noun:

• Chelicerata; suborder comprising arachnids, sea spiders, and horseshoe crabs

noun:

• reefy coast; windswept and wave-beaten shore

noun:

• dual income; husband and wife both working

expression / ichidan verb:

• the skies open up; to rain cats and dogs

expression:

• If you dislike someone, you will end up hating everything he stands for; hate a priest, and you will hate his very vestments [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Izanagi; male deity who fathered Japan and the sun, moon, and storm gods ➜ 伊弉冉尊

noun:

• width; width and narrowness

noun:

• Noraism; women breaking with family and seeking individual freedom (from heroine in Ibsen's "Doll's House")

noun:

• region on Japan Sea side of Japan west of Tokyo; Nagano and Niigata

noun:

• test plan; system test and evaluation plan - IT term

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to be young; to be young and have a promising future

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be presumptuous; to be clever and forward

noun:

• posed look (chic, sexy, sultry, etc.); facial expression and orientation presented when being photographed - colloquialism

noun:

• one's lack of learning or ability; shallow learning and limited ability - four character idiom

noun:

• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

noun / ~の noun:

• mutability (of worldly affairs); fleeting shifts and changes (of human life) - four character idiom

noun:

• Monodontidae; cetacean family comprising the narwhal and white beluga whale

noun:

• Vocaloid; singing voice synthesis software and related products, or a humanoid persona voiced by such software

noun:

• ganguro; young girl who heavily tans her skin, bleaches her hair and wears heavy make-up - poss. also from ガンガン黒い ➜ ギャル

noun:

• Talpidae; family of moles and their close relatives

noun:

• lecher with a quiet exterior; lecher who doesn't seem it and doesn't talk about it ➜ むっつり

noun:

• Denki Bran (brand name); cocktail of brandy, gin, wine, curacao and herbs

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be experienced in the ways of the world; to taste the bitter and the sweet

noun:

• Giraffidae; family containing the giraffe and the okapi

noun:

• Mandala of the Two Realms; Womb Realm and Matrix Realm Mandalas - Buddhism term ➜ 両界曼荼羅【りょうかいまんだら】