noun:

• honeyeater (any of a number of long-tongued Australasian songbirds, esp. the cardinal honeyeater, Myzomela cardinalis)

noun:

• edict from a senior official in government or military which had the status of a binding official document

noun:

• Muraji (hereditary title; orig. one of the two highest such titles, later demoted to seventh highest of eight) - archaism

noun:

• brittle star (any starfish-like echinoderm of the order Ophiuroidea); brittlestar
• Ophioplocus japonicus (species of brittlestar)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to envision how things will turn out (usu. unfortunate)
• to have foresight; to be able to see the future

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to catch 'the stupid' (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• someone from outside one's own province (China) ➜ 本省人
• someone who moved to Taiwan from the continent after WWII ➜ 本省人

noun:

• Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus, rare species of fresh water requiem shark that dwells in the rivers of India)

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え

noun:

• winter daylight; winter sunlight - obscure term
• trying to make the most of each day; devoting oneself to one's parents - obscure term

noun / ~する noun:

• keeping a close watch on both sides; keeping an eye on two things at the same time

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to - emphatic version of あっての ➜ あっての・こそ

~の noun / adjectival noun:

• on the cheap side; comparatively cheap ➜ 高め【たかめ】

noun:

• wait tile which produces a winning hand with a lower score - Mahjong term

expression:

• harsh words make the going rough; consider your words; a round egg can be cut into a square [literal] - proverb

noun:

• skin
• body (in the context of intimate bodily contact) ➜ 肌を許す

noun / suffix noun:

• surface; grain (e.g. of wood); texture
• disposition; temperament; character; type ➜ 肌が合う

noun / ~する noun:

• rise (e.g. of a movement); emergence; rearing one's head; gaining prominence; coming to the fore; gaining power; gathering strength

noun:

• swallow (bird of the Hirundinidae family); martin
• barn swallow (Hirundo rustica)
• younger man involved with an older woman ➜ 若い燕

noun:

• bowstring
• string (of shamisen, guitar, violin, etc.)
• bail (arched pot handle) - esp. 鉉
• diagonal levelling wire across the top of a masu - also written as 梁 ➜ 枡

noun:

• immortal mountain wizard (in Taoism); mountain man (esp. a hermit)
• one not bound by earthly desires or the thoughts of normal men

noun:

• kasaya; monk's stole - Buddhism term
• wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder) - abbreviation ➜ 袈裟懸け

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun / ~する noun:

• buying up plots of land by force to resell at a large profit; land sharking
• raising the ground level (with fill)

noun:

• principle of nationality (according to which an offender should be tried in accordance with the law of his or her own country) ➜ 属地主義

noun:

• exercise regime to convert breech presentation; trying to correct an unborn child's improper position so that the head comes out first

noun:

• daikon (variety of large white Oriental radish, Raphanus sativus var. longipinnatus) (primarily used in context of the seven spring herbs) - obscure term ➜ 大根・春の七草