noun:

• udo (plant related to ginseng, used in medicine and cooking) (Aralia cordata)

noun:

• zebra bullhead shark (Heterodontus zebra, found in the Western Pacific)

noun:

• blackback butterflyfish (Chaetodon melannotus, species found in the Indo-Pacific)

noun:

• Loxodon (genus containing the sliteye shark as its only member in the family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• migrant worker from the countryside (in China) ➜ 民工

noun:

• instant noodles (sold in a soft plastic packaging, as opposed to cup noodles) ➜ カップ麺

noun:

• classifier (in Japanese and Chinese linguistics) - Linguistics term

noun:

• Ogopogo (lake monster reported to live in Canada's Lake Okanagan)

noun:

• man from eastern Japan (esp. Edo or elsewhere in the Kanto region)

noun:

• painful reproach (like a needle stuck in one's scalp)

noun:

• (in gagaku) scale similar to Dorian mode on B

noun:

• Polaris (star in the constellation Ursa Minor); Alpha Ursae Minoris; the North Star - Astronomy term ➜ ポラリス

noun:

• maintenance fee (in an apartment building); maintenance charge; reserve fund for building repairs

noun:

• dwelling unit (esp. in apartment block, etc.)

noun:

• three bonds (in Confucianism: master & servant, father & son, husband & wife)

godan ~す verb:

• to factor out (e.g. in algebra); to pull out common elements

noun:

• form (in Aristotelian philosophy) - From Greek "eidos"
• idea (in Platonic philosophy)

noun:

• Konkokyo (Shinto sect founded in 1859)

expression / ~の noun:

• not included (in a compilation, album, etc.)

noun:

• dispute over the distribution of water into paddies during the summer (in rural areas) ➜ 水争い

noun:

• Izumo dialect (spoken mostly in eastern Shimane prefecture)

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to open one's eyes wide (as in fear or anger) ➜ 白目【しろめ】
• to faint

noun:

• Eviota masudai (species of pygmy goby found in Japanese waters)

noun:

• christie turn (in skiing); christy turn; christiania turn - From German "Kristiania"

noun:

• sizzle (usu. in advertising); dazzle; (a) kicker