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red cornetfish (Fistularia petimba)

bluespotted cornetfish (Fistularia commersonii)

Scirpus yagara (species of club-rush)

short arched (traditionally bamboo) fence around walls of traditional townhouses, esp. in Kyoto (protects lower walls from fouling or damage)

sagittal plane

belemnite

ramrod; cleaning rod

sheet pile (structural element used in construction)

steel piling; sheet pile

whistle of an arrow (shooting through the air)

Company name

Choya Corporation

Idiomatic expression

to be in the firing line; to bear the brunt of (an attack, criticism, etc.); to face (e.g. questioning)

thoughtless; reckless; rash; indiscriminate; indiscreet

excessive; unreasonable; immoderate; absurd

Idiomatic expression

to be selected (from among many people)

Idiomatic expression

to select someone (out of many people)

with (the sound of) clashing swords

(arguing) fiercely; heatedly; vehemently

reckless; indiscriminate

Idiomatic expression

to retaliate; to return a blow; to strike back (at); to retort

unable to stay still; unable to contain one's feelings; unable to restrain oneself

strongly and repeatedly urging (demanding, requesting, pressing)

Proverb

time flies like an arrow; time and tide wait for no man; life is short

Shinto

Hachiman, god of war and archery

Idiomatic expression

to exhaust all one's options

Yagiri No Watashi (ferry that has been taking passengers across the Edo river for nearly 400 years)