noun / ~する noun:

• thinning (buds and branches)

noun:

• crab shell (often ground or crushed and used as fertilizer); crab shell meal

noun:

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

noun:

• humpback batfish (Platax batavianus, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish found from Madagascar to Indonesia and Australia)

noun:

• mixed writing (kanji and kana)

noun:

• dried leaves (esp. of daikon and turnip) ➜ 干葉

noun:

• traditional Chinese cold remedy (a medical powder with antipyretic and diaphoretic effects) - archaism

noun:

• Yoshino period (Japan's Northern and Southern Courts period, esp. from the viewpoint of the legitimacy of the Southern Court, 1336-1392 CE) - obscure term ➜ 南北朝時代

noun:

• whelk (esp. Neptunea and Buccinum spp.) ➜ 螺【つぶ】

noun:

• Kanto region (incl. Tokyo, Kanagawa, Saitama, Gunma, Tochigi, Ibaraki and Chiba prefectures)

noun:

• breakfast set (often a drink and toast); breakfast special; special breakfast offer - From English "morning set"

noun:

• Argus monitor (Varanus panoptes, species of carnivorous monitor lizard found in northern Australia and southern New Guinea); yellow-spotted monitor

adverb / ~と adverb / ~する noun:

• (kicking and) struggling; wriggling; floundering - onomatopoeia

noun:

• the five elements (in Chinese philosophy: wood, fire, earth, metal and water); the five phases; wu xing ➜ 五大【ごだい】
• five practices of the Bodhisattvas - Buddhism term
• the five pillars of Islam ➜ 六信五行

noun:

• draining blood from a live fish (from above the gills and at the base of the tail) to keep it fresh ［いけじめ］
• fasting fish for several days to preserve flavour and quality (and reduce mortality during transport) - esp. いけしめ
• killing fish in a fishtank (immediately before cooking); fish killed in a fishtank - esp. いけしめ

noun:

• latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture) - Architecture term

noun:

• klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

noun:

• Maruyama vaccine (said to be effective against leprosy, cancer and cutaneous tuberculosis)

noun:

• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings) - obscure term ➜ 上駒

noun:

• young underground market (the underground economy in goods and services, involving lots of barter and buying and selling of secondhand goods)

noun:

• thick toast with honey (and often with fruit, icecream, etc.) - From English "honey toast"

noun:

• Japanese-Spanish (gen. for translations and dictionaries); Japan-Spain (e.g. intercountry trade and relations)

expression:

• too much pleasure ruins a man (esp. in reference to spending too much time with geisha and prostitutes); playing the dandy ruins a man - proverb

noun:

• Xenarthra (superorder comprising anteaters, tree sloths, and armadillos)

noun:

• compliance (with laws and ordinances)