noun:

• Babylonian Captivity (of the Israelites, 586 BC - 539 BC)

noun:

• monkey banana (var. of wild banana in the Philippines and Okinawa) (Musa acuminata 'Seniorita'); seniorita banana; var. of banana producing small fruit - From English "monkey banana"

noun:

• mangrove (esp. the black mangrove, Bruguiera gymnorrhiza)
• tree with red leaves or flowers

noun:

• sculpin (any fish of family Cottidae, incl. the bullheads and the miller's-thumb)
• Japanese fluvial sculpin (Cottus pollux)

noun:

• British North America Act (now known as the Constitution Act 1867)

noun:

• large war sword (carried across the back); extra-long sword ➜ 野太刀【のだち】

noun:

• in-house faction (political groups within the Diet)

noun:

• anterior chamber (of the eyes)

noun:

• late attendance (e.g. at the office)

noun:

• Miwa Shinto (sect of amalgamated Shinto developed in the Muromachi Period) ➜ 両部神道

noun:

• vital point (critical place to make a move in the game of Go)

noun:

• Holacanthus (genus of marine angelfishes in the family Pomacanthidae)

noun:

• Coradion (genus of tropical fish in the family Chaetodontidae)

noun:

• pit viper (esp. the mamushi, Gloydius blomhoffi) ➜ 鎖蛇

noun:

• Glyphis (genus containing 5 known species of secretive true river sharks in the family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)

noun:

• tax-free small-sum savings system (often used by the elderly and the disabled); non-tax plan for small savings

noun / ~する noun:

• kowtow (bow made from a kneeling position wherein the forehead touches the ground)

noun:

• cercopithecoid (any Old World monkey of family Cercopithecidae, esp. the guenons of genus Cercopithecus)

noun:

• imperial memorial ceremony (held on the anniversary of the emperor's or empress's death, on fixed years) ➜ 式年

noun:

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

noun:

• (the act of) disintegration

expression:

• all those interested (in the matter); all those willing; (from) all of us; (from) everyone concerned - four character idiom

noun:

• milk shark (Rhizoprionodon acutus, species of requiem shark found in the eastern Atlantic and the Indo-Pacific) ➜ ミルクシャーク

noun:

• Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island) ➜ 阪神大震災