expression:

• better safe than sorry; one should err on the side of caution - proverb

noun:

• ornamental doorway (in the raised area of a shoin-style reception suite) ➜ 書院造り

noun:

• Portuguese card game popular in Japan during the late 16th century ➜ ウンスンカルタ

adjectival noun:

• neglectful (i.e. in the treatment of one's guests)

adjectival noun:

• neglectful (i.e. in the treatment of one's guests) - polite language

noun:

• receiving agent services; over the counter payment accepted through convenience stores

noun:

• ura-nage (in judo, an over-the-head throw performed by rolling backwards) - Martial Arts term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to not be worthy of the reputation (e.g. restaurant, Diet member, etc.)

expression / noun:

• seasonal greeting; conventional opening phrase in a letter, appropriate to the season

godan ~る verb:

• to have your party wiped out (in the RPG Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne) - slang

noun:

• type of conical hat that covers the whole head (used by Komuso monks) ➜ 笠・虚無僧

noun:

• Heterodontus (sole genus of living bullhead sharks in the family Heterodontidae)

noun:

• Parmaturus (genus containing 9 species of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae)

noun:

• Scyliorhinus (genus containing 15 species of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae)

noun:

• Rhizoprionodon (genus of sharpnose sharks in the requiem shark family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo, species of hammerhead shark found in the Western Hemisphere) ➜ ボンネットヘッド・ボンネット撞木鮫【ボンネットしゅもくざめ】

noun:

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

adverb:

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

noun:

• thin leather with gold patterns (introduced from Europe during the Edo period)

noun:

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

noun:

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

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)

noun:

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

noun:

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