Meanings

taishiki mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

brown-spotted grouper (Epinephelus chlorostigma)

gold-ribbon grouper (species of fish, Aulacocephalus temmincki)

sevenband grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus septemfasciatus)

blacktip grouper (species of fish, Epinephelus fasciatus)

scapulimancy (divination using the cracks in the heated shoulder blade of a deer)

kagura flute (six-holed horizontal flute)

Grand Council of State (1868-1885)

Oceania

Pacific Time (US time zone)

grand kagura performance at Ise

to give the stamp of approval

heavy line (for emphasis)

to expose one's thighs

being fat

helioscope

heliometer

sun gear

mean sun

Asia-Pacific War (starting with the Manchurian Incident in 1931 and ending with the Japanese surrender in 1945)