noun:

• capital (of a column) - Architecture term
• stigma; top part of the pistil in a flower - Biology term

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to stab; to thrust (into)
• to plant (in the ground); to stick upright

adverb:

• far off; in the distance; long ago; far; by far; far and away

adverb:

• for a moment; even as a joke; even in the slightest degree

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to linger (faint light of twilight); to remain lit in the lingering twilight ➜ 明け残る

godan ~る verb:

• to lurk; to hover in the background
• to be coiled up; to stretch tortuously

noun:

• large stone; boulder
• large group of stones (in the game of go)

expression:

• at any rate; in any case; at the very least; if nothing else

noun:

• soba water; water left in the pot after one has boiled soba

noun:

• murder case in which the victim is chopped into pieces; mutilation murder case

expression:

• be that the case, do so; do as you please; in any case

noun:

• development of a text ➜ 起承転結
• the second line in a four-line Chinese poem

noun / ~の noun:

• being one or more laps behind (in a race)
• being behind the times

noun:

• work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

expression / ichidan verb:

• to avoid meeting someone's gaze; to not look someone in the eyes

prefix noun:

• some (at the start of a number in place of a digit)

noun:

• Chongqing government; Kuomintang government based in Chongqing during the Second Sino-Japanese War

noun:

• fight; scuffle
• walking about; walking around
• conducting oneself
• stroll (in noh, an action piece involving circling the stage)

noun:

• lucky day but not in the morning; day on which judgment and haste are avoided (judgement) ➜ 六曜

noun:

• the beauty to be found in poverty and simplicity; subdued taste; quiet refinement; sober refinement; wabi

noun:

• human (in Ainu); one's fellow man; kin; comrade - From Ainu
• self-referential term used by the Ainu about their people ➜ アイヌ

noun:

• lantana (plant, flower) ➜ ランタナ
• hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) ➜ アジサイ
• kabuki dance in which the dancer quickly changes his clothes seven times

noun:

• form of torture in which the victim kneels on triangular wedges and stone slabs are placed on their lap

noun:

• blacktip reef shark (Carcharhinus melanopterus, species of requiem shark mostly found in the Indo-Pacific)

noun / ~の noun:

• black tip - original meaning - archaism

noun:

• smalleye hammerhead (Sphyrna tudes, species of hammerhead shark common in the western Atlantic)