noun:

• thick patch of mixed weeds
• false cleavers (species of bedstraw, Galium spurium var. echinospermon)

noun:

• Ginglymostomatidae; family of carpet shark species containing three monotypic genera of nurse sharks

noun:

• Nebrius; genus of a single species of nurse shark in the family Ginglymostomatidae

noun:

• Mitsukurina (genus of only living species of goblin shark in the family Mitsukurinidae)

noun:

• Pseudocarcharias (sole genus of the family Pseudocarchariidae containing one species of crocodile shark)

noun:

• Australian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium laticeps, species of catshark which inhabits the continental shelf of southern Australia)

noun:

• extension of the main room of a home (in traditional palatial-style architecture) - obscure term ➜ 寝殿造

~の noun / noun:

• full of holes (e.g. argument); vulnerable to any kind of attack (or criticism, etc.)

expression:

• to not see the wood for the trees; to be caught up with trivial matters and lose sight of the big picture - proverb

noun:

• long, kimono-like garment, made of light fabric and worn under the kimono; under-kimono

noun:

• license with a red seal (licence); shogunate license to trade (licence)

noun:

• day trade

ichidan verb / transitive / expression:

• to acquire a trade; to learn a vocation

noun:

• postcards with the bottom third of the front side reserved for an advertisement, and sold at a lower cost than regular postcards

noun:

• collecting herbs and pulling out young pine trees by the roots (annual event held on the first Day of the Rat in the New Year) ➜ 子の日の遊び

noun:

• judicial decision made with human kindness and warmth in a fair manner (from the decisions of Ōoka Tadasuke, a jurist in 17th century Japan)

noun:

• companies exploiting debtors by forcing them to make expensive credit card purchases and buying the purchases at a fraction of the price

expression:

• having completely different natures and being incompatible with each other; like oil and water; ice and (charcoal) fire cannot coexist [literal] - proverb ➜ 相容れない【あいいれない】

noun:

• number of people
• denominate number
• the number at the start of phrases referring to well known 'somethings', equiv. to 'seven' in "the seven wonders of the world" ➜ 三筆・四天王

noun:

• key station (broadcasting); flagship station ➜ キー局
• master station - IT term

noun:

• heavenly god; heavenly gods - also pronounced てんしん
• spirit of Sugawara no Michizane
• Tenmangu shrine (dedicated to Michizane's spirit) ➜ 天満宮
• pit of a dried plum; dried plum - colloquialism ➜ 梅干し
• tenjin hairstyle - abbreviation ➜ 天神髷
• prostitute of the second-highest class (Edo period)

noun:

• value honor; round wind, seat wind, and dragon tiles - Mahjong term ➜ 圏風牌・門風牌・三元牌
• winning hand containing one kong (or pung) of a value honor - Mahjong term ➜ 役【やく】

noun:

• day of the boar in the tenth month ➜ 亥の子
• mochi eaten on the day of the boar (esp. at the time of the boar)

noun:

• (sound of) wind through pine trees; soughing of wind through pine trees
• (metaphorically) sound of a boiling tea kettle

noun:

• bodily injury caused by negligence in the conduct of business; accidental infliction of injury in the conduct of business - Law term