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triplewart seadevil (Cryptopsaras couesii)

Botany

funicle; funiculus

pattern now in fashion

supervised trading of a stock, e.g. during delisting

Botany

sessile; stalkless

crow dipper (Pinellia ternata)

diamond-pattern

Rare term

hilt

point (of a conversation, etc.)

manubrium of sternum; episternum

unusual pattern; novel pattern

brand-name rice

Finance

specified stocks; specified market leaders; designated speculative stocks

Proverb; Jocular, humorous term

having food on the table is more important than having a high social standing; taro stems over family status

overbearing; imperious; domineering; peremptory

world conditions; the times

political power

discrimination by birth or rank

Archaic

sword hilt shaped similar to the handle of a vajra

plain, wooden sword hilt (as opposed to those wrapped in sharkskin)

torture in which the victim is whipped with arrow shafts

arrogant; haughty; insolent

snowflake pattern (esp. on winter clothing)

Kyushu maple (Acer capillipes); red snakebark maple

branded beef

apprehension (of a crime suspect); capture; detainment; arrest