noun:

• Sue ware (type of unglazed pottery made from the middle of the Kofun era through the Heian era) ➜ 穴窯

noun:

• big crunch (theoretical reversal of the big bang resulting in the demise of the universe)

noun:

• eight consciousnesses (one for each of the five senses, consciousness of the mind, self-consciousness and store consciousness) - Buddhism term

expression / ichidan verb:

• to make full use of (skill, experience, authority, etc.); to take full advantage of (something); to rely on ➜ 物を言う【ものをいう】

noun:

• black tree monitor (Varanus beccarii, species of monitor lizard from the Aru Islands of eastern Indonesia); Beccari's monitor

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to incur the wrath of god (e.g. by speaking ill of somebody behind their back); to get into trouble
• to warp one's mouth

noun:

• (Platonic) ideal (of how things ought to be, e.g. human rights); foundational principle; idea; conception (e.g. of the university); doctrine; ideology

noun:

• parhelion; sun dog; sundog (bright spot on either side of the sun caused by refraction of sunlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻月

noun:

• paraselene; moon dog; moondog (bright spot on either side of the moon caused by refraction of moonlight through ice crystals in the atmosphere) ➜ 幻日

noun:

• nipplefruit (Solanum mammosum); apple of Sodom; titty fruit; cow's udder - From English "foxface"
• foxface (Siganus vulpinus, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); fox face; fox-face - From English "foxface"

noun:

• Thompson's surgeonfish (Acanthurus thompsoni, species of Indo-Pacific tang whose Indian Ocean population lacks the white caudal fin of the Pacific variety)

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism; Buddhist hell of uninterrupted suffering - four character idiom

noun:

• cost of fuel and lighting; cost of heat and electricity; energy bill; utility cost

noun:

• collar; lapel; neckband; neck
• nape of the neck; scruff of the neck

expression:

• in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of ➜ に照らすと

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to be disgusted with; to run out of patience; to fall out of love

noun:

• two departments (under the ritsuryo system: the Dept. of State & the Dept. of Worship) ➜ 律令制

expression:

• in comparison with; when compared with; according to; in light of; in view of ➜ に照らして

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be temperate in; to refrain; to abstain; to hold back; to restrain oneself from excessive ...
• to make notes; to jot down (e.g. phone number)

ichidan verb / intransitive verb:

• to be in preparation for; to be in waiting for
• to be soon; to be in the offing

ichidan verb / transitive:

• to be in a close relationship (e.g. as a backer, etc.)

noun:

• male domination of women; male chauvinism; subjection of women - four character idiom

noun:

• ethology; science of animal behaviour; science of animal behavior

noun:

• year of the hare; year of the rabbit

noun:

• top of the head; crown of the head

noun:

• out-of-service car; out-of-service train; deadhead

noun:

• first day (beginning) of autumn; first day of fall