noun:

• banded houndshark (Triakis scyllium, found in the northwest Pacific from southern Siberia to Taiwan)

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

noun:

• oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

noun:

• vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind) - Buddhism term

noun:

• implements used to enhance the effect of a play (e.g. props, costumes, etc.)

noun:

• Oregon pine (another term for the common Douglas fir, Pseudotsuga menziesii) ➜ 米松

noun:

• taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)

noun:

• day in the near future when a major event is expected to occur - colloquialism - From English "X-day"

noun:

• Asteraceae; Compositae; family of flowering plants comprising the asters, daisies, sunflowers, etc. ➜ 菊

noun:

• The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)

noun:

• Ming & Xing-era Chinese music (as popularized in Japan before the First Sino-Japanese war) ➜ 清楽・明楽

noun:

• (in China) 9th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A sharp) ➜ 十二律・鸞鏡
• seventh lunar month

noun:

• (in China) 5th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. F sharp) ➜ 下無・十二律
• third lunar month

noun:

• case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch

noun:

• framing (e.g. a picture)
• flaming; hostile and insulting interaction between persons over the internet

noun:

• Enkianthus perulatus (species of flowering plant in the Ericaceae family)

~する noun:

• shutting yourself out of your car with the key left inside - From English "in key"

expression:

• in wine there is truth; being under the influence doesn't change our true character - proverb

adverb:

• at the mercy of (e.g. wind, waves); (act) as one is told (by) - in form 〜のまにまに ➜ ままに

noun:

• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to arrive - slang ➜ 出待ち

noun:

• purple chimaera (Hydrolagus purpurescens, species of cartilaginous fish found in Japan and the Hawaiian Islands)

noun:

• Harriotta (genus with two species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Neoharriotta (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)

noun:

• Rhinochimaera (genus with three species of long-nosed chimaeras in the family Rhinochimaeridae)