noun:

• scarab (Egyptian gemstone) - From French "scarabee"
• scarabeid (any of a group of beetles including the scarab beetle, Scarabeus sacer)

noun:

• deluded mind (a mind polluted with klesha, incapable of understanding the original essence of things) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

noun:

• tiger's tail
• gooseneck loosestrife (species of flowering plant, Lysimachia clethroides) ➜ 岡虎の尾
• Asplenium incisum (species of spleenwort) ➜ 虎の尾羊歯

noun:

• Lushan Conference (1959 meeting of the Communist Party of China to discuss the Great Leap Forward)

noun:

• Ama-no-Murakumo no Tsurugi (heavenly gathering of clouds sword; one of the three Imperial regalia) ➜ 三種の神器

noun:

• Grand Council of State (1868-1885 CE) ［だじょうかん・だいじょうかん］
• Department of State (under the ritsuryo system) - usu. だいじょうかん ➜ 律令制

noun:

• art project which is done in place of a graduation thesis at a college of arts ➜ 卒制

noun:

• Hydrolagus barbouri (species of cartilaginous fish found in the Sea of Japan and East China Sea)

noun:

• Rhincodontidae; family of whale sharks containing only one species of one genus, Rhincodon typus

noun:

• Rhincodon (genus of one species of whale shark, Rhincodon typus, in the family Rhincodontidae)

noun:

• Cetorhinus (sole genus of the only species of basking shark in the family Cetorhinidae)

noun:

• division of the Buddha's 50-year teachings into five periods (theory of the Tendai sect) - Buddhism term ➜ 五時八教

noun:

• draft of a magazine's content (usu. a table showing the allocation of each page)

noun:

• tachibana tree west of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace) ➜ 紫宸殿・左近の桜

noun:

• cherry tree east of the southern stairs of the Hall for State Ceremonies (in Heian Palace) ➜ 右近の橘・紫宸殿

noun:

• standard printed form (of kanji); any of 1,022 non-joyo kanji commonly used in print ➜ 常用漢字

noun:

• variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)

noun:

• inspection of a completed facility (esp. of radio stations as required under Japanese law); completion inspection

noun:

• idol (esp. in the philosophy of Francis Bacon: idols of the tribe, cave, market, and theater) - From Latin "idola"

noun:

• starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation - Astronomy term ➜ スターバースト銀河【スターバーストぎんが】

noun:

• starburst galaxy; galaxy in the process of an exceptionally high rate of star formation - Astronomy term

noun:

• day of national humiliation (used in China for certain anniversaries of incidents where Japan humiliated China)

noun:

• poems collected at the behest of the Emperor (from 905 to 1439); Imperial collection of poetry

noun:

• power of finality (of a legal decision, e.g. when a case is dismissed with prejudice) - Law term

expression / godan ~つ verb:

• to float upright in the cup (of a tea stem, as a sign of good luck)