海

treaty of friendship, commerce and navigation

habu jellyfish (Chironex yamaguchii); habu-kurage

Steller's sea cow (Hydrodamalis gigas)

Campylaephora hypnaeoides (species of red algae); egonori

Dead Sea scrolls

Chinese white shrimp (Fenneropenaeus chinensis); Oriental shrimp; fleshy prawn

crabeater seal (Lobodon carcinophagus)

laver

boiled red prawn, shrimp, lobster, etc. (sometimes used as a New Year decoration)

Veterinary terms

bovine spongiform encephalopathy; BSE; mad cow disease

abyssal zone

Word usually written using kana alone

upside-down jellyfish (Cassiopea ornata); jellyfish of the genus Cassiopea

Colloquial; Dated term; Due to the resemblance between the hot spring symbol and an upside-down jellyfish

traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples

Petalonia binghamiae (edible species of brown algae)

Idiomatic expression

The world is at peace

whiskered velvet shrimp (Metapenaeopsis barbata); red rice prawn

Pyropia tenera (species of edible seaweed)

sea-run variety (of fish)

Arafura Sea

swimming downstream (to the sea)

Military

lieutenant-commander (JMSDF)

blunt slipper lobster (species of shovel-nosed lobster, Scyllarides squammosus)

Hall's crab apple; flowering crab apple; Malus halliana

Company name

Tokai Tokyo Securities

From a Chinese legend

the world is a scene of constant changes (as a mulberry field changing into a blue sea)