noun:

• peacock monitor (Varanus auffenbergi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to the island of Roti in Indonesia); Auffenberg's monitor

noun:

• Prionurus (genus of surgeonfish and sawtail tangs in the family Acanthuridae)

noun:

• any shark of genus Centrophorus (esp. the dwarf gulper shark, Centrophorus atromarginatus)

noun:

• bony labyrinth (of the inner ear)

noun:

• proximal pronoun (indicating proximity to the speaker, i. e., kore, koko, kochira) - Linguistics term

noun:

• pinna (of the ear); auricle - Anatomy term

noun:

• Chinese "Tail" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - obscure term - Astronomy term ➜ 尾【び】

noun:

• five punishments (of the ritsuryo system: light caning, severe caning, imprisonment, exile, death) - archaism ➜ 律令制
• five punishments (of ancient China: tattooing, cutting off the nose, cutting off a leg, castration or confinement, death) ➜ 五刑

noun:

• clerical position (e.g. in the civil service); general office work

noun:

• evening primrose (esp. the fourwing evening primrose, Oenothera tetraptera)

noun:

• correct meditative activity (in Jodo, saying the name of Amitabha) - Buddhism term ➜ 阿弥陀仏・浄土宗

noun:

• (compulsory) retirement (e.g. on reaching the age of 65); mandatory retirement; reaching retirement age

noun:

• Rashidun period (the period of the Rightly Guided Caliphs, 632-661 CE)

noun:

• tube-nosed fruit bat (Nyctimeninae spp., esp. the common tube-nosed fruit bat, Nyctimene albiventer)

noun:

• Triple Intervention (diplomatic intervention by Russia, Germany and France over the terms of the Treaty of Shimonoseki) ➜ 下関条約

noun:

• thinner futon (in contact with the skin)

noun:

• young master (respectful way of referring to the son of a high-ranking person) - honorific language

noun:

• Trimma (genus of goby in the family Gobiidae)

noun:

• prisoner (for one to three years under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 徒【ず】

~たる adjective / ~と adverb:

• silent (esp. of the passing of the night)
• piercing (cold) ［しんしん］

noun:

• Empire of Japan (Japan's official name under the Meiji Constitution)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to guarantee (someone's ability or the quality of their work); to vouch for; to endorse ➜ 太鼓判を押す

expression:

• don't feed autumn eggplant to your wife (because they're too delicious, because they'll give her the chills, or because their lack of seeds will reduce her fertility) - proverb

noun:

• earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Jomon-period Japan) - archaism ➜ 耳当

noun / ~する noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist) - slang