noun:

• Heptranchias; genus of cow shark in the family Hexanchidae containing the sharpnose seven-gill shark as its only member

noun:

• finger Braille; system of communicating with the deaf-blind in which the receiver's fingers are tapped like a Braille typewriter ➜ 点字【てんじ】

noun:

• inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 判官【はんがん】
• (noh) old man ➜ 翁【おきな】
• white ash (of charcoal)

noun:

• euphonic change of unvoiced to voiced sound (on the first consonant of the non-initial mora of a compound)

noun:

• fake wedding cake with real cake insert used for the ceremonial cutting of the cake - From English "ceremony cake" ➜ ケーキカット

expression / ichidan verb:

• to violate the law; to have a brush with the law; to have a run-in with the law

noun:

• near one's knee
• under the protection of (e.g. one's parents); under the care of
• territory of a powerful person ［ひざもと］ ➜ お膝元
• address used after the names of one's parents, grandparents, etc. in a letter ［しっか］

noun:

• sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb)
• Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

noun:

• style of speaking in which the speaker gives the end of each sentence or phrase a higher intonation - From English "up talk"

expression:

• the poor can't afford manners; only when basic needs for living are met can people spare the effort to be polite - proverb

adverb:

• at the most; at best; to the utmost; as much (far) as possible

noun:

• circumference; outskirts; environs; around; in the area of; in the vicinity of
• (computer) peripheral - IT term

noun:

• (former) Ministry of Finance (1869-2001) ➜ 財務省
• Ministry of the Treasury (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• place in the shade of a mountain; shelter of the mountains
• mountain recess ［やまかげ］

noun:

• all sides; the four cardinal directions and the four ordinal directions
• large hanging lantern ➜ 八方行灯

noun:

• the beginning (as in "this is only the beginning") ［序の口］
• lowest division in sumo - Sumo term

noun:

• the Seven Wise Men (of Confucius's Analects) ➜ 七賢人
• Seven Sages of the Bamboo Grove ➜ 竹林の七賢

noun:

• gallery (of a theatre)
• audience (at a theatre); the masses; the general public

noun:

• the highest state of one's enlightenment; the highest level one can attain - four character idiom

noun:

• Failure to think of the long term leads to grief in the short term - four character idiom

noun:

• the whole enormous extent of Edo; from one side of Edo to the other - four character idiom

noun:

• the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

noun:

• mass culture; pop culture; popular culture; culture of the people (as opposed to the elite)

noun:

• vitreous body (of the eye); vitreous humor; vitreous humour; the vitreous - Anatomy term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to take the easy way out; to take the path of least resistance