noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• fruit of a cactus in genus Opuntia (incl. prickly pears and cholla); cactus pear

ichidan verb:

• to take off something (e.g. a pair of shoes) and leave them neatly aligned side by side

noun:

• pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)

noun:

• Acanthuroidei (suborder of the order Perciformes, containing the families Acanthuridae, Ephippidae, Luvaridae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, and Zanclidae)

noun:

• tanbo art; using rice of various types and colours to create giant pictures in rice fields

noun:

• civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood) - Food term - From French

noun:

• half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once

noun:

• flower shower; throwing flower petals over the bride and groom after exchanging of vows

noun:

• end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin
• beginning; start; first
• odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least

noun:

• self-styled humanitarian; chivalrous person; persons acting under the pretence of chivalry who formed gangs and engaged in gambling ➜ 渡世人・男伊達・町奴

noun:

• digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product

noun:

• labyrinth spinefoot (Siganus labyrinthodes, species of Western Central Pacific rabbitfish known from Indonesia and thought more widespread)

noun:

• light used as a religious offering ➜ 御灯・神灯
• paper lantern (hung up near the door of performers and geishas)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to suddenly understand (esp. on basis of experience or memory); to come to mind; to recall (in a flash); to be reminded of; to call to mind; to think of; to strike on; to hit on an answer; to seize the crux of a problem

noun:

• university; college ➜ 総合大学
• former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) - abbreviation ➜ 大学寮・国学【こくがく】
• the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun / ~する noun:

• joint establishment (esp. schools of different levels or different courses of study); establishment as an annex (e.g. of a school); juxtaposition; placing side by side ➜ 併置【へいち】

noun / ~の noun / adverb / ~と adverb:

• toot (e.g. of trumpet) - onomatopoeia
• honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep - onomatopoeia
• farting sound - onomatopoeia
• sound of something being inflated; puff; poof; phoo - onomatopoeia

noun / ~する noun:

• accumulation of (undelivered) freight; freight congestion
• accumulation of (unsold) goods; accumulation of stock; stockpile of goods; stock; unsold inventory

noun:

• credit - abbreviation ➜ 掛け売り・掛け買い
• money owed on an account; bill
• hot noodles in broth - abbreviation - usually written using kana alone ➜ 掛け蕎麦【かけそば】・掛けうどん【かけうどん】

noun / suffix noun:

• proportion (of wholesale price, as tenths of list price)

suffix:

• in the midst of - after a -masu stem
• rest; rack; hanger - after a noun

adverb:

• sound of pistol fire; sound of exploding gunpowder - onomatopoeia

noun:

• exchange of (pistol) fire; shootout; conflict; war - colloquialism

noun:

• night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

noun:

• bottom of the sleeve - archaism
• height of the sleeve (of traditional Japanese clothing)
• secret; secret bribe ➜ 袖の下

noun:

• crime of plotting a crime; crime of preparing to commit an offense; preparation of a crime - Law term

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• union; alliance; combination

noun:

• RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation) - abbr of 日本労働組合総連合会