noun:

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

noun:

• slender smooth-hound (Gollum attenuatus, species of finback catshark from the Southwest 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:

• Ctenochaetus flavicauda (species from the Central Pacific, smallest bristletooth tang of its genus)

noun:

• orange-socket surgeonfish (Acanthurus auranticavus, species of the Indo-West Pacific)

noun:

• luvar (Luvarus imperialis, species of perciform fish closely related to the surgeonfish)

adverb:

• gradually; by degrees - obscure term ➜ 段々・漸次
• the sight of a tall soaring rock - obscure term
• crying; weeping - obscure term

noun:

• female medium who summons spirits by sounding the string of a catalpa bow ➜ 巫女【みこ】・口寄せ

noun:

• pent roof built atop the stairs of a shrine or temple

noun:

• monkey (esp. a gibbon)
• hand of the puppeteer (puppet theatre) ➜ 人形浄瑠璃
• menstrual period - slang
• kappa ➜ 河童

noun:

• outermost enclosure of a castle or fortress (including the town around it)

noun:

• side dish served in order to encourage the consumption of alcohol (kaiseki cuisine) ➜ 懐石料理

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:

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

noun:

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

noun:

• National Military Establishment; forerunner to the U.S. Department of Defense (1947-1949)

expression:

• hopelessly inaccurate; not even remotely close; can't hit the side of a barn - colloquialism

noun:

• festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine - Shintō term ➜ 神体

noun:

• biopower; Foucault's term for the regulation by modern states of their subjects

noun:

• Distylium racemosum (evergreen tree of the winter-hazel genus)

noun:

• pharmacognosy; the study of medicinal drugs derived from plants or other natural sources

noun:

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

expression:

• following the desires of one's own heart without transgressing what is right - from the Analects of Confucius - proverb