noun:

• Epiophlebia superstes (species of living-fossil dragonfly endemic to Japan)

noun:

• Acanthopanax sciadophylloides (species of flowering plant related to the aralias)

noun:

• film released direct-to-video (trademark of Toei Company) - From English "V-cinema"

godan ~す verb / transitive:

• to raise (usu. one's shoulders, with a jaunty, swaggering effect)

noun / ~する noun:

• brushing

noun:

• blushing (blotchiness or milkiness in paint applied to a surface)

noun:

• hajj (pilgrimage to Mecca); haj; hadj; haji - From Arabic

noun:

• summer retreat where monks stay in the same place to study - Buddhism term

noun:

• pineapple bun (Chinese sweet pastry similar to the Japanese melonpan) ➜ メロンパン

noun:

• person stranded due to mass transit disruptions after an earthquake, etc.

noun:

• chocolate given to a friend (on Valentine's day)

noun / ~する noun:

• university graduate who has failed to find a high-paying job

noun:

• Aulonocranus dewindti (cichlid fish endemic to Lake Tanganyika in E. Africa)

noun:

• Hydrolagus ogilbyi (species of cartilaginous fish endemic to Australia); Ogilbys ghostshark

expression / godan ~る verb:

• to fall on one's shoulders (e.g. responsibility, duty)

noun:

• draughtsboard shark (species of catshark endemic to New Zealand, Cephaloscyllium isabellum)

expression / ichidan verb:

• to achieve one's first victory after a string of losses - Sumo term

adjectival noun:

• agile, flexible (e.g. of corporate management); nimble; quick to respond

noun:

• Pallava Dynasty (of India, 7th to 9th century CE)

noun:

• words used to describe tempo, dynamics, etc. in music; musical terminology

noun:

• U-shaped scissors with no place to put one's fingers ➜ 握り鋏

noun:

• falling to the ground like a Buddha statue being thrown down

expression:

• in any way; to some extent; even if only a little

noun:

• visiting temples, shrines or tourist spots to collect commemorative seal stamps

noun:

• female bedmate (whose body is likened to a fleshy cushion) - archaism

noun:

• straw boat for one's ancestral spirits to sail in