expression:

• opportunity only knocks once; strike while the iron is hot - proverb

noun:

• slender bambooshark (Chiloscyllium indicum, found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• brownbanded bambooshark (Chiloscyllium punctatum, species from the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• grey bambooshark (Chiloscyllium griseum, species from the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

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

noun:

• chain catshark (Scyliorhinus retifer, species found in the Western Atlantic)

noun:

• deep-water catshark (Apristurus profundorum, species found in the Atlantic)

noun:

• whitenose shark (Nasolamia velox, species found in the eastern Pacific)

noun:

• Paragaleus (genus in the weasel shark family Hemigaleidae)

noun:

• position at the imperial court in ancient China; grand secretariat ➜ 大学士

noun:

• mole under the eye (supposedly due to having cried)

noun:

• traditional mirror with a handle, popular since the Muromachi period Antonym: 紐鏡

noun:

• farmland - archaism ➜ 田地
• private farm estates from before the Taika reform - archaism

noun:

• five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 後宮

noun:

• bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping - Buddhism term

noun:

• Chinese-style vegetarian cuisine (popular in the Edo period)

noun:

• curved nose
• crosspatch
• male salmon in the breeding season

noun:

• Asiatic glassfish (e.g. the Indian glassy fish, Parambassis ranga)

noun:

• costume for women serving in the inner palace (Heian period) - archaism

noun:

• Yama's pole (with a human head on the top) - Buddhism term ➜ 閻魔

noun:

• prisoner (for one to three years under the ritsuryo system) - archaism ➜ 徒【ず】

noun:

• old orogenic belt; mountain belts formed in the Palaeozoic era

noun:

• Lagomorpha; order comprising the rabbits, hares and pikas

noun:

• sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru - Linguistics term ➜ ギャル

noun:

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