noun:

• oysters cooked in the shell

noun:

• cineast; someone who works in the movie industry

noun:

• Castor (star in the constellation Gemini); Alpha Geminorum - Astronomy term

noun:

• Pollux (star in the constellation Gemini); Beta Geminorum - Astronomy term

noun:

• Canopus (star in the constellation Carina); Alpha Carinae - Astronomy term

noun:

• Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis - Astronomy term

noun:

• Deneb (star in the constellation Cygnus); Alpha Cygni - Astronomy term

noun:

• Achernar (star in the constellation Eridanus); Alpha Eridani - Astronomy term

noun:

• bath taken after everyone else (in the family) ➜ 一番風呂

expression / noun / ~する noun:

• lifting (a child) high up in the air - children's language

noun / ~する noun:

• coming down from one's seat and prostrating oneself (to pay obeisance)

noun:

• musicians' box on the left side of the stage
• lower seat ➜ 下座【しもざ】

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate ➜ 荒む
• to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~ぶ verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

• to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to do as one pleases; to amuse oneself; to play around ［遊ぶ］ - archaism

noun:

• highway (esp. one existing from the Edo period); main road
• highway (e.g. to success); path (to becoming ...) ➜ 出世街道【しゅっせかいどう】

noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to catch 'the stupid' (e.g. from talking to stupid people, watching mindless TV, etc.) - colloquialism

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え

noun:

• winter daylight; winter sunlight - obscure term
• trying to make the most of each day; devoting oneself to one's parents - obscure term

expression / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• which can exist solely due to the presence of; whose existence is determined entirely by; which owes everything to - emphatic version of あっての ➜ あっての・こそ

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to unravel; to untie; to untangle; to loosen
• to break into small pieces (of fish, meat, etc.)
• to relax; to ease

noun:

• 180.39 millilitres; 180.39 milliliters ➜ 合【ごう】
• 0.3306 square metres; 0.3306 square meters ➜ 合【ごう】
• one-tenth of the way (from the foot of a mountain to the top) ➜ 合【ごう】

expression:

• (in) various settings; act to act; place to place - often as 場面場面で ➜ 場面

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to be worth telling; to be worth confiding in

noun:

• using the Chinese-reading of kanji to represent native Japanese words (irrespective of the kanji's actual meaning) ➜ 万葉仮名

noun:

• presumption of legitimacy; presumption of child in wedlock; presumption that the ex-husband is the father of a woman's child born within 300 days of their divorce - Law term

noun:

• Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)
• nickname
• section of a village