noun:

• Malta fever (variety of brucellosis caused by the bacteria Brucella melitensis)

noun:

• Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒・前仏

noun:

• threadfin (any fish of family Polynemidae, esp. the striped threadfin, Polydactylus plebeius)

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to trace back to (the origins of something)

noun:

• guide melody (karaoke melody to help the singer hold the tune)

noun:

• iaido (art of drawing the Japanese sword)

noun:

• zebra bullhead shark (Heterodontus zebra, found in the Western Pacific)

noun:

• blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus, species found in the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• Loxodon (genus containing the sliteye shark as its only member in the family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• thus I hear (quote from the sutras); these ears have heard - four character idiom

noun:

• Tōhoku harvest divination event (14th night of the New Year) ➜ 年占

noun:

• man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)

noun:

• cabinet with double doors (used by the nobility to store books, etc.) ➜ 厨子

noun:

• tao-tie (mythological Chinese creature engraved on bronzeware during the Shang & Zhou dynasties) - archaism
• brutal person - idiom
• coveting of wealth (property, etc.)

noun:

• silk cotton (esp. from the Indian silk cotton tree) - From Portuguese "panha"
• Indian silk-cotton tree (Bombax ceiba) ➜ パンヤの木

noun:

• opening ceremony (of the school term)

noun:

• Chinese "Bond" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・白虎【びゃっこ】

noun / ~の noun:

• acuminate (of the shape of a leaf tip)

noun:

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

noun:

• kimono with completely attached sleeves (i.e. lacking an opening on the side under the armpit) ➜ 八つ口

noun:

• marlin (fish of the Istiophoridae family) ➜ 梶木【かじき】
• merlin (Falco columbarius); pigeon hawk ➜ 小長元坊【こちょうげんぼう】

prefix noun / noun:

• eel (esp. the Japanese eel, Anguilla japonica) - often used in names of dishes containing eel - abbreviation ➜ 鰻【うなぎ】・鰻巻き【うまき】

noun:

• Kyushu region (sometimes incl. the Nansei Islands) ➜ 南西諸島

noun:

• schrund (crevasse, esp. a bergschrund, a crevasse near the head of a glacier) - From German ➜ ベルクシュルント

noun:

• blind snake (esp. the Brahminy blind snake, Ramphotyphlops braminus); worm snake

expression:

• fools rush in - abbreviation ➜ 盲蛇に怖じず