noun:

• rope weapon with a sickle on one end and a ring on the other

godan ~ぐ verb / intransitive verb:

• to ration out and survive on (some food)
• to eke out a living

noun:

• search and recovery dive

noun:

• any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)

noun:

• four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees) - obscure term ➜ 四衆

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】

noun:

• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

~と adverb / adverb:

• wet and glistening; slimy; slippery

~する noun:

• to have a sheen; to be slimy

noun:

• eave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant) ➜ 丸瓦・瓦当

noun:

• eave-end roof tile (comprising a convex semi-cylindrical tile and a decorative pendant) - archaism ➜ 軒丸瓦

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom

noun:

• Sachertorte; chocolate cake filled with apricot jam and topped with chocolate icing - From German

noun:

• sukiyaki stock; stock mixed with soy sauce, mirin and sugar (used to flavor sukiyaki) - Food term ➜ 割り下

noun:

• feces wine; faeces wine; traditional Korean medicine made from alcohol and feces (usu. human) - From Korean "ttongsul"

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to remain in memory (of sounds and words); to linger in one's ears

noun:

• business based on anime and manga characters; character-based business - From English "character business"

noun:

• warbler being in a valley - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】
• valley in which warblers live - obscure term
• remaining obscure and unsuccessful - obscure term ➜ 鶯遷【おうせん】

noun:

• fruit sandwich; sandwich filled with fruit and sweetened whipped cream

noun:

• fruit sandwich; sandwich filled with fruit and sweetened whipped cream ➜ フルーツサンド

noun:

• semi suite; large hotel room with separate sleeping and living room areas

noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• semi-sweet

noun:

• exhibition game; friendly match; friendly - Sports term
• interleague game between the Central and Pacific baseball leagues - Sports term ➜ セ・パ

noun:

• worldly desires; evil passions; appetites of the flesh
• klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) - Buddhism term

noun / ~する noun:

• obtaining items such as books, CDs and DVDs before the date they officially go on sale - From English "flying get"

noun / ~する noun:

• squatting (usu. with elbows on knees and often while smoking, typically considered a low-class posture)

noun / suffix noun:

• special Nara-period administrative division for areas containing a detached palace (Yoshino and Izumi) - archaism

noun:

• secretary; third highest-ranking officials in the Dazaifu - archaism ➜ 大宰府