noun:

• Parmaturus (genus containing 9 species of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae)

noun:

• Scyliorhinus (genus containing 15 species of catsharks in the family Scyliorhinidae)

noun:

• small-spotted catshark (Scyliorhinus canicula, species found in the northeast Atlantic and Mediterranean)

noun:

• swellshark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum, species of catshark in the Eastern Pacific)

noun:

• Japanese catshark (Apristurus japonicus, found in Chiba Prefecture and the East China Sea)

noun:

• blacktip tope (Hypogaleus hyugaensis, a hound shark found in the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• Rhizoprionodon (genus of sharpnose sharks in the requiem shark family Carcharhinidae)

noun:

• bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo, species of hammerhead shark found in the Western Hemisphere) ➜ ボンネットヘッド・ボンネット撞木鮫【ボンネットしゅもくざめ】

noun:

• Prionurus (genus of surgeonfish and sawtail tangs in the family Acanthuridae)

noun:

• pavilion housing the emperor's bathing quarters and dressing chamber (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿

noun:

• entertaining people by serving tea (esp. in the Obaku school of Zen) - archaism

noun:

• snow remaining in the form of a mist after it has melted

noun:

• adult striped mullet ➜ 鯔【ぼら】

adverb:

• in the end; after all is said and done - abbreviation ➜ とどのつまり

expression / noun:

• page in the history books; historical (event); old news

noun:

• double corner approach (tactic in the game of go)

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• poems inscribed beside the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara

noun:

• garment worn under the hanpi undergarment or hou robe in court ceremonial dress - archaism ➜ 半臂・袍

noun:

• saomono; Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro) - abbreviation ➜ 棹物菓子

noun:

• Tarui accent, used in the Kinki region and parts of Hokuriku

noun:

• purifying salt (thrown in the sumo ring before a bout, after funerals, etc.) ➜ 清めの塩

noun:

• racketeering by interceding in civil disputes and threatening the use of violence - abbreviation ➜ 民事介入暴力

noun:

• shower stool with a u-shaped hole in the middle

noun:

• interference with a public servant in the execution of his or her duties - abbreviation ➜ 公務執行妨害罪

noun:

• interpenetration of spirit between the poet and nature in a haiku