noun:

• gentian (esp. the great yellow gentian, Gentiana lutea) - From Latin "gentiana"

noun:

• person who has died at his post (in the performance of his duties)

noun:

• parison (first small bubble at the end of a blowpipe)

noun / suffix noun:

• last day (of the month) - abbreviation ➜ 尽日【じんじつ】

noun:

• work in a Zen temple (e.g. cleaning, working in the fields) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) - obscure term ➜ 南北朝時代

noun:

• ecdysozoan (any animal of the superphylum Ecdysozoa, incl. arthropods, nematodes, etc.)

noun:

• mistress (of the house); hostess; landlady; proprietress

noun:

• deep-water catshark (Apristurus profundorum, species found in the Atlantic)

noun:

• hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• user name (on an online forum like 2ch where the majority of users post anonymously) - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル
• user who uses a online handle (instead of posting anonymously); namefag - slang - abbreviation ➜ 固定ハンドル

noun:

• European Commission (executive of the EU)

noun:

• tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko ➜ 玳瑁
• tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle) - in Chinese medicine ➜ 鼈

noun:

• current product (currently available or on the market); existing product

noun:

• sixth heaven (of the desire realm) - Buddhism term ➜ 他化自在天

noun:

• albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)

noun / ~する noun:

• religious ceremony (to appease the gods)

noun:

• grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family) - archaism ➜ 大祓

noun / ~する noun:

• women picking up men (on the street) - from 逆+ナンパ - slang

noun:

• frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog); toad (esp. the Japanese toad) - colloquialism

noun:

• Asomi (second highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism ➜ 八色の姓

noun:

• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains) ［山杜鵑］ ➜ 時鳥
• Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)

noun:

• Ministry of Civil Administration (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

• lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)

noun:

• Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573 CE) ➜ 室町幕府