noun:

• Ctenochaetus flavicauda (species from the Central Pacific, smallest bristletooth tang of its genus)

noun:

• orange-socket surgeonfish (Acanthurus auranticavus, species of the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• luvar (Luvarus imperialis, species of perciform fish closely related to the surgeonfish)

noun:

• travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara- and Heian-period position)

noun:

• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

noun:

• diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium ➜ 陰陽道【おんみょうどう】

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

expression:

• (good fortune and happiness will come to) the home of those who smile - on New Year's decorations hung over the front door - abbreviation ➜ 笑門来福

expression:

• good fortune and happiness will come to the home of those who smile - from Chinese 打開笑門福自來 - four character idiom ➜ 笑う門には福来る

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); IS; ISIL

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

~の noun:

• sultry; muggy; steamy; sticky; hot and humid ➜ むしあつい

noun:

• 6th month of the lunar calendar

noun:

• Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)

noun:

• pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources

expression:

• following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

expression:

• apologies for writing to you without either of us following the other - abbr. of ＦＦ外から失礼します; used on twitter - slang

adverb / ~と adverb / adjectival noun:

• fluently (speaking a foreign language) - onomatopoeia

adverb / ~と adverb:

• incessantly (speaking); glibly; garrulously; volubly - onomatopoeia
• one after the other (flipping through pages) - onomatopoeia

~の noun / adjectival noun / adverb / ~する noun:

• thin (paper, cloth, etc.); flimsy; weak - onomatopoeia

noun:

• cursive form of man'yōgana; man'yōgana written in sōsho style ➜ 万葉仮名【まんようがな】

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to come to like; to become fond of; to fall in love

noun:

• (crime of) rape (or attempted rape) resulting in death or injury - Law term

noun / ~の noun / ~する noun:

• disguising oneself as a man; dressing as a man (for a woman); male clothing ➜ 女装【じょそう】

noun:

• middle-aged person; person who changes his line in middle of life

noun:

• love of fine clothing; weakness for fine clothes; being extravagant in clothing - four character idiom