noun:

• Pseudorinelepis genibarbis (species of armored catfish from the Amazon River)

noun:

• convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus, species of the Indo-Pacific); convict tang; manini

noun:

• lecture (on a special topic)

noun:

• Decapoda (the order of crustaceans including shrimp and crabs)

noun:

• layer of clothing worn by nobles (worn beneath the robe but over the undergarments) - archaism

noun:

• drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

noun:

• Chinese "Extended Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・朱雀【すざく】

suffix / counter:

• counter for objects with stretched strings (i.e. bows, kotos), curtains, papers, etc.

noun:

• thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)

noun:

• interlace (e.g. on CRT screens); interlaced scanning ➜ インターレース

noun:

• three ministries (under the ritsuryo system: Ministries of Civil Services, Health & War) ➜ 律令制
• three departments (in Tang-dynasty China: Secretariat, Chancellory & Dept. of State Affairs)

noun:

• aiming for a lucky break (e.g. in horse racing, betting on an unlikely horse)

noun:

• Edo-period form of torture in which criminals were stuffed into straw bags with their heads exposed, piled together, and whipped (commonly used on Christians)

noun / ~する noun:

• having an audience with someone of very high social standing (e.g. the emperor) - humble language

noun:

• F layer (of the ionosphere)

noun:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• sleeping outside (on a hot summer night) - obscure term

noun:

• Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi) ➜ 室町時代

noun:

• yucca (plant of the lily family) - From Latin

noun:

• harassment (in the workplace) from a position of power; power harassment - abbreviation ➜ パワーハラスメント

noun:

• tern (esp. the common tern, Sterna hirundo)

noun:

• Liliaceae (the lily family)

noun:

• chopsticks (often written on the paper wrapper)

noun:

• Griffiths' pygmy-goby (Trimma griffithsi, found in the Indo-West Pacific); princess pygmy goby (Trimma marinae, found in Japan, New Guinea and Palau)

noun:

• spotted ratfish (Hydrolagus colliei, a shortnose chimaera found in the Eastern Pacific)