expression / adjectival noun:

• clear and beautiful (of a woman's voice)

noun:

• Yemen monitor (Varanus yemenensis, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found at the base of the Tihama mountains along the western coast of Yemen)

prefix:

• greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior - also written as 正 - archaism ➜ 従【ひろい】

noun / adjectival noun:

• a great deal; very much ➜ 大いなる・大いに

noun:

• Asian constable (species of butterfly, Dichorragia nesimachus)

noun:

• common treecreeper (species of songbird, Certhia familiaris)

noun:

• hachiya (variety of astringent Japanese persimmon)

noun:

• Le Lectier (var. of French pear)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to grow taller (of people)

noun:

• sleet (mixture of snow and rain) - colloquialism

noun:

• Stomiiformes (order of deep-sea ray-finned fishes)

noun:

• Izumo Oyashiro-kyo (sect of Shinto); Izumo Taisha-kyo

noun:

• chief kagura dancer (of kagura performed at the imperial palace) - archaism

noun:

• finger-banging (manual stimulation of female genital organs) - slang - vulgar

noun:

• three-lips (freshwater fish of the minnow family, Opsariichthys uncirostris)

noun:

• speed (of CD ROM drives) - IT term

noun:

• degrading language (language used to lower the position of the listener)

noun:

• taking food with one's chopsticks upside down (a breach of etiquette)

godan ~く verb / transitive:

• to carry on one's shoulders (esp. of two or more people carrying a palanquin, etc.)

noun:

• prajna-paramita (perfection of wisdom) - Buddhism term

noun:

• carry (of digit, bit, etc.) - IT term

noun:

• second verse (in a linked series of poems)

noun:

• rail (any bird of family Rallidae, esp. the water rail, Rallus aquaticus)

noun:

• Cupressales (order of plants)

noun:

• Celtic (branch of languages)

noun:

• title song (of a record)