noun:

• chocolate-vine (Akebia quinata); fiveleaf; fiveleaf akebia
• fruit of the akebia - Food term

expression:

• for mercy's sake; for the love of God; for goodness' sake

noun / ~の noun:

• illegal residence (in a country); illegal stay; illegal overstaying (of a visa)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to know shame; to have a sense of shame; to be ashamed

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be ready to cry; to be on the point of tears ➜ べそをかく

noun:

• dolly varden (species of trout, Salvelinus malma, esp. subspecies Salvelinus malma malma) - From Ainu

noun:

• mythical island inhabited only by women; isle of women - abbreviation ➜ 女護の島【にょうごのしま】
• women-only location

noun:

• declaring a concealed kong; forming a concealed four-of-a-kind - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 槓

adjectival noun:

• sudden; abrupt; unexpected
• urgent; pressing
• steep; sharp; precipitous
• rapid; swift; fast

noun:

• emergency; crisis; danger
• urgency; hurrying; haste
• (in gagaku or noh) end of a song ➜ 序破急

adjectival noun:

• methodical; precise; meticulous; scrupulous; regular; punctual

noun:

• wooden post that has been carved to have a rounded corner with grooves running along either side of it

noun:

• gap; space
• break; interlude; interval ［すき］
• chink (in one's armor, armour); chance; opportunity; weak spot ［すき・げき・ひま］
• breach (of a relationship between people) ［げき・ひま］

expression / noun:

• having no outstanding characteristics; all seeming about the same; bragging competition concerning matters of little importance; pissing contest; height comparison among acorns [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

noun:

• scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air)

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air) ➜ キノボリウオ亜目【キノボリウオあもく】

expression:

• people will believe something false if many agree that it is true (an example of argumentum ad populum); there's a tiger in the market [literal] - proverb

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

godan ~ぶ verb:

• to occur to; to remind of; to come to mind

adverb:

• please; kindly; I beg of you ➜ 何卒
• by all means; feel free; you are welcome
• here you are - previously written as 何卒

expression / adverb:

• best regards; please remember me; please treat me favorably (favourably); please take care of - pun on 宜しく; orig. used by young bike-riding delinquents; now oft. joc. - slang ➜ 宜しく

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to take advantage of; to impose on
• to make an entry (in an account book)

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something - esp. 極める, 窮める
• to investigate thoroughly; to master - esp. 究める

noun:

• shot (in films)
• shot (of alcohol)
• hitting a ball (e.g. in tennis)

noun / ~する noun:

• shoot (in basketball)

adverbial noun / noun:

• all over the country; throughout the land; every nook and cranny of the land - four character idiom