noun:

• last guest (tea ceremony); third guest of honour (honor); guest who sits in the seat furthest from the host and assists in various ways ➜ 詰め【つめ】・次客【じきゃく】・正客【しょうきゃく】

noun:

• fighting scene; scene of carnage (bloodshed)
• location of the fight between the Asuras and Shakra ［しゅらじょう］ ➜ 阿修羅【あしゅら】・帝釈天【たいしゃくてん】
• difficulties (in a love relationship) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism
• crunch time (esp. for cartoonists) ［しゅらば］ - colloquialism

suffix noun:

• -like; pseudo-; mock ...; imitation ...; in the style of ...

noun:

• comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
• criticism; censure - archaism

noun:

• Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil) ➜ カリビアンリーフシャーク

noun:

• whitefin hammerhead (Sphyrna couardi, species of hammerhead shark found in the West African tropics of the eastern Atlantic from Senegal to Congo)

noun:

• character (i.e. kanji)
• hand-writing; penmanship
• the ... word (i.e. "the L word" = "love") - as 〜の字 ➜ ほの字

noun:

• tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko ➜ 玳瑁
• tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle) - in Chinese medicine ➜ 鼈

noun:

• cold wind descending from the mountains
• cold Pacific wind (in the Tōhoku region in summer)

adverbial noun / noun:

• to the end of time; to the crack of doom; for ever and ever

noun:

• first day of the month - archaism
• first ten days of the lunar month

noun:

• temperature sensitivity; sensitivity of the demand for electricity to a change of the atmospheric temperature

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to lay the foundation for (e.g. a theory); to lay the basis for

noun / ~する noun:

• contribution (to a newspaper, magazine, etc.); submission; post (on a forum, blog, etc.)

noun / ~する noun:

• walking alone; walking unaided; going alone; standing on one's own

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to have one's teeth set on edge
• to get loose teeth

noun:

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

adverb / ~と adverb:

• irresistibly; suddenly - onomatopoeia

~する noun:

• to be turned on; to be horny - colloquialism

noun:

• academic meritocracy; education-conscious society; society that places (excessive) emphasis on academic records

godan ~む verb:

• to hold back on; to restrict sales of; to be reluctant to sell

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to bring disgrace (dishonor, dishonour) on; to fling mud at; to put to shame - idiom

expression / ichidan verb:

• to become enthusiastic; to have a crush (on); to lose one's head (to)

noun:

• rush work; crash program; working on a crash basis; working at top speed - four character idiom

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to wait on someone hand and foot; to take personal care of someone

ichidan verb:

• to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble ➜ ケチを付ける

expression:

• like water off a duck's back; urine on a frog's face [literal] - colloquialism ➜ 蛙の面に水