noun or verb acting prenominally:

• someone who is overly concerned with status. Can be used enviously with reference to someone of real accomplishment - Kansai dialect

expression:

• the doting parent's purse is plundered; the thief caught turns out to be one's own son [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Nasolamia (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose only member is the whitenose shark)

noun:

• Prionace (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the blue shark)

noun:

• Scoliodon (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the spadenose shark)

noun:

• Eusphyra; genus of hammerhead shark in the family Sphyrnidae whose sole member is the winghead shark

expression:

• it is no crime to steal flowers; phrase used to justify picking flowers from others' gardens, parks, etc. - proverb

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to - emphatic version of あっての ➜ あっての・こそ

expression:

• better be the head of a dog than the tail of a lion; better be first in a village than second at Rome; better to be the mouth of a chicken than the rear end of a cow [literal] - proverb

noun:

• marguerite (Chrysanthemum frutescens) ［マーガレット］
• Japanese women's hairstyle comprised of a long braid tied up in a loop with a ribbon (ca. 1885)

expression / noun:

• how to get along in the world; how to get on in life; how to swim [literal] ➜ 遊泳【ゆうえい】

noun:

• succession of words of similar meaning; redundancy (e.g. free gift); tautology ［じゅうごん］
• kanji compound in which the same character is repeated - e.g. 堂堂

noun:

• dried small sardines, etc. used to make fish stock ➜ 煮干し
• person in bank transfer scam whose role it is to withdraw the cash - slang

noun:

• endpaper (of a book); end-paper
• facing (material sewn on the inside edge of a garment)
• looking back; triumphing over (a rival) ➜ 見返す

noun:

• teapot-like object made typically of lacquerware and used to pour hot and cold liquids
• basin of water with two handles on either side used for washing one's face or hands ➜ 盥

~の noun / adjectival noun / noun / adverbial noun:

• a lot; lots; plenty; many; a large number; much; a great deal; a good deal
• enough; sufficient

suffix noun:

• enough; too many; too much - after a noun; usu. read as だくさん ➜ 沢山【だくさん】

noun:

• a kick; mounting a bar with a kick

expression / noun / adverbial noun:

• one's youth; early life; one's early days; one's early years

noun:

• mess; sorry state; plight; sad sight - derogatory term

suffix:

• -ways; -wards - indicates direction
• in the act of ...; just as one is ... - after the -masu stem of a verb
• manner of ...; way of ... - after the -masu stem of a verb ➜ 様【さま】

noun:

• place where hair is gathered together atop the head; hair tied (or pinned) together in this position - archaism

noun:

• Triaenodon (genus of requiem shark in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the whitetip reef shark)

noun:

• method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration; meditative methods used in Zen Buddhism - Buddhism term

noun:

• man who is uninterested in aggressively pursuing women; peaceable men who don't approach women as potential partners; herbivore [literal]

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to hang (a curtain); to droop (a tail); to lower (a blind)

noun:

• yarn dyeing; thread dyeing; prior dyeing of thread before cloth is woven