noun:

• Borneo shark (Carcharhinus borneensis, species of requiem shark found in Borneo and China)

noun / ~する noun:

• reciting something and then recording it; recording of something that has been recited - obscure term

noun:

• Trollius riederianus var. japonicus (Japanese variety of the Kamchatka globeflower, Trollius riederianus)

noun:

• sewing elastic; flat bands of elastic for sewing in cuffs, etc.

noun:

• spring sludge; spring mud (caused by the melting of the snow); (muddy) slush

noun:

• assembly at the end of the day (at a company or school, etc.) ➜ 朝礼【ちょうれい】

noun:

• traditional sake yeast mash starter; oldest surviving traditional style of sake making

adjective:

• having the smell of having been dried in the sun
• provincial; rural; unrefined

noun:

• putting one's own interest ahead of one's party (for a politician) - play on 党利党略 ➜ 党利党略【とうりとうりゃく】

noun:

• return of government (to Kyoto); making former capital (esp. Kyoto) the capital again

noun / expression:

• American joke; US joke; American sense of humor (humour)

noun:

• one's own way of thinking; one's independent approach - male language

noun:

• Mariana Trench (deepest part of the ocean, near the Mariana Islands)

expression / godan ~ぐ verb:

• to pick up the thread of a story; to resume a conversation

noun:

• final chapter; last chapter; last section (of a book, essay, song etc.); epilogue

noun:

• abrupt plot change; unexpected story development; story development from out of left field - colloquialism

expression / ichidan verb:

• to be away from home; to be out of the house

noun:

• Act on the Protection of Specially Designated Secrets (2013); Secret Information Protection Act

noun:

• Edo chrysanthemum; variety of chrysanthemum originally cultivated in Edo
• China aster (Callistephus chinensis) ➜ 蝦夷菊

noun:

• garb of love; metaphor for love kept as close to one as clothing - poetical term

noun:

• sweetfish sushi; ayu sushi; belly of sweetfish salted, pickled and served on rice

noun:

• Islamic holy books (the Pentateuch, the Book of Psalms, the Gospels and the Koran)

noun:

• giant crape-myrtle (Lagerstroemia speciosa); Queen's crape-myrtle; banabá; Pride of India

noun:

• Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century ➜ 南蛮

noun:

• shadow; silhouette; figure; shape
• reflection; image
• ominous sign
• light (stars, moon)
• trace; shadow (of one's former self)