noun:

• tarsus (group of small bones between the tibia and fibula and the metatarsus)

noun:

• Lemuriformes; infraorder containing the lemurs (and sometimes the lorises and galagos)

expression:

• better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know - proverb

expression:

• there is no love like a father's; no child knows how dear he is to his parents - proverb

suffix noun:

• intimate (or disdainful) suffix used after a person's name (or the base of an adjective describing that person)

noun:

• fat-bodied, small-mouthed earthenware jar for carrying water
• water vessel used for a baby's first bath

noun:

• thrice moving from house to house
• the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning - abbreviation ➜ 三遷の教え

expression:

• hindsight is 20-20 (even for a fool); an afterwit is everybody's wit - proverb

noun:

• agreement between film distributors and cinemas that the latter may freely pick and show films - From English "free booking" ➜ ブロックブッキング

expression / ~よい adjective:

• it's OK to ...; it's best to ...; it's alright to ... - usu. verb-て...

noun:

• nine gates; winning hand composed of 1-1-1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9-9-9 of the same suit plus one additional tile of the same suit - Mahjong term

noun / ~する noun:

• birth and growth; giving birth and raising; development; breeding

noun:

• sons and daughters; male and female children; children
• girl

expression / ~する noun:

• going up and down; going back and forth

adjectival noun / noun:

• detailed and accurate; exhaustive and precise; meticulous; finely detailed ➜ 正確【せいかく】

noun:

• reputation; fame; credit; honor and distinction; honour and distinction

noun:

• sudden and dramatic event (incident); sudden and strange phenomenon - four character idiom

noun:

• both material and moral; both physically and psychologically (spiritually) - four character idiom

noun / ~する noun:

• sparing life and taking life; letting live and killing ➜ 活殺

noun:

• heart and lungs

~の noun:

• cardiopulmonary

noun:

• heart and lung machine - abbreviation ➜ 人工心肺

noun:

• salt and miso ［塩噌］
• salt and vinegar ［塩酢］
• everyday food - archaism

expression / godan ~す verb:

• to pass the baton (e.g. in a relay race)
• to pass the baton; to hand on the torch - idiom

noun:

• suede; leather using the underside of the skin ➜ スエード
• piece of leather on the underside of a bag, purse, etc.

noun:

• secretary-general; general secretary (esp. of Communist parties of the Democratic Republic of North Korea and the People's Republic of China) ➜ 主席

noun:

• material (for a story, article, etc.); information; news item - from たね, kana reversed ➜ 種【たね】
• joke; jest; pretending; made-up story
• proof; evidence
• (magician's) trick; secret
• ingredients