This site will be taken down March 31st, 2026.

This was not an easy decision to make. For the last couple years, I have been struggling to find motivation for this site and to keep up with basic maintenance and security updates. With the rise of AI and more sophisticated tools, the usefulness of sites like this is questionable and traffic has nose-dived. I just don't have it in me to keep doing this. Thank you all for 10 years of support!

Zach

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烏有先生

うゆうせんせい
fictitious person
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写生文

しゃせいぶん
word picture
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社会生活

しゃかいせいかつ
social life
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個体発生

こたいはっせい
ontogeny; ontogenesis
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社会生物学

しゃかいせいぶつがく
sociobiology
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活魚

活け魚、生け魚
かつぎょ、いけうお
live fish and shellfish (kept in a tank in a restaurant)
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個体群生態学

こたいぐんせいたいがく
population ecology
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古生物学者

こせいぶつがくしゃ
paleontologist
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活け造り

活け作り、生け作り、生け造り、活作り
いけづくり
slicing a fish and presenting it at table in its original form; slices of fresh raw fish arranged to look lifelike
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宇宙生物学

うちゅうせいぶつがく
astrobiology; exobiology