noun:

• outline of a solitary fish (as seen through the water when fishing, etc.)

noun:

• investigation (to determine the cause of something)

noun:

• township and village enterprises (in China); TVE

noun:

• Angelica keiskei (species of angelica, a herb of the parsley family)

noun:

• Shoutarou complex (obsession with young boys) - abbreviation

noun:

• first-to-file system (e.g. in patent law)

noun:

• closed circle (of suspects, in mystery fiction)

noun:

• wharf roach (species of isopod closely related to the sea slater; Ligia exotica)

noun:

• chief nurse (in the army)

noun:

• Miyako toad (Bufo gargarizans miyakonis, a subspecies of the Asiatic toad endemic to the Ryukyu Islands)

noun:

• nape (of the neck); nucha

noun:

• competition (rivalry) to first (e.g. rider in a charge)

noun:

• New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)

noun:

• Camellia japonica 'Iwaneshibori' (cultivar of common camellia)

noun:

• court officer (from the Imperial Household Department)

expression / godan ~る verb (irregular):

• to have an interest (in something); to feel inclined (toward doing something)

noun:

• First Epistle of John (book of the Bible)

noun / ~の noun:

• Cambrian system (i.e. rock layer deposited during the Cambrian period)

noun:

• spotted surgeonfish (Ctenochaetus strigosus, species of bristletooth tang found in Hawaii, Johnston Island, and Australia); goldring surgeonfish; goldring bristletooth

noun / ~する noun:

• photo projective method (esp. in psych.) - obscure term

noun:

• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

godan ~む verb:

• to use (in cooking); to mix (in)

noun / ~する noun:

• drastic measure or treatment (common mistake or alternative version) ➜ 荒療治

noun:

• Grand Tutor (second of the top three civil positions of the Zhou Dynasty)
• Minister of the Left (official in Nara and Heian periods) ➜ 左大臣

noun:

• old stock (in a firm)