noun:

• crayfish (esp. Japanese crayfish, Cambaroides japonicus or red swamp crayfish, Procambarus clarkii); crawfish ➜ ニホンザリガニ・アメリカザリガニ

noun:

• orchestra present at Japanese festival; festival music (may be sung from a festival float)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to be angry; to resent; to be enraged; to be indignant

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be dispirited; to be dejected; to be disheartened; to lose heart ➜ 悄気る

ichidan verb:

• to speak jokingly; to speak teasingly; to joke around; to speak nonsense - colloquialism ➜ チャラチャラ

expression:

• to sacrifice something small in order to save something great; to lose a leg to save one's life; to kill a small bug and help a large one - proverb

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to create a breeding ground for future problems; to turn a blind eye to future trouble; to allow for something to come back and bite one in the ass (in the future)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be torn off; to come off
• to be torn to pieces; to be torn to shreds

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

expression / ichidan verb:

• to pass the peak (of something); to get through the most difficult part; to be over the worst (e.g. an illness) - idiom ➜ 峠を越す
• to cross a pass - orig. meaning

noun / ~する noun:

• kun reading; kun'yomi; native Japanese reading of a Chinese character ➜ 音読み

noun:

• (Japanese) National Defense Council (1956-86) (Defence)
• National Security Council (USA)

noun:

• tree frog (esp. the Japanese tree frog, Hyla japonica)

noun:

• tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica) - colloquialism ➜ 斑猫

noun:

• Chinese parasol-tree (Firmiana simplex); Chinese bottletree; Japanese varnishtree; phoenix-tree ➜ 梧桐

noun:

• Koya paper; Japanese paper produced in the vicinity of Mt. Koya ➜ 和紙

noun:

• traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary
• fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

noun:

• koban; small former Japanese oval gold coin ➜ 大判

noun / ~の noun:

• oval ➜ 小判型

noun:

• small size (of paper) ➜ 判【はん】

noun:

• kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose
• bright golden yellow - abbreviation ➜ 山吹色
• gold coin

noun:

• shiba (Japanese breed of dog); shiba inu; brushwood dog

noun:

• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

noun:

• Japanese crested ibis (Nipponia nippon); crested ibis

noun:

• flag with a red circle on a white background
• the Japanese flag ➜ 日章旗

noun:

• Hosso sect of Buddhism (Japanese equivalent of the Chinese Faxiang sect) ➜ 法相【ほっそう】