expression:

• expression of humility said by the person who provided a meal after it is eaten - humble language ➜ お粗末

noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) ➜ 入れ子

noun:

• fulcrum peg (fitted into the cavity in an oar as part of a traditional oarlock) - obscure term ➜ 櫓杭

noun:

• (in China) 7th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G sharp) ➜ 十二律・鳧鐘
• fifth lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) ➜ 十二律・双調
• fourth lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・平調
• first lunar month

noun:

• second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China) ➜ 十二律・断吟
• twelfth lunar month

noun:

• Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices) ➜ 太政官

noun:

• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

noun:

• distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

noun:

• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

noun:

• BRIC, BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China), referring especially to the fast-growing economies of these countries

noun:

• blessing of heaven; hand in which the dealer goes out on their initial deal - Mahjong term - From Chinese

noun:

• shoemaker spinefoot (Siganus sutor, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus, species of rabbitfish from the Western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• marbled spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• Ctenopoma; genus of freshwater climbing gouramies with terrestrial locomotion ability in the family Anabantidae

noun:

• balloon shark (Cephaloscyllium sufflans, species of catshark from the western Indian Ocean)

noun:

• Apristurus (genus of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae known as ghost or demon catsharks)

noun:

• dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus, species of Western Pacific spadefish found from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia)

noun:

• Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc. - archaism

noun:

• traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)

noun:

• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) - archaism ➜ 陰陽道・天一神・方違え

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

noun:

• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom