noun:

• silvertip shark (Carcharhinus albimarginatus, a requiem shark found throughout the tropical Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• Acanthuroidei (suborder of the order Perciformes, containing the families Acanthuridae, Ephippidae, Luvaridae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, and Zanclidae)

noun:

• official during the ritsuryo period who was allowed to use the state-provided stables and horses - archaism

noun:

• dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)

noun:

• property ward; special local public body which has its own property, etc. and bears the expenses for it ➜ 特別地方公共団体【とくべつちほうこうきょうだんたい】

noun:

• recitation of Amida Buddha's name on a specified day and time period (practice of Pure Land Buddhists) - Buddhism term

noun:

• Asian countries with strong anti-Japanese sentiment (i.e. China, South Korea, and North Korea) - abbreviation - colloquialism ➜ 特定アジア

noun:

• ukiyo-e print produced with various shades of indigo (and sometimes small amounts of vermilion or yellow) ➜ 藍摺

noun:

• civet; stew of a game animal, red wine and various alliums (often thickened with the animal's blood) - Food term - From French

noun:

• half watch ashore; port and starboard liberty; shore leave for half of a ship's crew at once

noun:

• flower shower; throwing flower petals over the bride and groom after exchanging of vows

noun:

• crow dipper (Pinellia tuber) ➜ カラスビシャク
• 11th day after the summer solstice; last seed-sowing and rice-planting day - abbreviation ➜ 半夏生

noun / ~の noun:

• three colours; three colors

noun:

• triple run; winning hand containing the same chow in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同順
• triple pung; winning hand containing the same pung in each of the three suits - abbreviation - Mahjong term ➜ 三色同刻

noun:

• end (e.g. of street); tip; point; edge; margin
• beginning; start; first
• odds and ends; scrap; odd bit; least

noun:

• official names associated with coaching licenses (105 permanent and heritable, plus those issued to select yokozuna for a single generation) - Sumo term ➜ 年寄

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• work, items, etc. carried over from earlier - colloquialism ➜ 持ち越す

noun / ~する noun:

• hangover; what you ate the day before (and is still being digested)

noun:

• digging up, removing sprouts from, and replanting tubers (esp. of the sweet potato) to make for a bigger end product

noun:

• labyrinth spinefoot (Siganus labyrinthodes, species of Western Central Pacific rabbitfish known from Indonesia and thought more widespread)

noun:

• sitting position similar to seiza (but with both legs splayed out slightly and one's backside resting directly on the ground) ➜ 正座【せいざ】

expression / noun:

• showing special confidence and courtesy (to someone, often to convince them to take a post, etc.)

noun:

• minigame; mini game; subgame; microgame; short and simple video game
• practice game, usu. with reduced players - Sports term

adjectival noun / ~の noun / adverb / noun:

• (in a) long time; long time (ago); while (ago); long ago; long while (ago); (in a) long while ➜ 久し振り

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to be carrying out; to be in the process of carrying out
• to be performing; to be in the process of performing

noun:

• pile; heap; layers (e.g. of clothing); set (e.g. of boxes); course (e.g. of stones) - esp. 重ね

counter:

• counter for things that are stacked, piled up (or layered, etc.) - esp. 重ね; used after a word from the "hito-futa-mi" counting system

noun:

• layers of clothing worn under one's overcoat - esp. 襲
• combination of colors created by layering of garments (colours) - esp. 襲 - abbreviation ➜ かさねの色目【かさねのいろめ】

noun:

• iron (Fe)

~の noun / noun:

• strong and hard (as iron)

noun / suffix noun / prefix noun:

• railway - abbreviation ➜ 鉄道

noun / prefix noun:

• railway enthusiast - colloquialism