noun:

• waterweed (any aquatic plant of genus Elodea, esp. common waterweed, Elodea canadensis)

noun:

• mottled spinefoot (Siganus fuscescens, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); dusky rabbitfish; sandy spinefoot

noun:

• any butterfly of family Pieridae (incl. the white butterflies and the sulfur butterflies)

noun:

• four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees) - obscure term ➜ 四衆

noun:

• imperialisation policy (esp. on Korea during Japan's colonial rule) (imperialization); policy of imperialisation

noun:

• first rank in the hierarchy of the government
• highest rank given to a shrine

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom ➜ 前門の虎後門の狼【ぜんもんのとらこうもんのおおかみ】

noun:

• facial gesture of pulling one's eyelid down and sticking out one's tongue

expression / godan ~む verb:

• to take a lesson from (a wise person); to follow in the footsteps of - idiom

noun:

• the path that one should follow as a human being; the path of benevolence

noun:

• proper map; map such that the inverse image of a compact set is compact - Mathematics term

noun:

• bluespine unicornfish (Naso unicornis, species of Indo-Pacific tang); bluespine surgeonfish; short-nose unicornfish

noun:

• Atlantic sharpnose shark (Rhizoprionodon terraenovae, species of requiem shark found in the northwestern Atlantic)

noun:

• Pacific spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus, species of Eastern Pacific spadefish found from California to Peru)

noun:

• Śakra (Deva); Shakra; Indra; Shakra Devanam Indra; the king of heaven in Hindu mythology - abbreviation - Buddhism term ➜ 帝釈天

noun:

• green scat (green morph of the spotted scat, Scatophagus argus) ➜ 黒星饅頭鯛

noun:

• red scat (red morph of the spotted scat, Scatophagus argus) ➜ 黒星饅頭鯛

noun:

• Folk Shinto (term used by Reform Shintoists to refer to sects of syncretized Shinto) ➜ 復古神道

noun:

• Law Concerning the Promotion of Specific Non-Profit Organization Activities (1998); the NPO Law ➜ ＮＰＯ法

noun:

• Red List (e.g. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species)

noun:

• memorial services for the founder of the sect (esp. for Shinran in Shin Buddhism) - Buddhism term

expression:

• between the devil and the deep sea; out of the frying pan into the fire - idiom

noun:

• strategy guide (book, e.g. for a video game); playing guide; book of hints

noun:

• pope's nose; parson's nose; meat from around the coccyx of a chicken

noun:

• sweetened sweet potato fries; fried strips of sweet potato coated with sugar