日蝕 / にっしょく - (noun) {astron} solar eclipse

月蝕 / げっしょく - (noun) {astron} lunar eclipse

蝕 / しょく - (noun) {astron} eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), occultation

乾蝕 / かんしょく - (noun) dry rot; dry corrosion

侵蝕 / しんしょく - (noun/する verb) encroachment; {geol} erosion, corrosion

蝶 / ちょう - (noun) butterfly

蝶々 / ちょうちょう - (noun) butterfly

蝶蝶 / ちょうちょう - (noun) butterfly

国蝶 / こくちょう - (noun) national butterfly

宝冠白蝶章 / ほうかんしろちょうしょう - (noun) Order of the Precious Crown, Butterfly

田螺 / たにし - (noun) pond snail (Viviparidae spp.)

疣螺 / いぼにし - (noun) Thais clavigera (species of rock shell)

螺旋 / らせん - (noun) spiral, helix; screw

碧螺春 / へきらしゅん - (noun) biluochun (green tea var. grown in Jiangsu, China)

螺旋体 / らせんたい - (noun) spiral, helicoid, helix

蝉 / せみ - (noun) cicada, locust; small-sized pulley

蛙鳴蝉噪 / あめいせんそう - (noun) {yoji} annoying noise, fruitless argument, useless controversy

寒蝉 / かんぜん - (noun) cicadas which sing in late autumn

川蝉 / かわせみ - (noun) kingfisher (esp. the common kingfisher, Alcedo atthis)

蝉しぐれ / せみしぐれ - (noun) {id} outburst of cicadas singing, chorus of cicadas

蠏 / かに - (noun) crab

蠏工船 / かにこうせん - (noun) crab-canning boat

蠏座 / かにざ - (noun) Cancer (constellation), the Crab

蠏玉 / かにたま - (noun) Chinese dish with fried egg and crab

蠏缶 / かにかん - (noun) canned crab

蟻 / あり - (noun) ant

兵隊蟻 / へいたいあり - (noun) soldier ant

蟻浴 / ぎよく - (noun) anting (bird activity)

蟻蚕 / ぎさん - (noun) silkworm (in the first or second instar)

収穫蟻 / しゅうかくあり - (noun) harvester ant

蝿 / はえ - (noun) fly (any insect of infraorder Muscomorpha); {derog} person of no worth, pisher, scrub

蝿帳 / はいちょう - (noun) fly-net cupboard

蝿頭 / ようとう - (noun) {rare} small characters, tiny handwriting, as small as the head of a fly; {rare} small profit

蝿取紙 / はえとりがみ - (noun) flypaper

蝿座 / はえざ - (noun) {astron} Musca (constellation), the Fly

牡蛎 / ぼれい - (noun) oyster, oyster shell

生牡蛎 / なまがき - (noun) {food} raw oyster

牡蛎 / かき - (noun) oyster, oyster shell

蝋燭 / ろうそく - (noun) candle

封蝋 / ふうろう - (noun) sealing wax

屍蝋 / しろう - (noun) adipocere (waxy substance formed by the decomposition of corpses subjected to moisture), grave wax

木蝋 / もくろう - (noun) vegetable wax, Japan wax, sumac wax

櫨蝋 / はぜろう - (noun) vegetable wax, Japan wax, sumac wax

衿 / えり - (noun) collar, lapel, neckband, neck; nape of the neck, scruff of the neck

半衿 / はんえり - (noun) neckpiece (on a kimono)

開衿 / かいきん - (noun/する verb) unbuttoning a collar; opening up (one's heart); {abbr} open-necked shirt

衿ぐり / えりぐり - (noun) neckline (of dress, etc.)

衿先 / えりさき - (noun) collar points, tip of a collar

袈裟 / けさ - (noun) {Buddh} kasaya, monk's stole; {abbr} wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

袈裟切り / けさぎり - (noun) slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

袈裟懸け / けさがけ - (noun) wearing a kasaya, wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

袈裟斬り / けさぎり - (noun) slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

大袈裟 / おおげさ - (Adjective/-な) exaggerated, overdone, overblown, hyperbolic, bombastic, grandiose

初袷 / はつあわせ - (noun) the first time in the year that one wears an awase kimono

秋袷 / あきあわせ - (noun) autumn lined kimono

素袷 / すあわせ - (noun) wearing a lined kimono without an undergarment

袷 / あわせ - (noun) lined kimono

袴 / はかま - (noun) hakama, pleated skirt or loose-legged trousers worn over a kimono mainly on ceremonial occasions; (leaf) sheath; (sake bottle) stand

御袴料 / おんはかまりょう - (noun) betrothal money given from woman to man

着袴 / ちゃっこ - (noun) ceremony of fitting child with a hakama

緋袴 / ひこ - (noun) red hakama (worn by miko or noblewomen at court)

洋袴 / ズボン - (noun) trousers, pants

冥々の裡 / めいめいのうち - (expression) unawares, before one is aware

裡 / うち - (noun) inside, within; while (e.g. one is young), during, within (e.g. a day), in the course of; among, amongst, (out) of, between; in (secret, chaos, poverty, etc.), amidst, with (e.g. success); within oneself, one's feelings, inner thoughts

脳裡 / のうり - (noun) one's mind

裡面 / りめん - (noun) back (side), reverse, other side; inside, background, dark side (e.g. of society), behind the scenes, beneath the surface

交際場裡 / こうさいじょうり - (noun) social circles, arena of (fashionable) society

大袈裟 / おおげさ - (Adjective/-な) exaggerated, overdone, overblown, hyperbolic, bombastic, grandiose

袈裟 / けさ - (noun) {Buddh} kasaya, monk's stole; {abbr} wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder)

袈裟切り / けさぎり - (noun) slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

袈裟懸け / けさがけ - (noun) wearing a kasaya, wearing an article of clothing in the same manner as a kasaya (i.e. draped over one shoulder); slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

袈裟斬り / けさぎり - (noun) slashing (someone) with a sword diagonally from the shoulder

裳着 / もぎ - (noun) {hist} Heian-period coming-of-age ceremony for girls

裳裾 / もすそ - (noun) cuff (of pants), hem (of skirt), train (of dress), foot (of mountain)

衣裳 / いしょう - (noun) clothing, costume, outfit, garment, dress

花嫁衣裳 / はなよめいしょう - (noun) bridal costume, wedding dress

裳階 / しょうかい - (noun) pent roof (below the true roof of a pagoda, etc.)

襖 / ふすま - (noun) fusuma, Japanese sliding screen

襖 / あお - (noun) {arch} everyday garment worn by men in ancient Japan

素襖 / すおう - (noun) suō (ceremonial dress of lower-class samurai)

襖紙 / ふすまがみ - (noun) fusuma paper, paper pasted over a fusuma (similar to wallpaper)

襖絵 / ふすまえ - (noun) images drawn or painted on fusuma

覗機関 / のぞきからくり - (noun) peep show, device with lens mounted on a stand or in a box to view enlarged pictures

回転覗き絵 / かいてんのぞきえ - (noun) zoetrope (animation device)

覗き穴 / のぞきあな - (noun) peephole, spyhole, inspection hole, observation window

覗き窓 / のぞきまど - (noun) peephole (e.g. in a door), observation window, viewing window

覗く / のぞく - (Godan verb - く/transitive,intransitive) to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at, to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.), to peek through (sky through a forest canopy, etc.); to examine (an expression), to study (a face)

訊き返す / ききかえす - (す verb/transitive) to listen repeatedly, to listen again; to ask a question in return; to ask again, to ask for a repeated explanation

不審訊問 / ふしんじんもん - (noun/する verb) police questioning (of a suspicious person)

中央通訊社 / ちゅうおうつうしんしゃ - (noun) {company} Central News Agency (Taiwanese news agency)

訊ねる / たずねる - (Ichidan verb (ます = stem+ます)/transitive) to ask, to enquire, to inquire; to search, to look for, to look into, to investigate

訊ね / たずね - (noun) question, inquiry, asking

秘訣 / ひけつ - (noun) secret (method, trick, etc.), key (e.g. to success), mysteries (of an art, trade, etc.), recipe, trick

訣別 / けつべつ - (noun/する verb) separation, farewell, parting

永訣 / えいけつ - (noun/する verb) last farewell

要訣 / ようけつ - (noun) main point

訣辞 / けつじ - (noun) words of parting, farewells, goodbyes