noun:

• ant lion (esp. species Hagenomyia micans)

expression / adjective:

• unskilled; less able

noun:

• aiming for laughs; trying to make people laugh; playing to the crowd; crowd-pleaser ➜ ウケを狙う

noun:

• back leaf

noun:

• unidentified craft said to have washed ashore in Ibaraki Prefecture during the Edo period (sometimes alleged to have been a UFO)

noun:

• bowing (of a stringed instrument)

expression / ~する verb (spec.):

• to have a deep grudge; to bear deep resentment towards someone

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup) ➜ 沖縄蕎麦

~の noun / noun:

• patterned (e.g. clothes, pottery); figured Antonym: 無文

noun:

• outlet; market (for goods)
• prospect (e.g. employment, marriage, etc.); opportunity - colloquialism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to put on airs; to be pretentious; to window-dress; to pretend

noun:

• double weeping rosebud cherry (Prunus pendula) - obscure term ➜ 江戸彼岸

noun:

• Sinictinogomphus clavatus (species of clubtail dragonfly)

noun:

• underground website (often critical or containing unofficial information) ➜ 学校裏サイト・闇サイト

noun:

• insurance on freight

noun:

• Sorbus matsumurana (species of rowan)

noun:

• my house - from うちのうち - abbreviation - female language - colloquialism ➜ んち

adverb:

• (walking) pigeon-toed

noun:

• type of leather belt worn with ceremonial court dress and decorated with a rhinoceros horn - obscure term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be united; to act as a single body

noun:

• space exploration

noun / ~の noun:

• back channel; back route; illegal channel; back door

expression:

• third climate of spring (when the ice breaks and fish start appearing near the surface) ➜ 七十二候

adjectival noun / noun:

• fitting things back to back; agreement of minds

noun:

• space suit