noun:

• Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

noun:

• night shark (Carcharhinus signatus, species of nocturnally active requiem shark found in the Atlantic Ocean)

noun:

• cementum (hard connective tissue covering the tooth root); cement

noun:

• subquest (in video game); sub quest - abbreviation ➜ サブクエスト

expression:

• being jealous of somebody over something but also thinking they should be sentenced to death over it (esp. of male teachers having sexual relations with their students) - slang - humorous term

noun:

• Panthera (genus of the cat family Felidae containing tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards)

noun:

• Zebrasoma (genus of 7 species of marine tang in the family Acanthuridae with pointed snouts and forward facing spines at the base of the tail) ➜ ヒレナガハギ属【ヒレナガハギぞく】

noun:

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

noun:

• Anabantoidei (suborder of the order Perciformes known as labyrinth fish that are defined by having an accessory breathing organ for respiration in air)

noun:

• prefectural senior high school (in Hokkaido); public senior high school (in Hokkaido) ➜ 県立高等学校

noun / suffix:

• general affairs section (e.g. in a company); operations division

noun:

• Onokoro Island (in Japanese mythology, the island formed by drops of water falling from the heavenly jeweled spear); Onogoro Island - archaism ➜ 天の瓊矛
• Japan

noun:

• compound ideograph (one of the six kanji classifications); kanji made up of meaningful parts (e.g. "mountain pass" is up + down + mountain)

noun:

• Chinese "Three Stars" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - obscure term ➜ 参【しん】

noun:

• turban shell (any mollusc of the family Turbinidae, esp. the horned turban, Turbo cornutus)

noun:

• diviner (esp. of the Yin and Yang system); sorcerer; exorcist; medium ➜ 陰陽道【おんみょうどう】

noun:

• take (e.g. in film-making)

adjective:

• warm (esp. from the fever of a sick person); hot; stuffy

noun:

• expert (in, at); skilled hand; man of experience

noun:

• system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)

noun:

• correct practices (esp. in Jodo, the path to rebirth in paradise) - Buddhism term ➜ 助業・浄土宗・正定業

noun:

• Chalcolithic period (i.e. the Copper Period) - obscure term ➜ 金石併用時代

noun:

• oiled multi-layered paper sheet used to sit or sleep on (during the summer); oiled-paper cushion; wax-cloth

noun:

• without warning (the user) - IT term

noun:

• greeting phrase (in letter, etc.); salutation