expression / godan ~す verb:

• to take the responsibility (for an action); to carry out in a responsible manner

noun:

• metal rod in a wooden plane which holds the chip breaker against the blade

noun / adjectival noun:

• great inconvenience; great deal of trouble; big nuisance; royal pain in the behind

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to sit on the edge of one's seat; to be in breathless suspense

noun:

• stone statue of Jizo (often found along roads) ➜ 地蔵
• taciturn person; person uninterested in romance

noun:

• Lorelei (Loreley); Rhine maiden who lured sailors to their doom
• rock in the Rhine

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw

noun:

• member of a (school) club who does not partake in the club's activities - humorous term ➜ 帰宅部

noun:

• shift away from rice consumption; consumers losing interest in eating rice

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor) - abbreviation ➜ 紫微垣

noun:

• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

noun:

• mounted bandit (esp. historically in NE China from the end of the Qing dynasty)

prefix:

• august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine - honorific language

noun:

• big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage ➜ 晴れ舞台

noun:

• paper (in rock, paper, scissors game) ➜ パー・じゃん拳

noun / adjectival noun:

• disappearing completely; coming to nought; becoming worthless
• foolishness; stupidity

expression / adjective:

• (having) bad marks or results (e.g. in school)
• of poor quality or workmanship

noun:

• Trimma halonevum (species of goby found in Papua New Guinea); sparsely-spotted pygmy-goby

noun:

• dusky smooth-hound (Mustelus canis, species of hound shark found in the Western Atlantic)

noun:

• hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• graceful shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, species of requiem shark found in the tropical Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format ➜ 暦【こよみ】

noun:

• abbreviated koyomi (Japanese traditional calendar); koyomi presented in a smaller, easy to use, format - abbreviation ➜ 略本暦

noun:

• form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period) ➜ 宿曜