noun:

• height of a beam; beam as measured from top to bottom

noun:

• backstroke

noun:

• plover on the beach; plovers near the shore

noun:

• introductory clause of a law, patent, etc.; chapeau; main paragraph

noun:

• (acupuncture) needle
• acupuncture ➜ 鍼術

noun:

• Lespedeza (genus comprising the bush clovers)

noun:

• derived demand

noun / ~する noun:

• philanthropy

noun:

• flower lantern; Bon festival lantern that is decorated with artificial flowers or has a floral pattern ➜ 盆灯籠

noun:

• rain shower

noun:

• luminescent organism; photogenic organism

noun:

• paradigmatic relation - Linguistics term ➜ 統語的関係

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to take up a lot of space; to have a large space to oneself

noun:

• northern shoveler (species of duck, Anas clypeata); northern shoveller

noun:

• non-delivery - IT term

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 促音便

lower nidan verb (archaic) / yodan ~る verb (archaic) / intransitive verb:

• to get free; to be freed; to be released - archaism ➜ 放れる

expression / noun:

• intense competition; hot competition

godan ~む verb / intransitive verb:

• to despair of; to see the vanity of

adjectival noun / noun:

• bustle; prosperity

noun / ~する noun:

• presenting; presentation

noun:

• Dear (so and so); Dear Sir; Dear Madam; To Whom It May Concern - salutation of a formal letter - honorific language

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to win; to gain; to earn
• to spread (one's name, etc.)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to prepare oneself for the worst; to strengthen one's resolve; to accept one's fate; to prepare oneself - idiom

noun:

• chopstick rest ➜ 箸置き

noun / ~する noun:

• extensive references (in a text)