noun:

• Ama no Ukihashi (the heavenly floating bridge; by which gods are said to descend from the heavens to the earth) - archaism

noun:

• compound ideograph formation (one of the six kanji classifications); making kanji up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain) ➜ 会意文字

noun:

• blackberry (esp. the common blackberry, Rubus fruticosus)
• BlackBerry (mobile device) - trademark

noun:

• association area (of the cerebral cortex)

noun:

• cats (esp. the musical: Cats)

noun:

• Dictyoptera (order of insects comprising the cockroaches and the mantids)

noun:

• flying fish (esp. the Japanese flying fish, Cypselurus agoo)

noun:

• aphonia (loss of speech, due to damage to the larynx, etc.) ➜ 失語症

noun:

• pineapple bun (Chinese sweet pastry similar to the Japanese melonpan) ➜ メロンパン

noun:

• squirrel monkey (esp. the common squirrel monkey, Saimiri sciureus)

noun:

• Chalcolithic period (i.e. the Copper Period) ➜ 銅器時代

noun:

• Battle of Hakodate (battle of the Boshin War, 1868-1869) ➜ 戊辰戦争

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