~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• ashamed deep down in one's heart; blushing with shame when one remembers something - four character idiom

noun:

• Vietcong; Viet Cong (communist guerrilla soldiers who fought in South Vietnam during the Vietnam War)

noun:

• in calligraphy, a stroke going from upper right to lower left with a pointed tail

noun:

• main menu in a restaurant, as opposed to the lunchtime menu

noun:

• aiming for a lucky break (e.g. in horse racing, betting on an unlikely horse)

noun:

• collectively, the 83 new LDP members of parliament elected in the Sept. 2005 general election ➜ 小泉チルドレン

noun / ~する noun:

• going along with something; following the crowd
• treating something in an equal or egalitarian manner

noun:

• cowshed
• cow farmer
• restaurant specializing in beef dishes
• store (butcher, etc.) that sells beef

noun:

• New Ainu Law (passed in 1997, aiming at promoting and protecting Ainu culture)

noun / suffix noun:

• elder brother ➜ 兄【あに】

pronoun:

• pronoun or suffix used in reference to an older brother figure; Mister; Mr - familiar language - male language

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger) ➜ 白目【しろめ】
• to faint

noun:

• Far Eastern brook lamprey (Lethenteron reissneri); sand lamprey (species found in the Northwest Pacific)

noun:

• (as opposed to those compiled later) ancient fudoki compiled by imperial order in 713 CE ➜ 風土記

noun:

• Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th) ➜ 祇園祭

noun:

• super technology; technology beyond our current capabilities, mainly in science fiction - From English "over technology"

noun:

• kun (in Chinese mythology, giant fish said to be able to turn into a bird) - archaism ➜ 鵬

noun:

• collecting bones and remains (e.g. on a battlefield)
• putting cremated remains in an urn

noun:

• headliner
• latter half of a formal tea ceremony (in which the tea is actually consumed) ➜ 初座

noun:

• deuteragonist; secondary or supporting actor in a noh or kyogen play (possibly multiple actors) ➜ 仕手

noun:

• backyard
• background
• room in a store or restaurant not open to customers (often storage room) - colloquialism

noun:

• moon
• Tsukuyomi (god of the moon in Shinto and mythology)

noun:

• chronixis surgeonfish (Acanthurus chronixis, Western-Pacific species of tang from Kapingamarangi in the Caroline Islands)

noun:

• Nebrius; genus of a single species of nurse shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae

noun:

• Mitsukurina (genus of only living species of goblin shark in the family Mitsukurinidae)

noun:

• Galeocerdo (genus in the family Carcharhinidae whose sole member is the tiger shark)