expression:

• it is easier to blame than do better; instead of resenting others, resent yourself [literal] - proverb

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• the prospects look brighter; there is hope of accomplishing (something)

noun:

• eggshell-colored traditional Japanese paper made primarily of Diplomorpha sikokiana fibres (high-quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮

noun:

• University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005) - abbreviation ➜ 大学入学資格検定

noun:

• University Entrance Qualification Examination (establishes the equivalent of high-school graduation prior to 2005) ➜ 高校卒業程度認定試験

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• bright (esp. of the moon)
• broad and empty ［こうこう］

noun:

• style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period (often with a military theme)

noun:

• curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank)

noun:

• newline character (either or both of CR and LF depending on system) - IT term

noun:

• Squamata (order of scaled reptiles, sometimes esp. the Sauria or Lacertilia) ➜ 有鱗類

noun:

• joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)

noun:

• rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)

noun:

• illumination of bridges, buildings, trees, etc. at night; (architectural) floodlighting - From English "light up"

noun:

• satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling

noun:

• scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum, species of tang found from Japan to Taiwan)

noun:

• pteridophyte (any plant of division Pteridophyta, incl. ferns and fern allies)

~と adverb:

• with a snap; (break) cleanly - onomatopoeia ➜ びしっと
• (reject) sternly; flatly
• smartly (e.g. of dressing up well).

noun:

• erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground

noun:

• empathetically putting oneself in the place of a handicapped person - From English "cap handy"

noun:

• longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific); forcepsfish

noun:

• type of conical hat adorned with flowers (used in Japanese traditional performing arts); hanagasa

noun:

• black foxface (Siganus niger); species of rabbitfish endemic to Tonga

noun:

• whitebar surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucopareius, Western Central Pacific species of tang)

noun:

• whitecheek surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans, species of tang from the Eastern Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• Parascylliidae; family of collared carpet sharks containing eight species and two genera