noun:

• pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)

noun:

• pholcid spider (any spider of family Pholcidae, esp. species Pholcus crypticolens)
• harvestman; daddy longlegs - colloquialism ➜ 座頭虫

noun:

• Ginglymostomatidae; family of carpet shark species containing three monotypic genera of nurse sharks

noun:

• representative director; managing director; president; someone chosen by the board of directors from among the directors to actually represent the company in its dealings with the outside world

noun:

• the Avici hell, the eighth and most painful of the eight hells in Buddhism - four character idiom

noun:

• lower leg bone (esp. the tibia and the fibula, but sometimes also including the patella)

noun:

• the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow - Astronomy term ➜ 北斗七星
• Sun, Moon, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Jupiter & Saturn - Astronomy term ➜ 七曜【しちよう】

noun:

• for home (vs business) use; residential use; family use

noun:

• hawk moth (any moth of family Sphingidae); hawkmoth; sphinx moth

noun:

• match where the umpire disqualifies the coach and one player after the player has done something dangerous (such as hit by pitch; to prevent retaliation by the opposing team) - Baseball term

noun:

• the poor; the needy; the destitute

noun / ~の noun:

• the extraordinary; the unusual; the unexpected

noun:

• race to be the pitcher with the most wins in the season - Baseball term - From English "hurler derby"

noun:

• the 72 'climates' of the year based on the 24 solar seasons further divided into three ➜ 節気・候【こう】

expression:

• the sand on the beach may disappear, but the makings of thieves never shall (Ishikawa Goemon)

noun:

• language used by the harlots of the Yoshiwara red light district during the Edo period ➜ ありんすことば

noun:

• debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods) - archaism

noun:

• sweeping the soot from one's house (to welcome the kami of the New Year) ➜ 神【かみ】・すす払い

noun:

• cloudy weather near Hokkaido during the herrings season (from the third to the sixth lunar month)

noun:

• university; college ➜ 総合大学
• former central university of Kyoto (established under the ritsuryo system for the training of government administrators) - abbreviation ➜ 大学寮・国学【こくがく】
• the Great Learning (one of the Four Books) ➜ 四書

noun:

• night of the full moon; the night of the 15th day of the 8th lunar month

expression:

• The evil persons are the right object of Amida's salvation; The evil persons have the unique opportunity to go to heaven - four character idiom

noun:

• shackles; fetters; irons; handcuffs; restraint; constraint
• bonds (e.g. family); ties; binding relationship; binding relationships; encumbrance

noun:

• weaverbird; weaver (any of a number of birds in family Ploceidae that weave elaborate nests)

expression:

• the child is father to the man; the soul of a child of three (is the same) at 100 [literal]