noun:

• backmarker (competitor at the tail of the field, likely to be lapped)

noun:

• Pleuronectes (genus of flatfish in the family Pleuronectidae)

noun:

• Rhinochimaera africana (species of cartilaginous fish from the Southeast Atlantic)

noun:

• Spica (star in the constellation Virgo); Alpha Virginis - Astronomy term

noun:

• tiger beetle (esp. the Japanese tiger beetle, Cicindela japonica) - colloquialism ➜ 斑猫

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】

noun:

• decorative ridge-end tile (traditionally bearing the face of a demon and resembling a gargoyle)
• hideous face - obscure term

noun:

• Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 翼

noun:

• couvade (custom in which a male acts out the physical process of his own child being born) - obscure term - From French ➜ 擬娩

noun:

• public awareness (e.g. publicity and education campaigns aimed at improving the health, environment, etc.)

noun:

• period play (esp. set in the Edo period); period drama ➜ 丁髷

noun:

• (the degree of) self-sufficiency (e.g. in oil)

noun:

• D layer (of the ionosphere)

noun:

• Nandikesvara (Ganesh in the Buddhist pantheon) - Buddhism term

noun:

• court ladies' residence (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 五舎

noun:

• Gospel of Luke (book of the Bible) ➜ ルカ福音書

noun / ~の noun:

• trunk (of the body); soma - Anatomy term

noun:

• elegant speech (esp. the use of the prefixes "o-" and "go- "); refined language; polite language ➜ 尊敬語・丁寧語

noun:

• whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri, species of the Indo-West Pacific) ➜ ホワイトチークシャーク

noun:

• oryx (esp. the gemsbok, Oryx gazella)

noun:

• spermaceti (waxy substance found in the head cavities of sperm whales)

noun:

• Deneb (star in the constellation Cygnus); Alpha Cygni - Astronomy term

noun:

• rear shrine (located behind the main shrine, but dedicated to the same deity) ➜ 奥社

noun:

• Brachycome (genus of asters, esp. the swan river daisy, Brachycome iberidifolia); Brachyscome

noun:

• Japanese-style desk (short, used while sitting on the floor)