noun:

• scalloped bonnethead (Sphyrna corona, little-known species of hammerhead shark found in the eastern Pacific from southern Mexico to northern Peru)

noun:

• township and village enterprises (in China); TVE - abbreviation ➜ 郷鎮企業

noun / ~する noun:

• falling asleep (in one's clothes); lying down to nap; crashing out ➜ うたた寝【うたたね】

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:

• Aldebaran (star in the constellation Taurus); Alpha Tauri - Astronomy term

expression / godan ~く verb:

• to bow (in great numbers) to a greater authority; to be drawn (en masse) to something attractive; even the plants yield [literal] - idiom

noun:

• Chinese courtesy name (name formerly given to adult Chinese men, used in place of their given name in formal situations)
• nickname
• section of a village

noun:

• advertising insert (e.g. in a newspaper); inserted flyer

noun:

• Azuma-asobi (ancient Japanese dance suite that originated in eastern Japan) - archaism

noun:

• Capella (star in the constellation Auriga); Alpha Aurigae - Astronomy term

noun:

• indulgence (in the Catholic Church) ➜ 免罪符

noun:

• Altair (star in the constellation Aquila); Alpha Aquilae - Astronomy term ➜ アルタイル

expression:

• Excuse me for interrupting you when you are so busy (formal phrase used in business letters, etc.)

noun:

• nasal sound change (generation of the mora 'n', primarily from verb stems ending in 'i') - Linguistics term ➜ 促音便

noun:

• roofed corridor connecting two buildings (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• coin (esp. an east Asian coin, many of which have a hole in the center)

noun:

• (in the midst of) busyness

noun:

• Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup) ➜ 沖縄蕎麦

noun:

• humerus (upper bone in arm)

noun / ~する noun / ~の noun:

• appeal (in court)

noun:

• symbol used as a placeholder (either because a number of other words could be used in that position, or because of censorship)

prefix noun:

• certain; unnamed; undisclosed; unidentified

noun / ~する noun:

• extensive references (in a text)

noun:

• the three most important cities (esp. in ref. to Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya)

godan ~る verb / intransitive verb:

• to demonstrate (e.g. in the streets)

noun:

• coolant (in a nuclear reactor)