noun / ~の noun:

• pons (pontes); pons Varolii; pontine; part of the brain stem (links the medulla oblongata and cerebellum with the midbrain)

noun:

• small, thin fabric belt worn over the kimono and under the obi in order to protect the fabric

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to keep one's wit about one; to be on one's guard; to be wary; to keep on one's toes - idiom ➜ 眉に唾をつける

noun:

• lost point (in a game); point given away; conceded goal Antonym: 得点
• run charged to the pitcher - Baseball term
• blunder; mistake; error

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand

expression / ichidan verb:

• to trick someone (into confirming or revealing the truth); to ask a leading question - idiom

noun:

• playing to the gallery; showing off; pretence; pretense
• surface preparation (for painting, etc.); scraping a surface clean - esp. ケレン

noun:

• charms of a uniquely beautiful woman; great beauty; (so beautiful that) the moon hides and flowers are abashed [literal] - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• breathing in (of a foreign body, food, etc.); pulmonary aspiration; mis-swallowing; swallowing down the wrong pipe - Medicine term

noun:

• cap cloud (cloud shaped like an Asian bamboo hat that forms at the peak of a tall mountain)

expression:

• slow but steady wins the race; constant effort will result in success; constant dripping wears away a stone [literal] - proverb

noun:

• ritual performance (usually around New Year) to pray for a successful rice harvest in the coming year - Shintō term

expression:

• financially ruining oneself by overindulging in food and drink (as a fabled tendency of the people of Osaka) ➜ 京の着倒れ・食い倒れ

noun:

• Pseudocarchariidae; family whose only member is a species of mackerel shark known as the crocodile shark

noun:

• silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• echoing beautifully (of the sound produced by striking together jewels or metals); "beautiful (of a melody, etc.)" [figurative] - archaism

noun:

• object or shape that symbolizes the vow of a buddha or bodhisattva to save all life - Buddhism term

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple - abbreviation ➜ 供奉僧
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

noun:

• folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)

expression:

• pretending not to see something; turning a blind eye to; burying one's head in the sand ➜ 見て見ぬ振り

noun:

• civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood) - Food term - From French

adjectival noun:

• comprador-like; being an underling to a foreign company to the detriment of one's own country

noun:

• red suited tile that doubles the score of any hand (usu. a five of each suit) - Mahjong term ➜ ドラ

noun:

• beginning character or characters that uniquely identify a poem in the Hyakunin Isshu (esp. used in competitive karuta) ➜ 百人一首【ひゃくにんいっしゅ】