noun:

• Squamata (order of scaled reptiles, sometimes esp. the Sauria or Lacertilia) ➜ 有鱗類

noun:

• satyrid (any butterfly of subfamily Satyrinae, esp. the dryad, Minois dryas); grayling

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• Boxing Day (public holiday in the UK, Aus., Canada, etc.)

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• increase in digit (e.g. if we add 2 to the number 9)

noun:

• erection of a pillar by sinking it directly into the ground

noun:

• empathetically putting oneself in the place of a handicapped person - From English "cap handy"

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• longnose butterfly fish (Forcipiger flavissimus, species of butterflyfish from the Indo-Pacific); forcepsfish

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• sitting on the floor grasping one's knees (as in a gym class)

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• redface dwarfgoby (Trimma benjamini, species found in the Western Pacific); ring-eye pygmy-goby

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• Megachasmidae; family whose sole member is the rare deep water megamouth shark

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• Zanclidae; family of perciform fish whose sole member is the moorish idol

noun:

• geisha; woman who entertains (e.g. by playing the shamisen) for her living - obscure term ➜ 歌妓

noun:

• small western mirror with mercury added to the glass (Edo period) ➜ 和鏡

noun:

• observatory for astronomy, cloud-watching, etc. - archaism
• astronomical expert - abbreviation - archaism ➜ 霊台郎・天文博士
• place where the soul is located - archaism

noun:

• seven boarding schools established in Kyoto by noble families during the early Heian period ➜ 大学別曹

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• curtain separating a central room from the aisles around it (in palatial-style architecture) ➜ 母屋【もや】・庇

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• low door used in bathhouses to prevent the hot water from cooling (Edo period)

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure - abbreviation

noun:

• residence for low class samurai enrolled in one of the police forces (Edo period) ➜ 与力・同心

noun:

• dark sweet liquid produced after the third heating in a thermal sugar-refining process

noun:

• whitecheek shark (Carcharhinus dussumieri, species of the Indo-West Pacific)

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• blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus, species found in the Indo-Pacific)

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• downstage left (in noh), where the secondary actor is often seated ➜ 脇【わき】

noun:

• Forgive me for dispensing with the preliminaries, but I hasten to inform you that... - opening formula of a brief letter

noun:

• Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)