noun:

• giant butterbur (Petasites japonicus); Japanese sweet coltsfoot

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• seitai; manipulative therapy based on Chinese and Japanese traditions, and encompassing osteopathy, massage and chiropractic

noun:

• Shugendō; Japanese mountain asceticism incorporating Shinto and Buddhist concepts

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• beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics - four character idiom ➜ 花鳥諷詠
• artistic pursuits involving nature themes

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• koban; small former Japanese oval gold coin ➜ 大判

noun / ~の noun:

• oval ➜ 小判型

noun:

• small size (of paper) ➜ 判【はん】

noun:

• kerria (Kerria japonica); Japanese yellow rose
• bright golden yellow - abbreviation ➜ 山吹色
• gold coin

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• black pine (Pinus thunbergii); Japanese black pine

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• traditional love hotel; traditional Japanese inn specially for couples ➜ 旅館

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• green pheasant (Phasianus versicolor); Japanese pheasant

noun:

• history of a nation; Japanese history

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• Japan and Germany; Japanese-German

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• Ubume; birthing woman ghost in Japanese folklore
• woman in late pregnancy; woman on the point of giving birth ［産女・孕女］ - obscure term

noun:

• hired foreigner; foreign advisor hired by the Japanese government for their specialized knowledge to assist in the modernization of Japan at the end of the Bakufu and during the Meiji Era

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• chinaberry; Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach) - archaism ➜ 栴檀【せんだん】
• light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

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• wintersweet (Chimonanthus praecox); Japanese allspice ➜ 蝋梅

noun:

• Oriental odd-tooth snake (Dinodon orientale); Japanese odd-tooth snake

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• iroha order; traditional ordering of Japanese syllabaries (based on a Buddhist poem) ➜ 五十音順

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• hatchet; traditional Japanese edged tool with short handle and wide blade

noun:

• city pop; Japanese music genre popular in the 1980's

noun:

• man'yōgana; early Japanese syllabary composed of Chinese characters used phonetically

noun:

• monarch birch (Betula maximowicziana); Japanese birch

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• genius shows from childhood; the Japanese bead tree is fragrant from when a sprout [literal] - proverb

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• yodan verb conjugation; verb conjugation of classical Japanese - Linguistics term ➜ 五段活用

noun:

• ichimatsu doll; traditional Japanese doll with a torso made of hardened sawdust

noun:

• Nanban trade; Japanese trade with Spain and Portugal (1543-1641)