noun:

• silkworm (in the first or second instar)

noun:

• Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon) - Buddhism term ➜ 歓喜天

noun:

• movie in which ... has the starring role

noun:

• movie in which ... has the starring role ➜ 主演作品

noun:

• silkworm (in the first or second instar) ➜ 毛蚕

noun:

• captain (in the Maritime Self Defence Force)

noun:

• female servant who works in the kitchen ➜ 水仕事

noun:

• creeping plant withered in the winter cold - archaism

noun:

• work hakama for use in the snow ➜ 山袴

noun:

• thinner futon (in contact with the skin)

noun:

• "bird-in-the-cage" children's game

expression:

• in one ear and out the other

noun:

• lophotrochozoan; any species in the superphylum Lophotrochozoa

noun:

• island in the southern sea (esp. Shikoku)

noun:

• flower or branch fastened in the hair ➜ 挿頭

noun:

• cenote; sinkhole (esp. in the Yucatan peninsula) - From Spanish

noun:

• migrant worker from the countryside (in China) ➜ 民工

noun:

• wild geese returning north in the spring

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be unusual (of a person or of a thing); to be uncommon; to be peculiar; to be crazy; to be eccentric; to be different - sometimes derogatory ➜ 変わる【かわる】

noun:

• well curb consisting of wooden beams crossed at the ends
• pattern resembling the symbol #; parallel crosses
• number sign; hash ➜ 番号記号

noun:

• pornographic pose (spreading one's legs open wide with knees bent, creating the shape of the letter 'M')

noun:

• decorative gauze strap that hangs from the front left side of the kohimo when tying closed one's hanpi - obscure term ➜ 忘れ緒

noun:

• group of persons working at the imperial court (Yamato period)
• various craftsmen and artisans under the ritsuryo system

noun:

• southeasterly wind blowing around the fifth month of the lunisolar calendar (when marine fishes allegedly turn into tree sparrows)

noun:

• false start; jumping the gun - From English "flying start"
• flying start; running start
• broadcasting a television or radio program a few minutes before its scheduled time