noun:

• Orectolobidae (family containing eleven species in three genera of carpet sharks known as wobbegongs)

noun:

• family crest based on a japonica flower - archaism
• style of jōruri narrative used for kabuki dances - archaism ➜ 常磐津【ときわず】

expression:

• when the enemy is defeated, the victorious soldiers can be killed off; when the nimble rabbit dies, the hunting dog is cooked [literal]

noun / adverbial noun:

• utmost limits; to the finish; to the (bitter) end; to the hilt; down to the bedrock - four character idiom

expression:

• the clothes do not make the man; the cowl does not make the monk - proverb

expression:

• the busier you are, the better you work - proverb
• the more, the better - proverb

noun:

• swift (any bird of family Apodidae)
• fork-tailed swift (Apus pacificus)

noun:

• remora; suckerfish; sharksucker (any fish of family Echeneidae)
• live sharksucker (Echeneis naucrates)

noun:

• hoverfly (any fly of family Syrphidae); syrphid
• drone fly (Eristalis tenax)

noun:

• stonefly (any insect of order Plecoptera, esp. those of family Perlidae)

noun:

• soldier fly (any fly of family Stratiomyidae, esp. species Stratiomys japonica)

noun:

• shrew (any rodent of family Soricidae, esp. those of genus Sorex)

noun:

• bluespotted boxfish (Ostracion immaculatus)
• boxfish (any fish of family Ostraciidae); trunkfish

noun:

• electric catfish (any species of family Malapteruridae, esp. species Malapterurus electricus)

noun:

• squeaker (upside-down catfish of family Mochokidae, esp. members of genus Synodontis) - From Latin "Synodontis"

noun:

• Hojo clan symbol; Hojo family crest (three triangles in a triangular pattern)

noun:

• staying awake on the eve of the 57th day of the sexagenary cycle (to prevent the three worms from reporting one's wrongdoings and shortening one's lifespan), while worshipping Sakra, the Blue-Faced Vajra, or Sarutahiko ➜ 三尸

expression:

• one calamity followed close on the heels of another; out of the frying pan into the fire; tiger in front, wolf in the back [literal] - four character idiom

noun:

• mask squeeze; unequal pressure between the mask air space and the vascular pressure within the blood vessels of the face

noun:

• the head; the foremost; beginning; the very front

noun:

• reverence for the emperor and the overthrow of the shogunate

expression:

• the parent is the best judge of the child - proverb

expression:

• the most; the best; peerless; the greatest; first-rate

noun:

• the last meeting (of the year, the term, etc.)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星