noun:

• Brazilian sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon lalandii, species of requiem shark found in the western Atlantic Ocean)

noun:

• grey sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon oligolinx, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• Paracanthurus (genus in the family Acanthuridae whose sole member is the palette surgeonfish)

noun:

• outdoor party where guests cook various types of vegetables (esp. in Tōhoku); stewed potato party [literal]

noun:

• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) - obscure term ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水争い

noun:

• character scooping [literal]; festival game of scooping up plastic cartoon figurines floating in water ➜ 金魚掬い

noun:

• saliva; spit; spittle
• fluid (in Chinese medicine, esp. a colourless bodily fluid, e.g. tears)

noun:

• message that a messenger brings back home - archaism
• reply; ode in reply - archaism
• return gift - archaism ➜ お返し

noun:

• outer-rise earthquake; earthquake in the region seaward of a deep-sea trench

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (in anger, surprise, etc.); to goggle at

noun:

• marriage in which a man is adopted into the bride's family; uxorilocal marriage ➜ 婿入

adverb:

• for a long time; since long ago; always; already; far in advance (e.g. reservation)

expression:

• capable or not, we are all in the same boat; bats are also birds [literal] - proverb

noun:

• picture painted with oil paint (esp. a landscape mural in a public bath)

noun:

• May Fourth Movement (anti-imperialist student demonstration in Beijing on May 4, 1919)

noun:

• first star of the Big Dipper
• top applicant in the civil service examination (Imperial China) - archaism

noun:

• Pullman bed; raised pull-down bed (in a train, ship, etc.)

noun:

• folding paper-case; kimono wrapping paper
• paper folded and tucked inside the front of one's kimono (esp. for use at the tea ceremony) ➜ 懐紙【かいし】

noun:

• black-spot surgeonfish (Acanthurus bariene, species of tang found from Mozambique and Maldives to the western Pacific); roundspot surgeonfish; bariene surgeonfish; eye-spot surgeon

noun:

• wealth and military strength of a country; "rich country, strong army": a slogan from the Meiji era referring to the government's goals for the country - four character idiom

expression:

• it often takes time to bear the fruit of one's actions; planted peach and chestnut seeds take three years (to bear fruit), persimmons take eight [literal] - proverb

noun:

• cause and effect; karma; retribution; an evil cause producing an evil effect - four character idiom

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to tuck one's tail between one's legs; to admit defeat; to turn tail (and run) - idiom

noun:

• world of tathata; "the pure and absolute truth of the tathata is as wide as the sea" [figurative] - Buddhism term