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• Nivkh (ethnic minority group of Russia, living near the Amur river and on Sakhalin)

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• ash glaze (type of fundamental glaze used in ancient times made from the ashes of raw materials such as unhulled rice, straw, oak and pine)

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• Dongba script (used by the Naxi People in southern China); Tomba script; Tompa script

noun:

• violet (any flower of genus Viola, esp. the Fuji dawn, Viola mandshurica)

noun:

• archerfish (any fish of family Toxotidae, esp. the banded archerfish, Toxotes jaculatrix)

noun:

• Heniochus (genus of fish in the family Chaetodontidae)

noun:

• malleus (bone of the ear)

noun:

• speartooth shark (Glyphis glyphis, species of fresh water requiem shark from the western Pacific known only from the original description of 1839)

noun:

• ten-night memorial service (6th to 15th days of the 10th month in the lunar calendar) - Buddhism term ➜ 十夜粥【じゅうやがゆ】

noun:

• neo-Confucianism (based on the teachings of Wang Yangming and his followers) ➜ 朱子学

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• Chinese "Net" constellation (one of the 28 mansions) - Astronomy term ➜ 二十八宿・白虎【びゃっこ】

noun:

• laws established by daimyo applicable only in their own domain (during the Warring States period) ➜ 戦国大名

noun:

• bonang (small gongs used in the Javanese gamelan) - From Indonesian ➜ ガムラン

noun:

• one shoulder exposed (e.g. because one sleeve of the kimono is undone) - obscure term

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• bonus footage (e.g. behind-the-scenes interviews), such as that included on DVDs of movies, television programs, etc.

noun:

• homeless people (living on the street)

noun:

• (the) prosecution

noun:

• increase in digit (e.g. if we add 2 to the number 9)

noun:

• alias for fox (from a statue in the Inarimae shrine)

godan ~う verb / transitive:

• to burn down (to the ground); to clear away by burning; to reduce to ashes; to burn off

noun:

• courteous language (i.e. humble language in which an action or object is not directed toward the listener or a third party) ➜ 謙譲語ＩＩ

noun:

• toe-in (alignment of the front wheels of a motor vehicle closer together at the front than at the back)

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• Gospel of Mark (book of the Bible)

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• Great Interregnum (gap between Hohenstaufen and Habsburg rule of the Holy Roman Empire, approx. 1254-1273 CE)

noun:

• not counted (in the score); not tallied - Sports term - From English "no count"