noun:

• small opening in the side of some traditional Japanese clothing for women and children (e.g. kimono, yukata) (located where the sleeve meets the bodice, below the armpit)

noun:

• (boat) pilot - obsolete term ➜ 水先案内・水先人

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to look at; to gaze; to stare at

adjectival noun / noun:

• elegant; graceful

~の noun:

• futuristic

noun:

• Closterium (genus of algae)

noun / ~する noun:

• talking in whispers; confidential words

expression / ichidan verb:

• to open up a big lead (over one's opponent)

noun:

• amazing truth; cardinal principle; key (to understanding)

expression / adjective:

• unsympathetic and inconsiderate; coldhearted - archaism

noun:

• three-digit number; hundreds column

noun:

• spiritism; necromancy; sorcery

noun:

• vasculitis

noun:

• China aster

noun:

• southern Japanese mudskipper (Periophthalmus argentilineatus) ➜ トビハゼ

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】

noun:

• supervision; management ➜ 見ヶ〆料

noun:

• displaying money (to prove that one actually has it)

noun:

• part of a building where water is circulated (kitchen, bathroom, etc.); wet area

noun:

• democratic government

expression / adjective:

• point blank; blunt

noun:

• (using a) level

noun:

• mitsuba (Cryptotaenia japonica); Japanese honewort; Japanese honeywort; Japanese chervil; Japanese parsley

~の noun / noun:

• three-leaved; trefoil

noun:

• mirugai clam (Tresus keenae, species of gaper clam)

expression:

• prospect is often better than possession - proverb