suffix:

• suffix indicating room size (following a number of tatami mats and a counter)

noun:

• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fail an exam - idiom ➜ 桜咲く
• to fall (of cherry blossom petals)

noun:

• convict surgeonfish (Acanthurus triostegus, species of the Indo-Pacific); convict tang; manini ➜ コンヴィクトサージャンフィッシュ

noun:

• yellow tang (Zebrasoma flavescens, species of Pacific tang)

noun / ~する noun:

• forced relocation of a daimyo to a different domain by the Edo shogunate

noun:

• lowest part; bottom (or footer) of a page, computer screen, on-screen window, etc.

noun:

• Trimma halonevum (species of goby found in Papua New Guinea); sparsely-spotted pygmy-goby

noun:

• Hemiscylliidae; family of tropical Indo-Pacific longtail carpet sharks or bamboo sharks

noun:

• dusky smooth-hound (Mustelus canis, species of hound shark found in the Western Atlantic)

noun:

• hardnose shark (Carcharhinus macloti, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• graceful shark (Carcharhinus amblyrhynchoides, species of requiem shark found in the tropical Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• spadenose shark (Scoliodon laticaudus, species of requiem shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• Mitchell's water monitor (Varanus mitchelli, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to Australia)

noun:

• form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period) ➜ 宿曜

noun:

• Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)

noun:

• record of information about a Buddhist statue (usu. an inconspicuous inscription on the statue)

noun:

• dish of simmered salmon head, soybeans, vegetables, and leftovers (popular in Tochigi Prefecture and surrounds) ➜ 酢憤り

noun:

• Protectorate General of Beiting; Tang-period Chinese office established in Xinjiang in 702 CE ➜ 都護府

noun:

• government position (or office) not specified in the administrative code of the ritsuryo - archaism ➜ 令【りょう】・律令【りつりょう】

noun:

• Delhi Dynasties; the Mamluk, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, and Lodi dynasties of India ➜ デリースルタン朝

noun:

• system that allows for the construction of highways and buildings in the same space

expression / ichidan verb:

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

noun:

• one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone) - obscure term

noun:

• skillful tanka poet ➜ 短歌
• official in charge of court poetry and music (ritsuryo period)
• poet