expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pierce something all the way through (with a lance, arrow, etc.) - obscure term

noun:

• diversion (action meant to attract attention away from the real objective); feint ➜ 陽動作戦

suffix / expression:

• adds vagueness and indirectness to the word or phrase it is used with ➜ それと無く・何となく・幾度となく

noun:

• mesioproximal pronoun (indicating proximity to the listener, i.e. sore, soko, sochira) - Linguistics term

noun / ~する noun:

• creeping (i.e. growing along the ground, etc. similar to a vine)

noun:

• manas (defiled mental consciousness, which gives rise to the perception of self) - Buddhism term ➜ 末那識

noun:

• heavenly king - Buddhism term
• Gozu Tenno (deity said to be the Indian god Gavagriva) ➜ 牛頭天王

noun:

• battle standard raised next to the horse of a commander

expression:

• rushing to one's doom; (like a) moth flying into the flame - idiom

noun:

• hiding one's intelligence to avoid being different from the common people ➜ 和光同塵

noun:

• "ear-hanging" scallop spat, i.e. piercing the resilium to string them

noun:

• four-eye pygmy goby (Trimma hayashii, found from Japan to the Solomons)

noun:

• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子

noun:

• stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession) - archaism ➜ 鳥追

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

expression:

• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning ➜ 孟母三遷の教え

noun:

• upstage left pillar (on a noh stage), next to the flute player

noun:

• place on bridge passageway next to the rear of a noh stage - where the interlude kyogen actors wait ➜ 間狂言

noun:

• action taken to soften the impact of something - From English "one cushion"

noun:

• Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)

noun:

• hostess bar where patrons are allowed to touch the hostesses' breasts - slang - vulgar - abbreviation ➜ おっぱいパブ

noun:

• being unable to make up one's mind; sitting on the fence

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to taste and compare several dishes (or foods) of the same type

noun:

• Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

noun:

• farmland given to nobles of the fifth rank or above (ritsuryo system)