expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fail an exam - idiom ➜ 桜咲く
• to fall (of cherry blossom petals)

noun:

• yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens, species of Pacific tang)

noun:

• lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.

noun:

• Trimma halonevum (species of goby found in Papua New Guinea); sparsely-spotted pygmy-goby

noun:

• Hemiscylliidae; family of tropical Indo-Pacific longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks

noun:

• Mitchell's water monitor (Varanus mitchelli, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia)

noun:

• dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers (popular in Tochigi Prefecture and surrounds) ➜ 酢憤り

noun:

• Protectorate General of Beiting; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• skillful tanka poet ➜ 短歌
• official in charge of court poetry and music (ritsuryo period)
• poet

noun:

• waiting in front of a temple to be accepted for training (in Zen Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• box lunch (containing rice and 10-15 small portions of fish, meat, and vegetables)

noun:

• stylishness (esp. of a woman working at a nightclub, etc.); sophistication; refinement; class; style

noun:

• washing of bones before placing them in a bone storage urn (esp. in Okinawa) ➜ 厨子

noun / ~する noun:

• stripping a samurai of clothes and swords and exiling him naked (Edo period punishment)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be able to hold one's head up (of a baby)

expression / noun:

• in front of one's eyes; just nearby; within a stone's throw ➜ 目と鼻の先【めとはなのさき】

noun:

• having only tiles of one suit and no honor tiles (yaku) - Mahjong term - From Chinese ➜ 清一色

expression:

• nothing to be afraid of; trivial; not amounting to much; can't do anything

expression:

• Dislike China, Hate Korea; publishing genre of anti-Chinese and Korean books and magazines

noun:

• fact; (a) truth
• realistic portrayal of an ordinary event (by a wise man) ［じつごと］ - in kabuki

noun:

• food mall; restaurant area (of a department store, airport, etc.); restaurant floor

noun:

• pseudo-foreign company; company based abroad but whose main country of business is Japan - Law term ➜ 外国会社

noun:

• checking of a text (usu. translation) by a native speaker - From English "native check"

noun:

• small amount of money (to buy sandals or cover travel expenses); small farewell gift

noun:

• custom of having toddlers step on a sticky rice cake on their first birthday