noun:

• hiding one's intelligence to avoid being different from the common people ➜ 和光同塵

noun:

• "ear-hanging" scallop spat, i.e. piercing the resilium to string them

noun:

• four-eye pygmy goby (Trimma hayashii, found from Japan to the Solomons)

noun:

• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子

noun:

• stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession) - archaism ➜ 鳥追

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning ➜ 孟母三遷の教え

noun:

• upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

noun:

• place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage - where the interlude kyogen actors wait ➜ 間狂言

noun:

• action taken to soften the impact of something - From English "one cushion"

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

noun:

• Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ おっぱいパブ

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

noun:

• Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

noun:

• farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)

expression:

• being ready to drink sake by the keg; drinking like a fish

noun:

• swatting; deceiving the police into sending armed officers to a particular address

noun:

• regulation baseball (as opposed to the variety played with a rubber ball) ➜ 軟式野球

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be submerged; to be soaked
• to be pickled; to be well seasoned - esp. 漬かる
• to be totally immersed (in a condition, e.g. laziness)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be seen; to be in sight
• to be able to see
• to see - honorific language
• to be worth watching; to be worth seeing

godan ~る verb:

• to become decrepit; to be in one's dotage; to become dull; to lose one's astuteness; to lose one's touch; to become senile; to lose one's edge; to go downhill

expression:

• very fond of; more fond of than eating; so fond of that someone would rather not eat than go without; more important than three meals a day ➜ 三度の飯より好き【さんどのめしよりすき】