noun:

• probationary nun (undergoing a two-year probationary period before receiving ordainment) - From Sanskrit "siksamana"

noun:

• Piltdown hoax (1912 discovery of a fossilized ape-human missing-link skull, later revealed to be fraudulent) - obscure term ➜ ピルトダウン人

noun:

• decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp ➜ 大頭【おおがしら】

noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to score points with (a person); to curry favor with (favour) - idiom ➜ 点数を稼ぐ【てんすうをかせぐ】

noun:

• wing (of a building)

noun:

• trematode (i.e. a fluke)

noun:

• bony scale (of a fish)

noun:

• second (in a series)

noun:

• ash leveler (use in a brazier)

expression:

• wide-low (description of a small truck)

noun:

• khan (medieval ruler of a Tatary tribe)

noun:

• seeing through (a trick, someone's mind, etc.)

noun:

• bridge (e.g. on a warship)

noun:

• paper umbrella (with a bull's-eye design)

noun:

• maid or housekeeper (in a visiting arrangement)

noun:

• certificate of lateness (issued by a railroad company, etc.)

noun:

• umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 猪苓舞茸

noun:

• (a) year or two

noun:

• branch (of a larger organization); local chapter

noun:

• basilosaurus (member of a genus of early whales)

noun:

• holder (of a record, title, etc.)

godan ~す verb:

• to steal (from a person)

noun:

• illegitimate (e.g. born to a mistress)

noun:

• running style (of a horse, e.g. a front runner)