noun:

• European Commission (executive of the EU)

noun:

• tortoiseshell (of the hawksbill turtle); bekko ➜ 玳瑁
• tortoiseshell (esp. of the Chinese soft-shelled turtle) - in Chinese medicine ➜ 鼈

noun:

• current product (currently available or on the market); existing product

noun:

• sixth heaven (of the desire realm) - Buddhism term ➜ 他化自在天

noun:

• albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)

noun:

• paid volunteer work (e.g. on a farm); work which is not done primarily to earn money - from ボランティア and アルバイト - abbreviation

noun / ~する noun:

• religious ceremony (to appease the gods)

noun:

• grand purification ceremony (so-called because it was overseen by the Nakatomi family) - archaism ➜ 大祓

noun / ~する noun:

• women picking up men (on the street) - from 逆+ナンパ - slang

noun:

• frog (esp. the wrinkled frog or Asian grass frog); toad (esp. the Japanese toad) - colloquialism

noun:

• Asomi (second highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism ➜ 八色の姓

noun:

• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) (esp. one living in the mountains) ［山杜鵑］ ➜ 時鳥
• Tricyrtis macropoda (species of toad lily)

noun:

• Ministry of Civil Administration (under the ritsuryo system) ➜ 律令制

noun:

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

noun:

• losing a decision (on points)

noun:

• Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573 CE) ➜ 室町幕府

noun:

• curling inwards (esp. the tips of one's hair)

noun / ~する noun:

• attendance (of the Empress)

noun:

• coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus, found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• balanitis (inflammation of the glans penis) ➜ 亀頭

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

noun:

• ridge-tailed monitor (Varanus acanthurus, species of monitor lizard found throughout the arid northern regions of Australia); spiny-tailed monitor

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】

noun:

• Morse code (esp. the code) ➜ モールス信号

noun:

• Bird Day Fair (held at Otori Shrine on each Day of the Bird in November) - archaism ➜ 酉の市