noun:

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

noun:

• broadfin sawtail catshark (Galeus nipponensis, found in China, Japan, and the Kyushu-Palau Ridge)

noun:

• room arranged for the summer (by removing screens and doors to improve air flow) ➜ 襖【ふすま】・障子

noun:

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

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:

• chartering broker (arranges customs clearance and shipping details for trade goods); freight forwarding agent - abbr. of 乙種海運仲立業 - abbreviation

noun:

• society in which individuals are isolated and have weak personal links between each other

noun:

• oshizushi; sushi rice and other ingredients pressed in box or mould (mold) - Food term ➜ 押し鮨【おしずし】

expression:

• soft and fair goes far; willows are weak, yet they bind other wood - proverb

noun:

• dish of seasoned chicken with rice, pickles, etc. (from Kagoshima and Okinawa)

noun:

• collecting waste paper (old newspapers etc.) and exchanging them for tissues

noun:

• supplementation, causing bowel movements, heating, and cooling (four main treatments of traditional Chinese medicine) - obscure term

noun:

• mushroom that springs up in the morning and withers by night; "something short-lived" [figurative] - archaism

noun:

• Pantherinae; subfamily of Felidae which contains the genera Panthera, Uncia and Neofelis

noun:

• head and shoulders (stock price, etc. chart pattern)

noun:

• miso mixed with sugar and sake, thickened by stirring over low heat

noun:

• bitter melon stir-fried with pork, tofu and other vegetables - Ryūkyū dialect ➜ ゴーヤ・チャンプルー

noun:

• gap year; yearlong break taken between high school and university

noun:

• cassata; Italian layered sponge cake - Food term - From Italian
• ice-cream with nuts and preserved fruit

noun:

• seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables - Food term ➜ おろし和え【おろしあえ】

noun:

• young men and women who frequented Miyuki Street, Ginza, in the summer of 1964

expression:

• two people arguing and not letting the other express their opinions - idiom

noun:

• win by discarding nothing but terminal and honor tiles in an otherwise drawn round - Mahjong term

noun:

• magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

noun:

• Islamic State (of Iraq and the Levant); Daesh; IS; ISIL
• information separator; delimiter - IT term