noun:

• Ganges shark (Glyphis gangeticus, rare species of fresh water requiem shark that dwells in the rivers of India)

noun:

• honorary white (non-white person, including the Japanese, that were given certain privileges during the apartheid regime of South Africa); honorary whites

noun:

• anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes) - Buddhism term

noun:

• intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

noun:

• second life (esp. that of a retiree)
• SecondLife (online virtual world)

noun:

• word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)

noun:

• clapper (two long pieces of wood that are clapped together; used in gagaku, etc.)

noun / ~の noun:

• light purple (similar to that of the flowers of the Tartarian aster) ➜ 紫苑

noun:

• national holiday (by law, any weekday that falls between two other national holidays)

noun:

• word to soften awkward topics (esp. refusal in business conversation, e.g. "I am afraid that ...") - e.g. 申し訳ありませんが、あいにく - obscure term - From English "cushion word"

noun:

• anutpattika-dharma-ksanti (recognition that nothing really arises or perishes) - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 無生法忍

noun:

• C4 plant (any plant, such as corn, that uses C4 carbon fixation)

noun:

• Panamax (maximum size of ship that can pass through the Panama Canal)

noun:

• tertian malaria (causing a fever that recurs every second day)

noun:

• gift received from a visitor (usu. used when offering the visitor to partake of part of that gift) - honorific language - abbreviation ➜ 御持たせ物

noun:

• auxiliary shrine (dedicated to a deity close-related to that of a main shrine) ➜ 本社

noun:

• chlamydospore (thick-walled spore that can survive harsh conditions)

noun:

• taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)

noun:

• C3 plant (any plant, such as rice, that uses C3 carbon fixation)

noun:

• original (that was parodied or acted as an inspiration for something else, etc.) ➜ ねた

noun:

• fraudulent sale of exorcism services (to people led to believe that they are possessed by evil spirits) - four character idiom

noun:

• straight path (that people should take); straight road

noun:

• black body (object that absorbs all electromagnetic radiation) - Physics term

expression / noun:

• brothel (esp. one that allows for penetrative intercourse)
• quickie (in a brothel); short sexual act
• just a short moment; a little while; an instant - orig. meaning

noun:

• centerline (line that bisects a plane figure); centreline; center line; centre line
• (court) centerline; half court; mid court line - Sports term
• centerline (road); center line