noun:

• Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used ➜ ラマルク説

noun:

• rhythm and blues; R & B

noun:

• stir-frying then boiling in liquid sauce; food that has been stir-fried and boiled in liquid sauce - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ 炒め煮

expression:

• the good and bad deeds cancel each other out; good deeds make up for the bad - idiom

expression:

• some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand with their eyes open; one thousand blind [literal] - proverb - sensitive

expression:

• some are wise and some are otherwise; one thousand blind; one thousand with their eyes open [literal] - proverb - sensitive ➜ 目明き千人盲千人

noun / ~する noun:

• tearing up and discarding (e.g. documents); disposal (e.g. weaponry); destruction
• annulment; cancellation; abrogation; voiding; breaking (e.g. treaty)
• reversal (of an original ruling)

~する verb (spec.) / transitive:

• to offer; to present; to submit; to supply
• to serve (food and drink)
• to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an alter)

noun:

• hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the right hand and an overarm grip with the left - Sumo term

noun:

• defence of Buddhist doctrines; god who defends Buddhist doctrines - Buddhism term
• defence of the constitution
• religious power to dispel demons and diseases

godan ~す verb / ~す verb (precursor to modern する) / transitive:

• to offer; to present; to submit; to supply ➜ 供する
• to serve (food and drink)
• to offer (to the gods); to set up (before an alter)

noun:

• spotted scat (Scatophagus argus, species of Indo-Pacific scat which occurs in green and red morphs); green scat; red scat

adjectival noun / noun:

• chic; smart; stylish; tasteful; refined; sophisticated; worldly (esp. in terms of being familiar with the red light district, geishas and actors) - いき is also written as 意気 Antonym: 野暮
• considerate; understanding; sympathetic

noun / adjectival noun:

• essence; the best; the cream ［すい］

noun:

• chivalrous man who helps the weak and fights the strong; knight in shining armor
• ruffians who act under the pretence of being chivalrous ➜ 任侠・侠客

noun:

• fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

noun:

• last guest (tea ceremony); third guest of honour (honor); guest who sits in the seat furthest from the host and assists in various ways ➜ 詰め【つめ】・次客【じきゃく】・正客【しょうきゃく】

adverbial noun / noun:

• to the end of time; to the crack of doom; for ever and ever

expression:

• having exhausted every available means; having broken one's sword and exhausted one's arrows [literal]

noun:

• copy and paste - IT term

noun:

• hold in which both wrestlers obtain an underarm grip with the left hand and an over-arm grip with the right - Sumo term

noun:

• cooking over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning; food prepared over the fire of an unclean home or a home in mourning ➜ 別火

noun:

• booklet constituting an informal living will (containing wishes regarding one's hospitalization or funeral, and perhaps one's life story, messages to loved ones, etc.) - From English "ending note"

adverb / pronoun:

• here and there; all around; everywhere; throughout; all over

~する noun:

• to get things in the wrong order (back to front); to become muddled up ［あちこち・あちらこちら・あっちこっち・アチコチ］

adverb / ~と adverb:

• sound of something striking repeatedly (e.g. wooden clappers) - onomatopoeia
• something small hopping repeatedly; touching lightly and repeatedly - onomatopoeia

noun:

• punctuation marks such as the dakuten
• Chonchon; South American mythical bird - From

noun:

• black surgeonfish (Acanthurus gahhm, species of tang endemic to the Red Sea and the Gulf of Aden in the western Indian Ocean)