noun:

• half interchange (an interchange that lacks an exit or an entrance in either or both directions)

expression:

• like looking out on an abyss; like standing on the edge of an abyss

noun:

• Nephila clavata (an Oriental species of golden orb-weaving spider)
• Argiope amoena (an Oriental species of orb-weaving spider) - often mistakenly called ジョロウグモ ➜ 黄金蜘蛛
• wasp spider (Argiope bruennichi) - often mistakenly called ジョロウグモ ➜ 長黄金蜘蛛

godan ~つ verb:

• to show signs of
• to show one's feelings or emotions in one's facial expression or behavior
• to put on airs
• to be become animated with voices and noise

suffix / godan ~る verb:

• to show signs of being; to feel; to think - on adj-stem to represent another's apparent emotion
• to behave as if one were; to pretend; to act as if
• to want; to desire; to be anxious to; to be eager to ➜ たがる

expression / adjective:

• taking no notice (of); thinking nothing of; disregarding; not aware of; completely ignoring; being out of consideration; effectively not existing as an option

noun:

• Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)

noun:

• bunch (of grapes); section (of an orange) ➜ 房【ふさ】・房【ふさ】

noun:

• peak of the arch of an eyebrow

noun:

• reign of an emperor of Japan - honorific language

noun:

• standard of conduct; code of behavior; moral code; culture (of an organization)

noun:

• chief; head (of an office, of a laboratory)

noun:

• cause of a disease; root of an evil

noun:

• ring; loop (of rope)
• halo (of an angel)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• regression (of cancer); involution (of an organ); atrophy

noun:

• Dickinsonia; genus of an extinct group of animals

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be evasive; to give an evasive answer
• to speak ambiguously; to prevaricate
• to cook up a specious story to get out of an uncomfortable situation
• to make do with

noun:

• theory of the Emperor as an organ of government

noun:

• Acanthodes (member of an extinct genus of spiny shark) - From Latin

noun:

• anniversary of the death of an emperor or empress

noun / ~の noun:

• position in a game of go or shogi; state of the game
• aspect of an affair; situation

noun:

• number of blows (used in measuring the bpm of an air hammer, etc.)
• (number of) at bats - Baseball term ➜ 打数

noun / ~する noun:

• presentation (of documents); submission (of an application, report, etc.); production (e.g. of evidence); introduction (e.g. of a bill); filing; turning in

noun:

• (sound of an) explosion or detonation; roar (of a machine)

noun:

• question of maintenance or abolition (of an institution, organization, etc.) - four character idiom