noun:

• flake; chip
• speck or flake used for the production of stone tools

noun:

• ozeki ranked wrestler unable to live up to the expectations of his rank - Sumo term

noun / ~の noun:

• the precedence of merit; performance orientation; ability- (merit-) based (promotion, pay scale, etc.) - four character idiom

noun:

• for ever and ever; (through) eternity; countless ages; till the end of time - four character idiom

noun:

• violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

expression:

• losing oneself; on top of the world; walking on air; frivolous - idiom

expression:

• it is difficult to say which of the two is better

expression / ichidan verb:

• to remain faithful to the memory of one's husband and never remarry

noun:

• drum; croaker (any fish of the family Sciaenidae)
• Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)

noun:

• Di (ancient Chinese ethnic group)
• Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・蒼竜【そうりょう】

noun:

• guardian deity of the three jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha) - Buddhism term ➜ 三宝
• three-person saddle

noun:

• Imperial Shrine of Special Status (receiving some support from the Imperial Household Department) - obsolete term ➜ 官幣社

expression:

• I don't care what follows; the future will take care of itself - proverb

expression:

• you don't appreciate the value of good health until you lose it - proverb - obscure term

noun:

• frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus) - sensitive ➜ 蛙鮟鱇

noun:

• archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)

noun:

• frogfish (any fish of family Antennariidae, esp. the striated frogfish, Antennarius striatus)

noun:

• toadfish (any fish of family Batrachoididae, esp. the Pacuma toadfish, Batrachoides surinamensis)

noun:

• speckled butterflyfish (Chaetodon citrinellus, species of the Indo-Pacific); citron butterflyfish

noun:

• prosperity; prospering; flourishing

interjection:

• best of luck; all the best; hurray; hoorah ➜ 万歳【ばんざい】

expression:

• dripping with sweat; doing something by the sweat of one's brow

noun:

• threadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)

noun:

• closed-mouthed form (statue with closed mouth, symbolizing the "um" half of "aum")

noun:

• masterwork; masterpiece; crowning work; one's magnum opus; work of the highest quality

noun:

• Amitabha triad; image of Amitabha Buddha flanked by the Bodhisattvas Avalokiteshvara and Mahasthamaprapta - Buddhism term