noun / adjectival noun:

• commonplace; ordinary; trite
• informal and easy to understand (of writing, etc.)

noun:

• pineapple bun (Chinese sweet pastry similar to the Japanese melonpan) ➜ メロンパン

noun:

• person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.

noun:

• monks who practise austerity to the point of death and mummification

noun:

• Aulonocranus dewindti (cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in E. Africa)

noun:

• Hydrolagus ogilbyi (species of cartilaginous fish endemic to Australia); Ogilbys ghostshark

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)

noun:

• draughtsboard shark (species of catshark endemic to New Zealand, Cephaloscyllium isabellum)

noun:

• second of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and southwest) ➜ 九星

noun:

• third of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Jupiter and east) ➜ 九星

noun:

• fifth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and central) ➜ 九星

noun:

• seventh of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and west) ➜ 九星

noun:

• ninth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Mars and south) ➜ 九星

adjectival noun:

• agile, flexible (e.g. of corporate management); nimble; quick to respond

noun / ~する noun:

• song and dance performed as an offering to the gods ➜ 神楽

noun:

• Pallava Dynasty (of India, 7th to 9th century CE)

noun:

• words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music; musical terminology

noun:

• U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers ➜ 握り鋏

noun:

• visiting temples, shrines or tourist spots to collect commemorative seal stamps

noun:

• straw boat for one's ancestral spirits to sail in

noun:

• business-stimulating measures; economic stimulation program; measure to stimulate the economy

noun:

• laths; bamboo lathing
• short kyogen dance, danced to chanted accompaniment ［小舞］

noun:

• drapery (e.g. cotton, hemp, etc., as opposed to silk); cloth ➜ 呉服

noun:

• elementary school textbook, used from late Heian to early Meiji periods - archaism

noun:

• dyer's knotweed (Persicaria tinctoria, used to produce indigo dye) ➜ 藍