noun:

• ceremony held to pray for good weather (during long periods of rain)

prefix:

• greater (of equal court ranks); upper; senior - also written as 正 - archaism ➜ 従【ひろい】

noun / adjectival noun:

• a great deal; very much ➜ 大いなる・大いに

noun:

• whipping, stone placement, and shrimp-tie bondage (three forms of Edo-period torture) ➜ 海老責め・石抱き・鞭打ち

noun:

• gold-leaf-coated twisted paper
• Agrimonia pilosa var. japonica (variety of hairy agrimony) - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• Akhal-Teke, a breed of horses originating in Turkmenistan

noun:

• Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on pre-Jin and Yuan teachings ➜ 後世方

noun:

• tuna minced with Welsh onion leaves (type of sushi topping)

noun:

• striker (triangular piece of steel used with flint to create sparks)

adverb / ~たる adjective:

• looking cool and collect; with an air of perfect composure

noun:

• brown surgeonfish (Acanthurus nigrofuscus, species of Indo-Pacific tang)

noun:

• Eviota abax (species of pygmy goby ranging from Southern Japan to Hainan Is.)

noun:

• yellowfin surgeonfish (Acanthurus xanthopterus, Indo-Pacific species of tang)

noun:

• Chimaeridae; family of shortnose chimaeras, cartilaginous fish with short round snouts

noun:

• Proscylliidae; family of finback catsharks containing seven species in four genera

noun:

• Pseudotriakidae; family with only one species of false catshark, Pseudotriakis microdon

noun:

• intricately inscribed ancient bronze or iron mirror featuring a pair of firebirds - obscure term ➜ 鳳凰

noun:

• type of taro originally from Sulawesi, has large tubers with red eyes

noun:

• Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher - archaism ➜ ももんじ屋

noun:

• Edo-era meat vendor (esp. of large game, e.g. deer, boar); butcher - archaism ➜ ももんじい

noun:

• leader of a crime syndicate's henchmen; young leading subordinate in yakuza group

noun:

• Chamaecyparis obtusa var. breviramea (ornamental variety of hinoki cypress) ➜ 檜

noun:

• Tughluq Dynasty (of India, 1320-1413 CE)

noun:

• curtained sleeping platform in shinden-style residences (used by people of high rank) ➜ 寝殿造り・帳台

noun:

• government office in charge of court music (ritsuryo period) ➜ 雅楽・律令

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• rising up; towering; billowing (e.g. clouds of smoke) - onomatopoeia
• plump; chubby; fat - onomatopoeia
• shaggy; hairy - onomatopoeia