Vocabulary

Columbiformes; order of birds comprising pigeons and doves

Pinales (order of plants)

Sciuromorpha (suborder of rodents)

Myomorpha (suborder of rodents)

Hystricomorpha (suborder of rodents)

Arctic air mass

Arctic oscillation

Arctic expedition

Antarctic research base

Antarctic air mass

Antarctic expedition

Himalayan black bear (Ursus thibetanus); Asiatic black bear

American black bear (Ursus americanus)

Cryptotympana facialis (species of cicada)

large evergreen oak

brown bear (esp. the Ussuri brown bear, Ursus arctos lasiotus)

Kumaso (ancient Japanese people who lived in southern Kyushu)

ribbon seal (Histriophoca fasciata)

Baikal seal (Phoca sibirica)

input settings; input configuration

booklet constituting an informal living will (containing wishes regarding one's hospitalization or funeral, and perhaps one's life story, messages to loved ones, etc.)

multiplex

dish of pickled skipjack tuna entrails sometimes mixed with sake, honey, mirin and onions (specialty of Kochi Prefecture)

birdwatcher

last train (of the day)

execution (on the command of a feudal lord)

lava tube

katharevousa (traditional literary form of modern Greek)

demotic (everyday form of modern Greek)

Egyptology

Egyptian (language)

Coptic (language)

koine (post-classical Greek language)

Islamic revival

distrust of women

gynophobia; fear of women

Archezoa

birthday

lucky day; day of celebration

innate character; temperament; disposition