noun:

• Gymnocanthus (genus of northern demersal fish in the Cottidae family)

noun:

• Cirrhoscyllium; genus of collared carpet sharks in the family Parascylliidae

noun:

• Parascyllium (genus of collared carpet sharks in the family Parascylliidae)

noun:

• blacktip sawtail catshark (Galeus sauteri, found in Japan, Taiwan and the Philippines)

noun:

• Hemitriakis complicofasciata (species of houndshark found in the Ryukyu Islands and Taiwan)

noun:

• Varanus; genus of carnivorous monitor lizards in the family Varanidae

noun:

• house built like a kura, with the walls covered in mud

noun:

• playful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century ➜ 談林派・俳諧

noun:

• police investigation carried out in the immediate vicinity of a crime site ➜ 地取り・聞き込み捜査

noun:

• pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo, species of hammerhead shark found in the Western Hemisphere)

noun:

• Oreochromis; genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae

noun:

• dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

noun:

• Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)

noun:

• appointed official sent to administer a certain region (in the Ryukyu Kingdom)

expression / noun:

• difficult person; good-for-nothing; pain in the ass (arse)

noun:

• high-ranking staff member in the Office of Court Ladies (ritsuryo system) - archaism

noun:

• female weaver
• Vega (star in the constellation Lyra); Alpha Lyrae - Astronomy term ➜ 織女星【しょくじょせい】

noun:

• Liujiang man; one of the earliest modern humans found in East Asia

noun:

• Supreme Commander for the Allied Powers (in Japan); SCAP

expression:

• idea that all things in the universe lack their own unchangeable substances - Buddhism term ➜ 四法印【しほういん】

noun:

• deadline (esp. in the entertainment industry); fixed ending time - colloquialism

noun:

• merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period ➜ 文化文政時代

noun:

• string; cord
• man who is financially dependent on a woman; gigolo; pimp - oft. as ヒモ - usually written using kana alone

noun:

• person who cannot stick to anything; unsteady worker; monk for three days [literal] - four character idiom