noun:

• Cephaloscyllium (genus of catshark known as swellsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae capable of inflating their body)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• echoing beautifully (of the sound produced by striking together jewels or metals); "beautiful (of a melody, etc.)" [figurative] - archaism

noun:

• bodyguards in service of the shogun who would walk ahead of him on an outing (Edo period)

noun:

• purity measure for gold; karat; carat; K; kt
• personality of a person born under the element of fire ➜ 金【きん】

noun:

• red suited tile that doubles the score of any hand (usu. a five of each suit) - Mahjong term ➜ ドラ

noun:

• being two sides of the same coin; being the same (while appearing different)

expression:

• Very sincerely yours ➜ 不一

~の noun / noun:

• peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled - orig. meaning - archaism

noun / ~の noun:

• (similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born

noun:

• White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens) ➜ 四神
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿

noun:

• Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens) ➜ 四神
• seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿

noun:

• Bodhi-manda (place of Buddhist practice or meditation, esp. the place under the bodhi tree where Buddha attained enlightenment) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Achilles tang (Acanthurus achilles, species of surgeonfish found from the Western Pacific to the East Central Pacific)

noun:

• doing something for the first time (ever, in a season, etc.) - polite language ➜ 初【はつ】
• new item; first crop of the season

noun:

• painting with the body of a brush's bristles (to create a thicker line than possible with the tip) ➜ 直筆【ちょくひつ】

expression:

• one cannot understand even a holy man's teachings without study; one cannot know the abilities of a great man without putting him to use; one cannot know the delicious taste of fine food without eating it [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• entering the rainy season; beginning of the rainy season

noun:

• agapanthus (esp. the African lily, Agapanthus africanus); lily-of-the-nile - From Latin

expression:

• that night; that evening
• over the course of the evening

expression:

• poverty is the greatest motivator; poverty is the mother of invention - proverb

noun:

• the world; society; the universe
• sphere; circle; world

~の noun:

• renowned; world-famous; well-known outside of Japan

noun:

• realm governed by one Buddha; space - original meaning - Buddhism term

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• the seven luminaries (sun, moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter and Saturn) - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜

expression:

• the blind leading the blind; if the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch - proverb

noun:

• end; conclusion

~の noun:

• last; final; latest; most recent

expression:

• no sooner than; once; right after (often having negative consequences) - after -tara form or -ta form followed by "ga"

noun:

• one's final moments - archaism ➜ 最期

noun / ~する noun:

• playing around; having an active sex life; casual homosexual sexual activity - esp. gay sex ➜ 発展【はってん】

noun:

• (gay) cruising spot; (gay) pick-up joint (e.g. bar) - abbreviation ➜ ハッテン場

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

noun:

• layman (esp. as opposed to a Buddhist monk); laity; man of the world; the world
• local manners; modern customs

adjectival noun / ~の noun:

• common; popular
• vulgar; low Antonym: 雅【が】