noun:

• (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
• the centre or seat (of) (center)
• (government) office

noun:

• statue of a figure sitting contemplatively in the half lotus position (often of Maitreya) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒菩薩

noun:

• small-scale version of the 88 temples of Shikoku (i.e. on Awaji Island) ➜ 四国八十八箇所

expression:

• with great vigour; in leaps and bounds; with the force of surging waves [literal]

expression:

• poverty is a stranger to industry; diligence is the mother of good fortune - proverb

expression:

• genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb

noun:

• people's history (written for the king of China; usu. written as a novel) ➜ 稗官

noun:

• torture in which the victim is bound and placed in a tub of snakes

noun:

• sea pen (any coelenterate of the family Pennatulidae or related families); sea feather

noun:

• football fish (any fish of family Himantolophidae, esp. the Atlantic footballfish, Himantolophus groenlandicus)

noun:

• skate (Rajinidae spp., esp. the Kwangtung skate, Dipturus kwangtungensis)

noun:

• civil service competitive examination for some positions in the public education system in France - From French "agregation"

noun:

• convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus, species of the Indo-Pacific); convict tang; manini ➜ コンヴィクトサージャンフィッシュ

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• dusky smooth-hound (Mustelus canis, species of hound shark found in the Western Atlantic)

noun:

• hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• graceful shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, species of requiem shark found in the tropical Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• shiku-kaisei city planning; city renewal that occurred in the Taisho and Meiji eras

noun:

• record of information about a Buddhist statue (usu. an inconspicuous inscription on the statue)

adverb:

• a very short while ago; very early (e.g. in the morning)

noun:

• Delhi Dynasties; the Mamluk, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, and Lodi dynasties of India ➜ デリースルタン朝

noun:

• draft of magazine's content (a table showing the allocation of each page)

expression:

• cream rises to the top; a drill in a bag (will always poke through) [literal] - proverb

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be born (of a baby); to come into the world