adjective:

• sharp-eared; have sharp ears; picks things up fast

noun:

• Rutaceae; citrus family of plants

adjective:

• unapprovable; unable to be confirmed

noun:

• visitor to a sick or distressed person; hospital visitor; inquirer

noun:

• green spotted puffer (Tetraodon nigroviridis)

noun:

• emery paper

noun:

• bird's-foot trefoil (Lotus corniculatus, esp. Lotus corniculatus var. japonicus); birdsfoot trefoil

noun:

• grinding miso
• flattery; flatterer
• monk - derogatory term - abbreviation ➜ 味噌擂り坊主

noun:

• nai stem (of a Japanese verb or adjective); irrealis form; imperfective form - Linguistics term

noun:

• arched eyebrows - four character idiom

noun:

• together with ... - after noun+が, pronoun+の, etc. - archaism

noun:

• roadside grass; roadside weeds
• guidance (sometimes esp. referring to guidance in love); guidepost; guide
• Chinese fountain grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides) ➜ 力芝

expression:

• in one's element

noun:

• osprey (Pandion haliaetus); fish hawk

expression / noun:

• body hair

noun:

• mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam) ➜ 海松食

noun / ~する noun:

• (water) leak

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• boil in water

noun:

• water filter; strainer; colander

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to forgive and forget; to let bygones be bygones; to sweep under the carpet; to wipe the slate clean

adjective:

• quick-eared ➜ 耳が早い

noun:

• mochi soaked in water (to protect against mold); rice cakes preserved in water

noun / ~の noun:

• feeling one gets from listening to something - not to be confused with 耳障り

noun:

• popular diplomacy; public diplomacy; people's diplomacy; diplomacy carried out by non-government officials

expression / adjective:

• (so ashamed or embarrassed that) one does not know where to put oneself; feeling out of place