Vocabulary

gossamer-winged butterflies (Lycaenidae spp.)

silver-studded blue (Plebejus argus)

Eobiana engelhardti (species of bush cricket)

Aucuba japonica var. borealis (variety of Japanese laurel)

himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes)

Ilex leucoclada (species of holly)

Trapa incisa (species of plant closely related to the water caltrop)

Baillon's crake (Porzana pusilla)

spring cicada (Terpnosia vacua)

on-premises (server, database, software, etc.)

kintsugi; repairing pottery with a lacquer mixed with gold, silver, etc.

repairing pottery with a lacquer mixed with gold, silver, etc.

raised platform on the bank of a river for enjoying the summer cool

transferring a shintai in a portable shrine, e.g. to another shrine or to a ceremony

festival celebrating the return of a shintai to its main shrine

festival celebrating the (temporary) transfer of a shintai away from its main shrine

ordination (esp. Catholic)

manual; instruction manual; work procedures documentation; operating instructions

member

largest class; top category

portmanteau (luggage)

cloud service

man (esp. one who is well-respected)

minority; small numbers

scales of a horse mackerel; (keeled) scute

side of a body

crab sashimi

lecture hall; lecture theatre; auditorium

pubic hair (on a woman)

great burdock sold covered with soil

handing out flyers; distributing leaflets

putting flyers into mailboxes

trial manufacture (cultivation, etc.)

armored personnel carrier; APC

rice starch; rice paste

dental health; oral hygiene

real sword (as opposed to a wooden practice sword)

low quality; poor quality

bulk cargo; bulk freight

deep-fried gyoza