expression:

• near the mark; pretty close; not a bad guess

noun:

• question based on rearranging (words) into the correct order

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to get on the wrong vehicle (bus, train, etc.)

adverb / ~の noun:

• the same as it was long ago; unchanged; traditional

noun:

• the rules according to which posthumous names are assigned

noun / ~する noun:

• women picking up men (on the street) - from 逆+ナンパ - slang

noun:

• wake; vigil (that does not last the full night) ➜ 通夜

noun / ~の noun:

• pia mater (membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord)

adverb:

• the same as something was reputed to be

noun:

• putting on weight over the New Year's holidays

noun:

• characters used by Western civilization (esp. the Latin alphabet) - obscure term ➜ ローマ字

noun:

• gharial; gavial (large crocodilian found on the Indian subcontinent) - From French

expression:

• there is no leisure for the poor - proverb

noun:

• self deprecating first person pronoun used by the elderly - archaism - male language

noun:

• meat, flesh, or muscles along the spine - archaism

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to put one's life on the line

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to put one's life on the line ➜ 命を張る

noun:

• hagfish (esp. the species Myxine garmani from Japan)

noun:

• articulatory organ (i.e. the tongue, teeth, lips, etc.)

noun:

• diatessaron (the four Gospels woven into a single narrative) - obscure term

noun:

• offering (to the gods, emperor, etc.) - archaism
• gift
• sacrifice

noun:

• announcing the succession to another's stage name ➜ 襲名披露

noun:

• mifepristone (abortifacient steroid developed under the name RU-486)

noun:

• thick wakame leaves, from near the stalk

noun:

• white sake (presented as an offering to the gods) - archaism ➜ 黒酒