noun:

• Prionurus (genus of surgeonfish and sawtail tangs in the family Acanthuridae)

noun:

• luvar (Luvarus imperialis, species of perciform fish closely related to the surgeonfish)

noun:

• intricately inscribed ancient bronze or iron mirror featuring a pair of firebirds - obscure term ➜ 鳳凰

noun:

• travelling inspector of the provincial governments (Nara- and Heian-period position)

noun:

• Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher - archaism ➜ ももんじ屋

noun:

• Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher - archaism ➜ ももんじい

adverb:

• gradually; by degrees - obscure term ➜ 段々・漸次
• the sight of a tall soaring rock - obscure term
• crying; weeping - obscure term

noun:

• leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

noun:

• Chamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (ornamental variety of hinoki cypress) ➜ 檜

noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ

noun:

• Tughluq Dynasty (of India, 1320-1413 CE)

noun:

• curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank) ➜ 寝殿造り・帳台

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple

noun:

• government office in charge of court music (ritsuryo period) ➜ 雅楽・律令

noun:

• monkey (esp. a gibbon)
• hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre) ➜ 人形浄瑠璃
• menstrual period - slang
• kappa ➜ 河童

noun:

• outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it)

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• rising up; towering; billowing (e.g. clouds of smoke) - onomatopoeia
• plump; chubby; fat - onomatopoeia
• shaggy; hairy - onomatopoeia

noun:

• side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine) ➜ 懐石料理

noun:

• blotched foxface (Siganus unimaculatus, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish)

noun:

• entertaining people by serving tea (esp. in the Obaku school of Zen) - archaism

noun:

• snow remaining in the form of a mist after it has melted

noun:

• double corner approach (tactic in the game of go)

noun:

• narrative style of Bon dance song from eastern Osaka (often with improvised lyrics)

noun:

• container of fresh water for replenishing the kettle and rinsing bowls (tea ceremony)

noun:

• saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro) - abbreviation ➜ 棹物菓子