noun:

• lucky-number request (the person who is the Nth visitor to a web site gets to make a request, e.g. for a custom drawing, where N is a special number like 10000) - from キリ番 and リクエスト - colloquialism - abbreviation ➜ キリ番・リクエスト

noun:

• jacana (esp. the pheasant-tailed jacana, Hydrophasianus chirurgus); lily-trotter

noun:

• Pele's hair (threads of volcanic glass formed in mid-air)

noun:

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

noun:

• intelligent design (theory that life or the universe must have been designed by an intelligent being)

noun:

• Triakis (genus of houndshark in the family Triakidae)

noun:

• Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, species of requiem shark found in the northwestern Atlantic)

particle:

• (but) what about (the) ...; (but) what about those ... - following a noun; used to mimic and mock people who are upset over something - slang ➜ が

noun:

• finelined surgeonfish (Acanthurus grammoptilus, species of Western Pacific tang found in the Philippines, Indonesia and north-western Australia)

adjectival noun:

• ugly and creepy (combination of the words busaiku and kimoi) - slang ➜ キモい

noun:

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

noun:

• word root (the smallest portion of a larger word that holds meaning)

noun:

• bai ze (mythical chinese animal able to understand human speech, having the body of a lion and eight eyes)

noun:

• great impropriety (esp. towards the imperial family) - archaism
• crime against the imperial family (or a shrine dedicated to them, etc.) ➜ 八虐

noun:

• glossolalia (the phenomenon of speaking in tongues)

noun:

• provincial capital (under the ritsuryo system); provincial office
• public place of imperial rule

noun:

• Second Epistle of John (book of the Bible)

noun:

• chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

noun:

• lull (e.g. in the rain); break

noun:

• Grand Protector (lowest of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods) ➜ 右大臣

noun:

• dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus, species of rabbitfish from the Western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• Roe v. Wade (landmark United States Supreme Court decision disallowing many legal restrictions on abortion, 1973)

noun:

• Coregonus (genus of salmon in the family Salmonidae); whitefishes ➜ シロマス属・コレゴヌス属・コクチマス属

noun:

• swellshark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum, species of catshark in the Eastern Pacific) ➜ アメリカナヌカザメ

godan ~る verb:

• to fabricate (stories) (based on alleged behaviour of the Asahi newspaper); to make up - slang - humorous term