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• sailfin sandfish (Arctoscopus japonicus); Japanese sandfish

noun:

• women's volunteer corps; groups of young female workers organized on Japanese territory during WWII

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• padded sleeveless kimono jacket; Japanese vest

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• painting of flowers and birds; bird-and-flower genre in Chinese and Japanese painting

noun:

• jankyu; combination of Japanese pinball and mahjong

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• chrysanthemum taboo; taboo about criticizing or parodying the Japanese royal family

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• clocks made in Japan, mainly in the Edo period; clocks that tell Japanese time

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• Yoshida Shinto; fusion of Shinto, Buddhism, Confucianism and Taoism stressing traditional Japanese elements

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• Shuten-dōji; mythical Japanese oni (demon) who lived on Mt. Ōe

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• Treaty of Saint Petersburg (1875); Russo-Japanese treaty in which Japan exchanged Sakhalin for the Kuril Islands

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• Maru-ship; Japanese ship (because Japanese ship names often end in Maru)

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• Japan and Russia; Russo-Japanese

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• long kimono; ankle-length traditional Japanese garment

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• Seven Bridge; Japanese card game where the '7' card is special

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• kaya (Torreya nucifera); Japanese nutmeg tree

noun:

• himedaka; gold-colored breed of the Japanese rice fish (Oryzias latipes) ➜ メダカ

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• Dsinezumi shrew (Crocidura dsinezumi); Japanese white-toothed shrew ➜ 地鼠

noun / ~の noun:

• Japan and North Korea; Japanese-North Korean

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• Uji-cha; prized Japanese green tea cultivated around Uji, Kyoto

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• karayuki-san; young Japanese women who were sent to work (mainly as prostitutes) in foreign countries, esp. in Southeast Asia (Meiji to early Showa) ➜ 唐行き【からゆき】

noun:

• Japanism; Japanese nationalistic ideological movement - archaism

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• tsukemono; Japanese pickled vegetables - Tōhoku dialect

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• Sei Shonagon chie-no-ita; Japanese puzzle similar to tangram

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• kousa dogwood (Cornus kousa); Japanese flowering dogwood

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• Galapagosization; widespread design of Japanese products (e.g. cell phones) specifically for the domestic market, which are therefore unsuccessful overseas and also vulnerable to competition from imports - because the Galapagos contains many endemic species