noun:

• biogenetic law; recapitulation theory (theory that ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny)

noun:

• little Kyoto; nick-name for towns that resemble Kyoto

noun:

• a spring that gushes forth from a valley

noun:

• cutting apart; something that has been cut apart ➜ 断ち切る

noun:

• triplet; three nucleotide pairs that form a codon ➜ コドン
• triplet - Music term ➜ 三連符【さんれんぷ】

noun:

• catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel) ➜ 遡河魚

noun:

• catadromous fish (fish that migrates downstream, e.g. eel) - obscure term

noun:

• anadromous fish (fish that migrates upstream, e.g. salmon) - obscure term ➜ 遡河魚

noun:

• affluent; branch stream that flows into a main stream ➜ 支流

expression:

• there must be; you can be sure that

expression:

• all you have to do is; just; that's all

noun:

• (in the shape of a) mouth
• mouthpiece (of a cigarette)
• manner of speech

noun:

• blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake

expression:

• fools rush in - abbreviation ➜ 盲蛇に怖じず

adverb:

• with a clunk; with a clank - onomatopoeia
• the sound of a sudden decrease (in profits, vigor, etc.)

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to breathe new life into; to usher in a new phase; to break the mold

expression / suffix:

• things like ...; or something like that ... - often derogatory

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to intend
• to be sure that - after past tense of verb

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master
• to order (one's life)
• to repair (a fault one has committed)

lower nidan verb (archaic) / transitive:

• to study; to complete (a course); to cultivate; to master - archaism
• to order (one's life) - archaism
• to repair (a fault one has committed) - archaism

noun:

• scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)

noun:

• event in which someone is forced to eat a large quantity of rice (e.g. the April 2nd Shugendō ceremony at Nikko's Rinnōji temple)

godan ~る verb / transitive:

• to buy all (of something) one can get one's hands on; to buy up; to scoop up

expression:

• order's up; one order ready; coming up; your order is ready
• problem solved; one down; all done

expression / ichidan verb:

• to droop (e.g. ears of grain)
• to bow one's head; to hang one's head

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to straighten oneself; to straighten one's clothes and one's posture; to adopt a more serious attitude - idiom