noun:

• starting lineup; player in the starting lineup - Sports term - From English "starting member"

ichidan verb:

• to find a market for; to extend the sale of

noun:

• Hydrus (constellation); the Water Snake - Astronomy term

noun:

• act of treachery; breach of faith; stab in the back; double-cross

noun:

• Chaetodontoplus; genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae

expression:

• man proposes, God disposes; man does what man can do then awaits the verdict of heaven (or fate) [literal] - proverb

noun / ~する noun:

• prostration; placing knees, hands and forehead on the ground to show utmost respect - Buddhism term ➜ 五体投地【ごたいとうち】

noun:

• Rodentia; order comprising the rodents

noun / ~の noun:

• maternal line; mother's side of the family ➜ 父系

noun:

• red Fuji; when Mt Fuji appears red because of the sun's rays (esp. in the early morning from late summer to early autumn)

noun:

• Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands

noun:

• cere; skin at the base of a bird's beak

noun / ~の noun:

• (similar to) perinatal; period from around the 28th week of pregnancy to a week after the baby is born

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to stay up all night; to spend the night without sleep

noun / ~する noun:

• sharing with others what has been given to you; sharing a portion of the profit with others

expression:

• don't eat plum pits (because they are poisonous); if you eat a plum, don't eat the kernel; inside it heavenly gods sleep [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• Gemini (3rd zodiacal sign); the Twins

noun / ~する noun:

• urinating outdoors; urinating by the roadside

noun:

• apron of a gun; cover for the touch-hole on a cannon or matchlock ➜ 火蓋を切る

expression:

• avarice brings doom upon oneself; if a hawk-eagle tries to catch two boars at once, the boars will try to run in opposite directions, splitting the hawk-eagle into two and killing it - proverb

noun:

• Tokyo near-field earthquake; large-scale earthquake expected to directly hit the Kanto area sometime in the future; also refers to the 1855 and 1894 Edo/Tokyo earthquakes

noun:

• Beryciformes; order of fishes containing the alfonsinos, squirrelfishes, etc.

noun:

• all living things; mankind; the people; the world - Buddhism term

noun:

• inviting another to one's home, office, etc.; the trouble of coming (going) [literal] - polite language