noun:

• tiger's tail
• gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides) ➜ 岡虎の尾
• Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort) ➜ 虎の尾羊歯

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts ➜ 卒制

noun:

• Rhincodontidae; family of whale sharks containing only one species of one genus, Rhincodon typus

noun:

• standard printed form (of kanji); any of 1,022 non-joyo kanji commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• inspection of a completed facility (esp. of radio stations as required under Japanese law); completion inspection

noun:

• day of national humiliation (used in China for certain anniversaries of incidents where Japan humiliated China)

noun:

• power of finality (of a legal decision, e.g. when a case is dismissed with prejudice) - Law term

numeric:

• one-thousandth; 0.03 mm (one-thousandth of a sun); 0.01 percent (one-thousandth of a wari); 3.75 milligrams (one-thousandth of a monme)

noun:

• old monetary unit (0.0001 yen)

noun:

• seen in the dark or at a distance; (a woman) looking prettier when seen in the dark or at a distance - four character idiom

noun:

• gait; walk; stride; pace; step; manner of walking
• trace (e.g. of route taken by hunted criminal); track; trail; movements

noun:

• manner of speaking
• verbal argument
• objection; protesting a decision (esp. that of a sumo referee)
• rumor; rumour

noun:

• bones left after cremation (esp. those of a Buddha or Boddhisatva) - Buddhism term
• grain of rice; cooked rice ［しゃり］ ➜ しゃり

noun:

• insertion
• plug; (electrical) outlet; power point
• spasm of pain; griping pain; (fit of) convulsions; stitch

adverb / ~と adverb:

• trickling (of water) - onomatopoeia
• flickering (of fire) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• darting about (e.g. a small animal); scampering about; moving rapidly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• type of theater which combines elements of noh, kyogen, and kabuki with dances and popular songs (theatre)

noun:

• ceremonial piles of sand (placed on both sides of an entrance to greet an important personage)

noun:

• wooden dolls - abbreviation ➜ 木目込人形
• type of theatrical makeup
• type of artwork using paper, cloth and paste

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts - abbreviation ➜ 卒業制作

noun:

• Gulf surgeonfish (Acanthurus randalli, species of tang found in Florida and northeastern Gulf of Mexico)

noun:

• getting a lump in one's throat; overflowing with feelings ➜ 胸がいっぱいになる

~の noun:

• chest full of; lungs full of

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to grow wild; to run to waste; to become degenerate ➜ 荒む
• to become rough (of art, craft, etc.); to lose refinement; to deteriorate (of skill)

godan ~ぶ verb / auxiliary verb / intransitive verb:

• to intensify (of wind, rain, etc.); to become more severe - usu. after -masu stem

godan ~ぶ verb / intransitive verb:

• to do as one pleases; to amuse oneself; to play around ［遊ぶ］ - archaism

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to boast of; to be proud of

noun:

• Order of Culture; Order of Cultural Merit

noun / ~する noun:

• emission (of light); radiation (of light); luminescence

noun:

• beginning of hostilities; beginning of competition