noun:

• black-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus bariene, species of tang found from Mozambique and Maldives to the western Pacific); roundspot surgeonfish; bariene surgeonfish; eye-spot surgeon

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

godan ~く verb / intransitive verb:

• to step back; to move back; to retreat
• to withdraw (from the presence of a superior); to leave; to exit
• to resign; to retire; to quit
• to concede

noun:

• Buddhist saint; man of high repute; guest of honor; guest of honour

noun / ~する noun:

• self-removal of stitches (esp. of pets, animals); self-extraction of sutures ➜ 抜糸

noun:

• standard of conduct; code of behavior; moral code; culture (of an organization)

expression / noun:

• number of possible outcomes; number of ways (e.g. of arranging something)

noun:

• southern barbarians (formerly used by the Chinese to refer to non-ethnic Chinese to the south) - archaism - derogatory term
• South-East Asia - archaism
• Western Europe (esp. Spain and Portugal, their South-East Asian colonies, and their goods and people arriving in Japan via the colonies) - archaism ➜ 紅毛

prefix:

• exotic (esp. Western European or South-East Asian style)

noun:

• (in dance, puppetry, etc.) thrusting the right foot and right arm forward at the same time (or left foot and left arm) - usu.ナンバ
• food prepared using chili peppers or Welsh onions - abbreviation ➜ 南蛮煮【なんばんに】

noun:

• Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons; Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to drown; to nearly drown; to sink below the surface (of water)
• to indulge in; to lose one's head over something; to wallow in

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to share (someone's) good luck; to follow (someone's) example; to enjoy the same benefits (of someone or something)
• to be named after

expression:

• until then; till then; up to that time
• to that extent
• the end of it; all there is to it

prefix:

• the large part of
• big; large; great

suffix:

• approximate size; no larger than
• -university - abbreviation ➜ 大学

noun:

• large (e.g. serving size); loud (e.g. volume setting)

noun:

• carat; unit of weight for jewels and pearls, 200mg
• karat (measure of purity of gold); carat

noun:

• var. of folksong; var. of koto or shamisen music; medley of (Japanese) songs

noun:

• portmanteau word; combination of two words (often first half of one, second half of another) ➜ 混成語

noun:

• old age; old person; the old; the aged

adverbial noun / temporal noun:

• the preceding year; the previous year; last year

particle:

• certainly; of course; to be sure; surely
• even if; no matter (who, what, when, where, why, how); though; although - usu. with vol. verb or adj. stem
• without even; without so much as - with neg. verb
• at the (least, earliest, etc.) - after an adverb ➜ 遅くとも

expression:

• also (called)

particle:

• well - sometimes esp. an emphatic form of the particle と

noun:

• many monsters, spirits, etc. forming a line and walking through the night - four character idiom
• veritable pandemonium; large number of people plotting and doing evil; creepy characters roaming about presenting a most scandalous sight

noun:

• children's game in which the aim is to occupy the other's home base
• taking a place; securing a position

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - Astronomy term
• UGM-27 Polaris (nuclear submarine-launched ballistic missile) ➜ 潜水艦発射弾道ミサイル【せんすいかんはっしゃだんどうミサイル】

noun:

• blood spilt from the body
• blood circulating within the body (often as a metaphor for strong emotion or hot-bloodedness)

noun / ~する noun:

• going in the opposite direction
• going against the wind
• running or operating a machine in reverse (such as an electric motor)

noun:

• pad placed below the sheet on which a seal is to be pressed - used to make the seal's imprint clearer