noun:

• classical form of i-adjective inflection (easily recognized by its attributive form ending in "ki" and predicative form ending in "shi")

noun:

• the 5 Confucian virtues (benevolence, justice, courtesy, wisdom, and sincerity)

noun:

• Eviota shimadai (species of pygmy goby found in Japan, Palau and Indonesia)

noun:

• boa catshark (Scyliorhinus boa, species from the Caribbean and Gulf of Mexico)

noun:

• six consciousnesses (i.e. functions of the six sense organs: seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and reasoning) - Buddhism term

noun:

• grounds (of tea and coffee)

noun:

• paleolagine lagomorph (Paleolaginae spp., incl. the Amami rabbit and the red rock hares)

noun / adverb:

• flushness (esp. of wheels and fenders on an automobile); tsuraichi

noun:

• one full game (consisting of east, south, west, and north rounds) - Mahjong term - From Chinese "yizhuang" ➜ 半荘

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to rip out (and take); to tear out

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to remain in the morning sky (i.e. the moon and stars) ➜ 暮れ残る

noun:

• (sliced and) pickled octopus

expression:

• enter through the narrow gate (for wide is the gate and broad is the road that leads to destruction); enter ye in at the strait gate - from Matthew 7:13 - proverb

noun:

• longnose sawtail cat shark (Galeus longirostris, found in Amami-oshima, the Ogasawara and Izu islands)

noun:

• one-click fraud (online fraud and extortion technique often used by spammers)

noun:

• Japanese bilboquet (cup-and-ball game)

noun:

• the Four Home Provinces (Yamato, Yamashiro, Settsu, and Kawachi); obsolete in 757 when Izumi was established as a separate province from Kawachi - archaism ➜ 五畿内

noun:

• full slip (combining hadajuban and susoyoke) worn under women's kimono ➜ 肌襦袢【はだじゅばん】・裾除け【すそよけ】・長襦袢【ながじゅばん】

noun:

• gadid (any fish of the family Gadidae, incl. cod, haddock, whiting and pollack)
• Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus) ➜ 真鱈【まだら】

noun:

• village school (esp. in Edo-era Japan, and ancient Korea and China)

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福面

noun / ~する noun:

• fitting together (e.g. nuts and bolts); fit

noun:

• Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo ➜ 菩薩

noun:

• three great oceans (Pacific, Atlantic and Indian) - obscure term ➜ 五大洋

noun:

• Japan's Three Famous Mountains (Mt. Fuji, Mt. Tate and Mt. Haku) - abbreviation ➜ 日本三名山