noun:

• country and western

expression:

• line and staff

expression:

• point and figure

godan ~す verb:

• to spend one's days and nights doing ...

noun:

• downsizing by laying off part-time and temp. workers

noun:

• the three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas

noun:

• unlawful trespass; occupying a property and refusing to leave

noun:

• salamander shark (Parmaturus pilosus, found in China and Japan)

noun:

• flathead catshark (Apristurus macrorhynchus, species from Japan and Taiwan)

noun:

• slender catshark (Schroederichthys tenuis, found off Suriname and Brazil)

noun:

• conduct that is immoral and lacking in common sense - obscure term

noun:

• Yinglong; dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology

noun:

• center of a flower (centre); pistils and stamens ➜ 花蕊

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to clean and repaper shoji in preparation for winter

expression:

• missing important things here and there; full of gaps - unorthodox version of 櫛の歯が欠けたよう ➜ 櫛の歯が欠けたよう

noun:

• burial mound with square flat base and round top

noun:

• bathtub placed on the roadside and rented to customers

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to die and be reborn as something else

noun / ~する noun:

• guidance; teaching people and leading them to Buddhism - Buddhism term

noun:

• true Tokyoite; person born and raised in Edo - Kansai dialect ➜ 江戸っ子

expression:

• Pastoral Epistles (i.e. Timothy 1 and 2, Titus)

noun:

• wildlife sanctuary; protection area for birds and wild animals

noun:

• medieval armour lacking a solid breastplate and sleeves

noun:

• adult and larval stages (e.g. of an insect)

noun:

• three secondary Tokugawa branch families (Tayasu, Shimizu, and Hitotsubashi) ➜ 御三卿