noun:

• guarana (tree); Paullinia cupana
• guarana (seed extract as an ingredient used in stamina drinks and foods for restorative and stimulant effect)

noun:

• Heptranchias; genus of cow shark in the family Hexanchidae containing the sharpnose seven-gill shark as its only member

expression:

• behaving outrageously as though there were no one around; doing whatever one wants even though others may be watching - proverb ➜ 傍若無人【ぼうじゃくぶじん】

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to be absent; to take a day off
• to rest; to have a break
• to go to bed; to (lie down to) sleep; to turn in; to retire
• to stop doing some ongoing activity for a time; to suspend business

noun:

• shrine ritual held with the first two months of the year to forecast (or pray for) a successful harvest
• seasonal planting of rice on a field affiliated with a shrine

noun:

• arraying a number of reference books in order to compose poetry; literary composition crammed with maxims, ancient episodes, legends, etc.
• otters lining a catch of fish on a river bank; (people) making offerings (esp. of fish) - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• appointment (to a position, job, etc.); being used for a role; promotion

expression:

• It's good to have a girl first and then a boy

noun:

• jigo; go game resulting in a tie or a draw

noun:

• capital punishment given personally by a feudal lord after a disrespectful act

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to enclose (a word, letter, symbol, etc.) with a circle

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan - Sumo term

noun:

• peeler (for peeling a label from its base in a barcode printer)

noun:

• short pillar set on a beam to support a ridgepole ➜ うだつが上がらない

noun:

• a drop in the bucket (ocean); a small fraction (of); trifle - four character idiom

expression:

• Even a fool may sometimes come up with a good idea - four character idiom

noun:

• a large number of ships sailing in a long chain-like formation - four character idiom

noun:

• the daimyo of a feudal domain owned by a Tokugawa family branch - four character idiom

noun:

• taking a relaxed holiday in a rural area - From English "green tourism"

noun / ~する noun:

• hitting the maximum value of a numeric counter (in a video game) - abbreviation ➜ カウンターストップ

noun:

• in calligraphy, a brush movement where a horizontal line turns sharply downwards

noun / ~する noun:

• chugging (a glassful of) a drink in one go ➜ 一気に飲む

noun:

• book of stamps (each confirming donation to a temple on a pilgrimage)

expression / noun:

• Cleopatra's nose; "a small thing with a huge influence" [figurative]

expression:

• a little learning is a dangerous thing - proverb