noun:

• Smilax glabra (species of sarsaparilla, used esp. to refer to its dried rhizome, used in Chinese medicine) - obscure term ➜ 山帰来

noun / ~する noun:

• reorganization (e.g. of a company); reorganisation; consolidation; scrap-and-build

noun / ~する noun:

• rehabilitation (e.g. of disabled children)

noun:

• welcoming fire for returning spirits (on the first night of the Bon festival) Antonym: 送り火 ➜ お盆

noun:

• bergschrund (crevasse near the head of a glacier) - From German

noun:

• pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)

noun:

• copper shark (Carcharhinus brachyurus, only member of Carcharhinus found mostly at temperate latitudes); bronze whaler; narrowtooth shark ➜ くろへりめじろ

noun:

• pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)

noun:

• (metropolitan) prefecture (of Osaka and Kyoto)
• the centre or seat (of) (center)
• (government) office

noun:

• Indian Ocean mimic surgeonfish (Acanthurus tristis, species of tang from the Indian Ocean)

noun:

• Heath monitor (Varanus rosenbergi, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in Australia); Rosenberg's monitor

noun / ~する noun:

• paper output (e.g. of printers); paper ejection

noun:

• thixotropy (property of being more fluid when shaken)

noun:

• Allotheria (subclass of Mesozoic mammals)

noun:

• passing food from one person's chopsticks to another's (a breach of etiquette)

noun:

• face (of a bond, bill, etc.)

noun:

• Kona (variety of Hawaiian coffee)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to pour (of rain); to pound down - sometimes incorrectly used to mean "to fall quietly"

noun:

• syncretism (interworking of two or more cultural perspectives into one system)

noun:

• streamers (made of linen, paper, etc.) attached to a long pole (used as a wand in grand purification ceremonies) - archaism
• being in great demand

noun:

• Shinto Taikyo (sect of Shinto)

noun:

• plunger (of syringe)

noun:

• Cirsium dipsacolepis (perennial plant of the thistle family)

noun:

• (way of) spending money ➜ 金遣い

noun:

• Imiki (fourth highest of the eight hereditary titles) - archaism ➜ 八色の姓