noun:

• whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture) ➜ 海老責め・石抱き・鞭打ち

noun:

• holy shroud (i.e. the Shroud of Turin)

noun:

• ambulatory evening vendor of noodles (or the noodles themselves)

noun:

• independents (in the context of art) - From French

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:

• smallfin catshark (Apristurus parvipinnis, species of the western Atlantic)

noun:

• albumen (of a seed, esp. the endosperm)

noun:

• argument from morality (for the existence of God) ➜ 神の存在証明

noun:

• ringworm (of the scalp); tinea capitis - Medicine term

noun:

• National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China); NPC - abbreviation ➜ 全国人民代表大会

noun:

• traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)

noun:

• Declaration of Independence (the document) ➜ 独立宣言【どくりつせんげん】

noun:

• Chinese "ghost" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - abbreviation - Astronomy term ➜ 鬼・鬼宿・魂緒の星
• "day of the ghost" ➜ 鬼宿日

noun:

• Song of Solomon (book of the Bible); Song of Songs; Canticle of Canticles

noun:

• trikaya (three bodies of the Buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• ceremonial bonfire (seeing off the spirits on the final night of O-Bon)

noun:

• province-district-neighbourhood system (system of administrative divisions under the ritsuryo; 1 neighbourhood=~50 homes, 1 district=2-20 neighbourhoods) ➜ 郷里制・律令制

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

noun:

• Imperial Way Faction (of the Imperial Japanese Army)

noun:

• day-care center (usu. for the elderly) (centre); day center - From English "day home"

noun:

• Leviticus (book of the Bible)

~の noun / noun:

• existing (at the present moment) ➜ 在る【ある】

adjectival noun / noun:

• alright; acceptable; passable - colloquialism

~る verb (irregular) / intransitive verb:

• to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have ➜ 在る【ある】・在る【ある】

noun:

• tathata (the ultimate nature of all things) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Caribbean reef shark (Carcharhinus perezii, species of requiem shark found in the tropical waters of the western Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil)

noun:

• (the crime of) bribery