noun:

• motor cortex (area of the brain just anterior to the central sulcus responsible for controlling voluntary muscle activity)

noun:

• menu board (small blackboard on which the specials of the day, etc., are written)

noun:

• regional official responsible for rice storage (under the Yamato court) - archaism
• Inagi (lowest of the eight hereditary titles) ➜ 八色の姓

expression:

• the last drop makes the cup run over; too much of a good thing; less is more - proverb

noun:

• Pseudotriakis (genus of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae whose sole member is the false catshark)

noun:

• Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks in the family Triakidae); from the Latin mustela meaning weasel

noun:

• Acanthuroidei (suborder of the order Perciformes, containing the families Acanthuridae, Ephippidae, Luvaridae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, and Zanclidae)

noun:

• Luvarus (sole genus of perciform fish in the family Luvaridae whose only member is the luvar)

noun:

• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

noun:

• shooting from the hip
• starting something without sufficient preparation; acting on a vague estimate (of the situation) - idiom

noun:

• Edo-period term for a time of day, roughly 6 pm

noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period)

noun:

• type of Japanese woman's hairstyle using a hairpin (Edo period) ➜ 笄髷

noun:

• countries all over the world; all the countries of the world

noun:

• flowers reflected on a mirror and the moon reflected on the water's surface; something that is visible but having no substance; the subtle and profound beauty of poems that cannot be described in words - four character idiom

noun:

• partition board; plank used as a partition
• board used in a ship to prevent the cargo from moving around

noun:

• protohistory (the period between prehistory and history)

noun:

• new Zaibatsu (formed after the Meiji period) ➜ 財閥

noun:

• bracelet (usu. dating from the Kofun period) - archaism ➜ 古墳時代

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (esp. from the Song period) ➜ 宋学

noun:

• film shown over the New Year period

expression / noun:

• lost twenty years [literal]
• period of economic stagnation in Japan that began ca. 1991 and not over in the 2010s

noun:

• bedding that is never put away during the day; permanently laid-out futon

noun:

• Portuguese card game popular in Japan during the late 16th century ➜ ウンスンカルタ

noun:

• alcohol or sake drunk during the meal (as opposed to aperitifs, digestifs, etc.)