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oracle bone script

high-quality glossy white habutai silk

raw silk twill fabric with fine diamond pattern

Jocular, humorous term

slow runner

slow and steady pace

〔 〕

tortoiseshell bracket (punctuation mark)

Anatomy

corona glandis (penis); corona of glans penis

Food, cooking

kamebushi; flat cut of dried bonito resembling a turtle shell

tortoiseshell pattern; honeycomb pattern; hexagonal pattern

Organization name

Kameda College of Health Sciences

Rare term

tying up (e.g. a prisoner) with a criss-cross rope so that it forms a lozenge pattern

sea turtle

After a Meiji-period person

voyeur; Peeping Tom

Derogatory

homely woman (esp. one with a small low nose, high flat forehead, and bulging cheeks); plain woman

Abbreviation

soba in soup with slices of boiled fish paste, shiitake mushrooms, greens, seaweed, etc.

Rare term

mysterious turtle (an omen of good luck)

Reiki era (715.9.2-717.11.17)

crane and tortoise (symbol of longevity, artistic motif)

tortoise

Chinese soft-shelled turtle (Pelodiscus sinensis)

mud turtle (Kinosternidae spp.); musk turtle

cockatiel (Nymphicus hollandicus)

Word usually written using kana alone

scarabaeid beetle

Mimela splendens (metallic-green scarabaeid beetle)

any turtle of the genus Mauremys (esp. the Japanese pond turtle, Mauremys japonica)

snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina)

assassin bug (any insect of family Reduviidae)

baby spotted turtle; immature Japanese pond turtle; young Japanese terrapin

Word usually written using kana alone

Chinese pond turtle (Chinemys reevesii); Reeves' turtle

stink bug; shield bug