noun:

• pike (esp. the Amur pike, Esox reichertii); pickerel

noun:

• thinner futon (in contact with the skin)

noun:

• caesiura dwarfgoby (Trimma caesiura, goby from the Western Pacific)

noun:

• Cephaloscyllium (genus of catshark known as swellsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae capable of inflating their body)

noun:

• whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri, species of the Indo-West Pacific)

expression:

• those who meet must part (suggesting the transient nature of this life); we meet only to part - four character idiom

noun:

• whitetail dascyllus (Dascyllus aruanus, species of damselfish from the Indo- West Pacific); humbug dascyllus; banded dascyllus; white-tailed damselfish

noun:

• high-quality buckwheat flour (made only using the center of the grain)

noun:

• canopy (esp. the cloth or canvas used for it); awning; top (of a convertible); hood
• helmet cape; cloth covering one's back to protect against arrows during battle

noun:

• glossy silk thread (made from raw silk treated in a solution to dissolve the sericin)

noun:

• credits roll (at the end of a show or movie); end credit roll - From English "endroll"

pronoun / pre-noun adjectival:

• this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic) ➜ 此れ・此の

noun:

• wearing one's pants low (so that they hang from the hip rather than the waist); pants worn in such a manner - abbreviation - slang

ichidan verb:

• to be popular (esp. with the opposite sex); to be well liked; to be pampered (spoiled, doted upon, etc.); to be welcomed

noun:

• Akshobhya (the immovable buddha) - Buddhism term

noun:

• (belief in the desirability of) education by rote learning

noun:

• women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace) ➜ 常寧殿

noun:

• lunula (white crescent-shaped area at the base of a nail); nail moon

noun / ~する noun:

• retirement (from the world); seclusion

noun:

• owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid

adverb:

• (in the) emperor's hearing

noun:

• slender bambooshark (Chiloscyllium indicum, found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• smalleye smooth-hound (Mustelus higmani, species of houndshark from the western Atlantic)

noun:

• milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific) ➜ 平頭

noun:

• samurai general (esp. during the Sengoku period)