noun:

• whitefin surgeonfish (Acanthurus albipectoralis, species of Western Pacific tang found on the Great Barrier Reef through the Coral Sea to Tonga)

noun:

• yellowtail surgeonfish (Prionurus punctatus, species of Eastern Central Pacific tang found in reefs from the Gulf of California to El Salvador)

noun:

• bow-shaped whale-bone or copper hairpins used to increase the volume on the side of a woman's hair (Edo period) - archaism - obscure term

noun:

• on timer (i.e. to automatically turn an electrical device on at a certain time) ➜ 切タイマー

noun:

• period of grace (e.g. in which merchant vessels are allowed to leave a belligerent nation's port after an outbreak of war) - Law term

expression / noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit with a sacred wooden pole on the rump to ensure her fertility - obscure term ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

noun:

• traditional Koshogatsu ceremony where the newly-wed wife is hit on the rump with a sacred wooden pole to ensure her fertility ➜ 小正月・祝い棒

interjection:

• Hold up!; Hands up!

~する noun:

• to hold up

noun:

• how to use (something); usage instructions; directions (for usage); use; usage

noun:

• the descent to earth of the grandson of the sun goddess - four character idiom

noun:

• atmospheric oxidation; oxidation upon exposure to the air; air oxidation; smoothering

noun:

• viewing noh; seeing a noh play; going to a noh theater

noun / ~する noun:

• natural extinction; dying a natural death; coming to a natural end

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• absence; being away from home

noun / ~する noun:

• house-sitting; house-sitter

noun:

• being left unattended to (of one's studies, etc.); neglecting - usu. as お留守になる

noun:

• reason; principle; logic
• general principle (as opposed to individual concrete phenomenon) - Buddhism term ➜ 事【じ】
• (in neo-Confucianism) the underlying principles of the cosmos

noun / ~する noun:

• work-to-rule; go-slow strike; slowdown - From French "sabotage"
• being idle; slackening; being truant; playing hooky; skipping school; skipping out ➜ サボる

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• (just) out of curiosity; (just) in order to satisfy one's curiosity; aimed chiefly at amusing; sensational (e.g. magazine) - four character idiom

noun / ~の noun:

• peep; peeping

noun:

• peep show; device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures - abbreviation ➜ 覗き機関

noun:

• sea sand (sand collected from the ocean floor, as opposed to that which is used as an ingredient in concrete)

noun:

• New Year's visit to a shrine or temple which lies in a favorable (favourable) or lucky direction

suffix:

• taking a quantity (of time, people, etc.)
• similar to ...
• dependent on ...; reliant on ...
• while ...; when ...; in the midst of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb

noun / adjectival noun:

• honest to a fault; one's only strength being his (her) honesty; having no redeeming feature except for being honest - four character idiom

noun:

• winding a replacement thread, wire, etc.
• changing from an overarm to an underarm grip on one's opponent's belt - Sumo term

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun / adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• brimming with youthful enthusiasm; in high spirits; raring to go; overflowing with youthful energy; acting all cute and charged up - used mainly of girls - onomatopoeia - colloquialism ➜ 浮き浮き