noun:

• taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• Ming & Xing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war) ➜ 清楽・明楽

noun:

• (in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp) ➜ 十二律・鸞鏡
• seventh lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 下無・十二律
• third lunar month

noun:

• Enkianthus perulatus (species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family)

expression:

• in wine there is truth; being under the influence doesn't change our true character - proverb

noun:

• purple chimaera (Hydrolagus purpurescens, species of cartilaginous fish found in Japan and the Hawaiian Islands)

noun:

• Harriotta (genus with two species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Neoharriotta (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Rhinochimaera (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Orectolobus (genus containing 9 species of wobbegong carpet sharks in the family Orectolobidae)

noun:

• longnose sawtail cat shark (Galeus longirostris, found in Amami-oshima, the Ogasawara and Izu islands)

noun:

• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

noun:

• room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

noun:

• laws established by daimyo applicable only in their own domain (during the Warring States period) ➜ 戦国大名

noun:

• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor dances ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

noun:

• pompadour-like hair style, popular for unmarried women in the Edo period; shimada coiffure ➜ 島田【しまだ】

noun:

• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

noun:

• bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo, species of hammerhead shark found in the Western Hemisphere) ➜ 団扇撞木鮫【ウチワシュモクザメ】

noun:

• literary style from the Heian era onwards, often mainly in kana and written by women

noun:

• platform in front of a temple's principal image, from which the officiating monk chants - Buddhism term

noun:

• type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China

noun:

• type of circular or square earth building built from the 12th century in Fujian, China ➜ 福建土楼【ふっけんどろう】

noun:

• flamberge; sword with undulations in the blade - From French or German