noun:

• larger whales of family Delphinidae (esp. the pilot whale or blackfish) - sometimes read ごんどうくじら - obscure term ➜ 巨頭鯨

noun:

• the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas) - Buddhism term

~と adverb / ~たる adjective:

• towering; lofty - archaism
• standing out without the influence of others; in splendid isolation

noun:

• criminal conspiracy (participation in the planning a crime, but not its execution)

noun:

• Arcturus (star in the constellation Boötes); Alpha Bootis - Astronomy term

noun:

• round-necked robe worn by members of nobility and the imperial court

noun:

• degenerative eye disorder caused by cloudiness in front of the pupil - obscure term ➜ 底翳

noun:

• any bird of family Motacillidae (excluding the pipits) - obscure term ➜ 鶺鴒
• lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus) ➜ 時鳥

noun:

• 33 temples in the Kinki area containing a statue of Avalokitesvara

noun:

• literary form imparting the nuance of speech (with sentences ending in "da") ➜ である体

noun:

• treehopper (any insect of family Membracidae, esp. the species Orthobelus flavipes)

noun:

• blueback (any fish with a bluish back, such as the Japanese sardine)

noun:

• comb jellies (jellyfish-like animals of the phylum Ctenophora) ➜ 有櫛動物

noun:

• the five commissioners (administrative organ of feudal Japan established by Toyotomi Hideyoshi) ➜ 五大老

noun:

• small cedar - abbreviation - archaism
• thin Japanese paper (used as tissue during the Edo period) ➜ 小杉原

noun:

• Treaty of San Stefano (ending the Russo-Turkish War, 1878) ➜ 露土戦争

noun:

• official languages of the UN (Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish)

noun:

• Chinese "room" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - archaism - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・房【ぼう】
• satellite ［添い星・添星］ - Astronomy term ➜ 衛星

noun:

• Qing-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 19th century) ➜ 清【しん】

noun:

• Ming-era Chinese music (popularized in Japan during the early 17th century) ➜ 明【みん】

noun:

• statutory rape; sexual activity with a minor under the age of consent - Law term

noun:

• houses of the Diet being controlled by different parties; twisted parliament [literal]

noun:

• (in Japan) 12th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. C sharp) ➜ 応鐘・十二律

noun:

• (in Japan) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 姑洗・十二律

noun:

• Ama no Nuhoko; the heavenly jeweled spear used by Izanagi and Izanami - archaism ➜ オノコロ島