noun:

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

noun:

• joining both chopsticks together and using them as a spoon (breach of chopstick etiquette)

noun:

• rat kangaroo (any marsupial of family Potoroidae, incl. bettongs and potoroos)

noun:

• illumination of bridges, buildings, trees, etc. at night; (architectural) floodlighting - From English "light up"

noun:

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

noun:

• scalpel sawtail (Prionurus scalprum, species of tang found from Japan to Taiwan)

~と adverb:

• with a snap; (break) cleanly - onomatopoeia ➜ びしっと
• (reject) sternly; flatly
• smartly (e.g. of dressing up well).

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"

noun:

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

noun:

• black foxface (Siganus niger); species of rabbitfish endemic to Tonga

noun:

• whitebar surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucopareius, Western Central Pacific species of tang)

noun:

• whitecheek surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigricans, species of tang from the Eastern Indian and Pacific Oceans)

noun:

• Parascylliidae; family of collared carpet sharks containing eight species and two genera

noun:

• Varanidae; family of carnivorous monitor lizards whose only extant genus is Varanus

noun:

• bluelined surgeon (Acanthurus nubilus, species of Indo-West Pacific tang)

noun:

• ocean surgeon (Acanthurus bahianus, species of Atlantic tang)

noun:

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

noun:

• being drawn to something one loves; amorous passion - Buddhism term
• Ragaraja (esoteric school deity of love) - abbreviation ➜ 愛染明王

noun:

• long segment of a noh play forming its musical highlight

prefix noun:

• wrong; improper; indecent ➜ 曲者

noun:

• part of the imperial palace where dancing girls were trained (Nara and Heian periods) - archaism

expression / adjectival noun:

• clear-cut and straightforward - idiom
• (of a person) forward-thinking; honest; upright; frank - idiom

noun:

• loyalty; devotion; fidelity; faithfulness
• inspector of the Imperial Prosecuting and Investigating Office (ritsuryo system) ➜ 判官【はんがん】・弾正台

noun:

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

noun:

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