Vocabulary

finelined surgeonfish (Acanthurus grammoptilus, species of Western Pacific tang found in the Philippines, Indonesia and north-western Australia)

powderblue surgeonfish (Acanthurus leucosternon, species of Indo-West Pacific tang)

ocean surgeon (Acanthurus bahianus, species of Atlantic tang)

glass jaw

K-1 (Japanese kickboxing promotion)

cervico-omo-brachial syndrome

cervicobrachial syndrome; indicates pain, swelling, weakness and/or numbness in the neck/shoulder region, used when specific diagnosis is not known

establishing a club (at a school, college, etc.); establishing a division (in a company)

prayer wheel; Mani wheel

weather wheel; pillar found near graveyards and temples with a wheel attached to it that can be used to communicate with the dead, as well as for divination

electric blue; steel blue

Tōhoku region (northernmost six prefectures of Honshu); Tohoku region

a fish out of water; a kappa up on land

compartment (of a train); interior (of a car)

hah (derisively); pooh

edge; angle

yellowspotted sawtail (Prionurus maculatus)

yellowtail surgeonfish (Prionurus punctatus)

sixplate sawtail (Prionurus microlepidotus); sawtail surgeonfish

Biafra doctorfish (Prionurus biafraensis, species of Eastern Atlantic tang)

razor surgeonfish (Prionurus laticlavius, species of eastern central Pacific tang)

position at the imperial court in ancient China; grand secretariat

water slide; flume

longnose surgeonfish (Zebrasoma rostratum, species of Eastern Central Pacific tang)

yellowtail tang (Zebrasoma, species of Western Indian tang); purple tang; yellowtail surgeonfish

position at the imperial court in ancient China

Desjardin's sailfin tang (Zebrasoma desjardinii, species of Indian Ocean tang); Indian sail-fin surgeonfish; Red Sea sailfin tang

reverse transcription

reverse transcriptase

April Theses; series of directives issued by Lenin after his return from exile

Third International; Communist International

1927 Theses; Comintern policy documents regarding capitalism, imperialism, and a possible revolution in Japan

1932 Theses (Comintern policy documents urging overthrow of Japan's imperial and metayage systems)

Acanthuroidei (suborder of the order Perciformes, containing the families Acanthuridae, Ephippidae, Luvaridae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, and Zanclidae)

Chaetodipterus (genus of spadefishes in the family Ephippidae)

Atlantic spadefish (Chaetodipterus faber)

Pacific spadefish (Chaetodipterus zonatus, species of Eastern Pacific spadefish found from California to Peru)

Ephippus (genus of spadefish)

orbfish (Ephippus orbis, species of Indo-West Pacific spadefish)

toll road ticket