noun:

• purple chimaera (Hydrolagus purpurescens, species of cartilaginous fish found in Japan and the Hawaiian Islands)

noun:

• Harriotta (genus with two species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Neoharriotta (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Rhinochimaera (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Orectolobus (genus containing 9 species of wobbegong carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae)

noun:

• Alopiidae; family with three species of thresher sharks all within the genus Alopias

noun:

• longnose sawtail cat shark (Galeus longirostris, found in Amami-oshima, the Ogasawara and Izu islands)

noun:

• Tomini surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus tominiensis, species of bristletooth tang from the Western Central Pacific)

noun:

• Panthera (genus of the cat family Felidae containing tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards)

noun:

• King's goanna (Varanus kingorum, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Australia)

interjection:

• stone the crows; blow me down; oops; uh oh; expression of annoyed surprise or shock

noun:

• long, thin, roofless small boat (used as a river taxi during the Edo period)

noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

noun:

• to stamp on the ground rhythmically while singing ➜ 鼓腹撃壌
• ancient Chinese game of wooden clog throwing

noun:

• outset; beginning; starting (things) ➜ 手始め
• resuming work after the New Year's vacation ➜ 仕事始め

noun:

• room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

noun / ~する noun:

• preparing a rice field for planting by flooding it and tilling the soil

noun:

• laws established by daimyo applicable only in their own domain (during the Warring States period) ➜ 戦国大名

noun:

• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure ➜ 島田【しまだ】

noun:

• moon, snow and flowers; beauty of the four seasons (from a poem by Bai Juyi) ➜ 雪月花

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

noun:

• bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo, species of hammerhead shark found in the Western Hemisphere) ➜ 団扇撞木鮫【ウチワシュモクザメ】

noun:

• traditional Japanese paper made from the fibre of plant species Diplomorpha sikokiana (high quality, glossy) ➜ 雁皮紙

noun:

• literary style from the Heian era onwards, often mainly in kana and written by women