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

noun:

• person who holds the purse strings; person who minds the cash; safe keeper; treasurer

noun:

• New Year (esp. first three days) - polite language ➜ 正月
• the first month of the year; January - polite language ➜ 正月

noun:

• imitation that looks identical to the original; fake causing the original to lose value - four character idiom

noun:

• the Four Heavenly Kings (Dhrtarastra, Virudhaka, Virupaksa, and Vaisravana) - Buddhism term
• the big four (i.e. four leaders in a given field)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• writing with an upright brush (using just the tip to create a narrower stroke) ➜ 側筆
• frank writing; writing the bare facts ➜ 曲筆

noun:

• word created by retaining the first syllable (or two) of a word and suffixing it with the word "moji" ➜ 女房詞

noun:

• swimming in the ocean; sea bathing; seawater bath; going for a dip in the ocean