to start a bout with the turn of a referee's fan
tropical rat mite (Ornithonyssus bacoti)
good morals and manners; genial manners and laudable customs; pristine way of life
ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)
global positioning system; GPS
carrion beetle (any beetle of family Silphidae, incl. burying beetles)
Bonin flying fox (Pteropus pselaphon); Bonin fruit bat
gold wheel (highest of the three layered wheels that support the earth above the primordial void); gold wheel-turning sage king
greater horseshoe bat (Rhinolophus ferrumequinum)
Siebold's dragonfly (Anotogaster sieboldii); jumbo dragonfly
doline (sinkhole, in karst topography)
suffocating; asphyxiating
ghostleg lottery; ladder lottery; lottery in which participants trace a line across a lattice pattern to determine the winner
eunicid (any worm of family Eunicidae)
paedogenesis; pedogenesis
to die; to quit this world; to return to the earth; to go the way of all flesh; to part forever
fin whale; finback (whale); razorback whale (Balaenoptera physalus)
house centipede (Scutigeromorpha spp.); contemptible person; skunk; wretch
pyralid (any moth of family Pyralidae, many of which have larvae that devour foodstuffs)
Japanese wood ant (Formica japonica)
woody parts (of plant); xylem
ground beetle; carabid (esp. of subfamily Carabinae); (arch.) millipede
deerfly (Chrysops suavis)
outhouse (from which night-soil may be collected); privy
analogue record; phonograph record; gramophone record
Bon Festival; Buddhist service for the anniversary of the death of Prince Shōtoku (orig. the 22nd day of the 2nd month of the lunar calendar)
head monk in charge of the administrative section of a zendo (Zen)
camel cricket (Diestrammena apicalis); camelback cricket; cave cricket; spider cricket
garden tiger moth (Arctia caja)
high virulence; strong toxicity
giant stag beetle (Dorcus hopei)
irritant; cause of irritation; cause of annoyance