noun / counter:

• volume (of book); reel (of film)

noun:

• megapode (any bird of family Megapodiidae, incl. brush turkeys and mallee fowl); mound builder

noun:

• image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.) - ぎょえい is usu. for royalty; みえい for Buddhism - honorific language

noun:

• (the art of) physiognomy

noun:

• Aulonocara aquilonium (species of peacock cichlid from Lake Malawi)

noun:

• nursehound (Scyliorhinus stellaris, species of catshark in the Northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• sapphire damsel (Pomacentrus pavo, species of marine damselfish from the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• riichi with self-draw win (common pair of yaku) - Mahjong term

noun:

• Liang Dynasty (of China)

noun:

• East Atlantic African spadefish (Ephippus goreensis, species of Eastern Atlantic spadefish)

noun:

• Meiji Constitution (Constitution of the Empire of Japan)

noun:

• protective occupation (of a country)

noun:

• virgin birth (esp. the Virgin Birth of Jesus) ➜ 単為生殖

noun:

• Bluetooth (variety of short-range wireless LAN) - IT term

noun:

• winter chrysanthemum (cultivar of Chrysanthemum indicum)

noun:

• tattooing (form of punishment in ancient China) - archaism ➜ 五刑

noun:

• Anopheles (genus of mosquitoes) - obscure term ➜ 羽斑蚊

noun:

• Niwaella delicata (species of loach)

noun / ~する noun / noun or verb acting prenominally:

• operating (e.g. of trains, cars); running; working

noun:

• matamata (species of freshwater turtle, Chelus fimbriata)

noun:

• climate and natural features (of a region) - four character idiom

noun:

• Earth light (illumination of the moon by light reflected from the Earth); earthshine

noun:

• Zen question for meditation (e.g. the sound of one hand clapping); koan

noun / ~する noun:

• (act of) writing on a blackboard

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be born (of a baby); to come into the world