noun:

• the three phases of matter: solid, liquid and gas

expression / ichidan verb:

• to take the law into one's own hands

noun:

• Transportation Corps (service branch of the Imperial Japanese Army) - obsolete term ➜ 輸送科

noun:

• vagabond butterflyfish (Chaetodon vagabundus, species of the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• blessings bestowed by the Buddha on all living creatures - obscure term - Buddhism term

expression:

• thank you (dialect from the Izumo region of Shimane Prefecture)

noun:

• owlet moth (members of the family Noctuidae); noctuid

noun:

• Trimma winchi (species of goby from the Chagos Archipelago)

noun:

• barbelthroat carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium expolitum, species from the China Sea)

noun:

• smallfin catshark (Apristurus parvipinnis, species of the western Atlantic)

adverb:

• tucking up the hem of one's garments

noun / ~する noun:

• tucking up the hem of one's garments ➜ 尻端折り

noun:

• auspicious day for any activity (according to the koyomi)

noun:

• Chinese "root" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・氐【てい】

expression / godan ~う verb:

• to have the tables turned on one ➜ 逆捩じ

noun:

• paper sliding door for the cupboard of a tokonoma ➜ 袋棚

noun:

• money to see one over the New Year period

noun:

• gate to the garden of a tea ceremony house

noun:

• type of popular literature from the late Edo period

noun:

• bathtub placed on the roadside and rented to customers

noun:

• famous bathhouse with prostitutes from the early Edo period

noun:

• buying the services of a prostitute; whoring ➜ 傾城買い

noun:

• women's pavilion (of the inner Heian palace) ➜ 常寧殿

noun:

• cool evening air
• cooling oneself outside during the summer

noun:

• sutra recitation at the bedside of a deceased person