noun:

• sea lion - archaism ➜ アシカ

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to manage something successfully; to be successful

noun:

• Comatulida (order of crinoids); feather stars ➜ ウミシダ

noun:

• annual religious ceremony that occurs in Tenmangu where worshippers come to exchange their wooden bullfinch birds ➜ 天満宮

noun:

• thin padded mat laid on the tatami

noun:

• back fence

noun:

• standing on the balls of the feet; unsteady step
• being unsettled; being restless; being ready to flee
• high volatility (in the market); severe fluctuation - Finance term

noun:

• space station

noun:

• lingual braces (dentistry)

noun:

• the nobility

expression / noun:

• lost decade; decade of economic stagnation
• decade in Japan from 1992 to 2002

expression / noun:

• the way of the world; the lay of the land; the inescapable circumstances (of life); (just) the way things are ➜ 浮世

noun:

• blood relative ➜ 血族【けつぞく】

godan ~す verb / intransitive verb:

• to surface; to come to the top
• to stand out (e.g. against a background)

adverb:

• thinly; slightly; vaguely; a little

expression:

• life is but a dream; this too shall pass; everything is transient - proverb ➜ 浮世

noun:

• sporting goods

upper nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to receive; to get; to be given - archaism ➜ 受ける

noun:

• broiled eel on rice with green tea poured on top ➜ 茶漬

interjection:

• uh-huh; mm-hmm

adverb / ~と adverb:

• with a moan; with a groan

noun:

• cosmology

noun:

• escape velocity; orbital velocity; cosmic speed; space velocity

noun:

• credit account; charge account

noun:

• ghost image; unexpected appearance of something unwanted in a photograph, etc.

noun:

• eel-like sea creature (i.e. saltwater eels, sea snakes, etc.) ➜ 鰻