dragon (esp. a Chinese dragon);  naga;  semi-divine human-cobra chimera in Hindu and Buddhist mythology;  promoted rook
 dragon god;  dragon king;  naga
 blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology);  Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)
 splendid horse;  promoted bishop
 long mai (feng shui);  longmai;  the air or energy flowing down from an undulating mountain range
 Dragon King;  promoted rook
 something in the shape of a dragon's head (esp. a helmet crest)
 Palace of the Dragon King;  palace from the story of Urashima Tarō (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
 mole (Talpidae spp., esp. the small Japanese mole, Mogera imaizumii)
 blue dragon;  Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens);  seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens;  large horse with a bluish-leaden coat;  shape of an old pine tree
 dragon and tiger; (fig.) two mighty rivals
 dragon's den;  auspicious place for a temple, town, etc. to be built (feng shui)
 suicide divers (part of the Japanese Special Attack Units during WWII)
 longan (Euphoria longana)
 mizuchi;  mythical dragon-like beast, believed to ascend to the heavens through rain;  unfulfilled genius;  dormant talent
 unrecognized genius;  exceptional person hidden among the masses;  reclining dragon
 shoryuken (uppercut move in the Street Fighter series)
 dragon-slaying;  Kawasaki Ki-45 (WWII heavy fighter aircraft)
 Imperial countenance;  face of the Emperor
 rising dragon;  white saddle (Helvella crispa);  elfin saddle;  common helvel
 gateway to success;  opening to honours;  opening to honors
 dragon flute;  medium-pitched bark-covered bamboo transverse flute with seven holes, used in gagaku
 Palace of the Dragon King;  palace from the story of Urashima Taro (said to be located at the bottom of the sea)
 Yinglong;  dragon and rain deity in Chinese mythology
 dragon-like cryptid fish with many whiskers and no bones (likely a sturgeon)
 Unryū style of grand champion's ring-entering ceremony
 finishing touch;  completing (something) by executing the final, critical step
 hand-operated fire pump;  water pistol;  squirt gun;  water gun
 dragon dance (in Chinese culture)
 coiled dragon;  dragon coiled on the earth, which has not yet ascended to the sky
 dragon boat (long 22-person canoe used for racing)
 borneol (crystalline turpenoid alcohol)
 agave;  maguey;  American aloe;  century plant (Agave americana)
 rising dragon;  white saddle (Helvella crispa);  elfin saddle;  common helvel
 strong beginning and weak ending;  anticlimax
 the eight legions (devas, nagas, yaksas, gandharvas, asuras, garudas, kimnaras, mahoragas)
 dragon dance (e.g. in the Nagasaki Kunchi festival)
 finishing touch;  completing (something) by executing the final, critical step
 Okinawan dragon boat race
 rise of the dragon (bringing rain around the time of the spring equinox)
 Dragon's beard candy;  Chinese cotton candy;  Chinese pastry, similar to Turkish pishmaniye or Persian pashmak (thin pastry threads outside, filling inside)
 Longshan culture (China, 3000-1900 BCE);  Lung-shan culture;  Black Pottery culture