scale (of fish, snake, etc.);  serif (on kana or kanji (e.g. in Mincho font))
 portion;  part;  snapshot;  glimpse
 to infuriate one's superior;  to incur the anger of one's boss;  to bring (a superior's) wrath down upon one;  to incur the Imperial wrath;  to offend the Emperor
 (insectile, especially moth) scales
 one's superior's anger;  imperial wrath
 to see the light;  to be awakened to the truth;  to have the scales fall from one's eyes
 triangular pattern;  scalelike pattern;  imbricate pattern;  triangle emblem
 mitsuuroko emblem (three triangles in a triangular pattern; Hōjō clan symbol)
 bulb (of a lily, tulip, etc.)
 Squamata;  order of scaled reptiles;  Pholidota (order of pangolins)
 scale leaf (forming part of a bulb)
 scale (i.e. of pathologically dry skin)
 Squamata (order of scaled reptiles);  Pholidota (order of pangolins)
 bud scale (scaly leaf protecting a bud)
 small (fish) scale;  small fish
 bulbil;  cormel;  brood bud
 lepidocrocite;  esmeraldite