, sauce, etc.) from the tips of one's chopsticks (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• silver chimaera (Chimaera phantasma, species of deep water cartilaginous ghost shark from the Western Pacific)

noun:

• round coin with a (square) hole in the center - colloquialism
• coin made of non-precious materials
• money

noun:

• coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

noun:

• the ten directions (north, northeast, east, southeast, south, southwest, west, northwest, up & down)
• all directions; everywhere

noun:

• the five elements (in Japanese philosophy: earth, water, fire, wind and void) - Buddhism term ➜ 五行【ごぎょう】
• five great wisdom kings - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 五大明王

noun:

• (in Japan) 4th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F) - archaism ➜ 十二律・夾鐘

noun / ~する noun:

• excellence (of scenery, etc.) - usu. しょうぜつ

noun:

• form of ancient Chinese entertainment similar to a circus (brought to Japan during the Nara period) ➜ 猿楽

noun:

• Mahito (highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism ➜ 八色の姓
• you (referring to someone of lower status) ［まうと・もうと］

suffix / adjective:

• (after a noun or the stem of an adjective) seeming very... (usu. with a negative connotation)