noun:

• blue-ringed octopus (esp. one species, the blue-lined octopus, Hapalochlaena fasciata)

noun:

• pit; hole - archaism
• kan (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: water, north)

ichidan verb:

• to find fault with; to rain on one's parade; to nitpick; to quibble ➜ ケチを付ける

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to admire greatly; to salute (in admiration); to take one's hat off to - idiom

ichidan ~ずる verb (alt. form of じる verbs) / transitive:

• to summon; to invite; to call; to have as one's guest

noun / ~の noun:

• being one or more laps behind (in a race)
• being behind the times

expression / ~する verb (irregular):

• to prick up one's ears and listen; to listen attentively - from the Disney movie Dumbo ➜ 耳がダンボ【みみがダンボ】

noun:

• work of art the creator has confidence in; work one is proud of

noun:

• time of departure; (on the) point of departure; just as one is leaving

expression / noun:

• waiting to see one's opponent's move; playing a waiting game ➜ 後出し・じゃんけん

adjectival noun:

• seeming to be with certain circumstances; seeming to be for a certain reason - archaism

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to head towards; to be inclined to go towards; to head for a place naturally - idiom

noun:

• Movement for Civic Rights and Freedom (Meiji era); Freedom and People's Rights Movement

noun:

• archery range; archery ground
• shooting range; firing range; shooting gallery ［しゃじょう］ ➜ 射撃場【しゃげきじょう】
• position where an archer is standing ［いば］
• launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.) ➜ 発射場【はっしゃじょう】

noun:

• shadow; silhouette; figure; shape
• reflection; image
• ominous sign
• light (stars, moon)
• trace; shadow (of one's former self)

prefix noun:

• one-man

adjectival noun / ~の noun / noun:

• tyrant; dictatorial person

noun:

• conductorless bus (i.e. having only a driver); conductorless train - abbreviation ➜ ワンマンカー

noun:

• cause; factor
• hetu (direct cause, esp. as opposed to indirect conditions) - Buddhism term ➜ 縁【えん】
• the basis of one's argument (in hetuvidya) ➜ 因明

noun:

• homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman - derogatory term ➜ お多福面

noun:

• food; provisions
• nourishment (mental, spiritual, etc.); sustenance (e.g. of one's life); source of encouragement ［かて］

noun:

• mingling with the world by hiding one's true talent or knowledge; living a quiet life by effacing oneself - four character idiom

noun:

• barehanded; having no wealth or position to rely on (aside from one's own resourcefulness) (when embarking on something) - four character idiom

noun:

• killer technique; surefire assassination method
• special or lethal move, usu. one unique to a certain fighter or fighting style - Martial Arts term

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

interjection:

• all together now!; one, two, go!; ready, set, go!; heave, ho!; oops-a-daisy