noun:

• Acanthurus (type genus of surgeonfishes and tangs in the family Acanthuridae which have a pair of sharp spines on either side of the base of the tail)

auxiliary adjective:

• seeming ...; appearing ... - expresses judgement based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay

suffix / adjective:

• -ish; like a ...; typical of ...; appropriate for ...; becoming of ...; worthy of the name ... - after a noun, adverb or adjective stem

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of accounting) ➜ 六知事

noun:

• disparity between values of votes in different constituencies; measure of malapportionment of electorates

noun:

• piece of paper; slip of paper; strip of paper; scrap of paper

noun:

• sense of the vanity of life; perception of the evanescence of life

noun / ~の noun:

• on an island; on-island ➜ 島外

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to cease; to desist; to cut it out; to lay off (an activity); to drop (a subject) to abolish; to resign; to give up ➜ 止める【やめる】

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to shoot dead; to bring down (an animal)
• to win (a prize, someone's heart, etc.); to make one's own

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to spring at; to leap upon; to swoop down on; to throw oneself upon (e.g. an enemy)

expression:

• to (an extent); up to; so far as; even - more emphatic than まで ➜ 迄【まで】
• doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ... - usu. as 〜までもない
• even if ... - usu. as 〜ないまでも

godan ~る verb:

• to be seized with fear; to be intimidated; to lose one's nerve - slang
• (in an online multiplayer game) to camp - slang

godan ~う verb / intransitive verb:

• to meet; to encounter; to see - 逢う is often used for close friends, etc. and may be associated with drama or pathos; 遭う may have an undesirable nuance
• to have an accident; to have a bad experience - esp. 遭う when in kanji - usually written using kana alone

godan ~つ verb / transitive:

• to hit (a person); to strike; to beat
• to deliver (a speech); to give (an address)

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to accustom; to train (e.g. one's ear) - esp. 慣らす
• to tame; to domesticate; to train (an animal) - esp. 馴らす

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to settle peacefully; to work out peacefully; to come to an amicable solution; to become reconciled

expression / ichidan verb:

• to ignite; to set fire to
• to spark (an incident, etc.); to inflame (a situation, etc.)

noun:

• adult child; adult children; adult person psychologically traumatized from being raised in an abusive or dysfunctional family (e.g. by alcoholic parents)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• never being satisfied with what one gets, and always wanting more; giving someone an inch and having them take a mile; taking Gansu only to want Sichuan [literal] - idiom

noun:

• manners; etiquette; propriety ［さほう］
• manner of production (esp. of prose, poetry, etc.); way of making

noun:

• point of spear; spearhead ➜ 鋒先【ほさき】
• brunt; aim of attack; force of argument

noun:

• any of a number of secret societies of ancient China (often opposed to the government)

noun:

• one of the six administrators of a Zen temple (in charge of general affairs) - Buddhism term ➜ 六知事

noun:

• invention by an employee; employee invention; service invention

noun / ~する noun:

• going in the opposite direction
• going against the wind
• running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)