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- 分裂選挙【ぶんれつせんきょ】
noun:
- split election (where two or more candidates from the same party stand)
- 鳥追棒【とりおいぼう】
noun:
- stick used to drive off birds (during the New Year's procession) - archaism ➜ 鳥追
- 散茶女郎【さんちゃじょろう】
noun:
- prostitute from the Yoshiwara district of a fairly high rank (Edo period)
- 巻き帯【まきおび】巻帯
noun:
- obi that is not tied but merely wrapped around the body
- 清涼殿【せいりょうでん・せいろうでん】
noun:
- pavilion used as the emperor's habitual residence (in Heian Palace) ➜ 十七殿
- 除目【じもく・じょもく】
noun:
- ceremony for appointing officials other than ministers (from the Heian period)
- 金光明最勝王経【こんこうみょうさいしょうおうきょう】
noun:
- Golden Light Sutra (as translated into Chinese by the monk I Ching) ➜ 金光明経
- 後仏【ごぶつ】
noun:
- Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒・前仏
- 鄙振り【ひなぶり】夷曲・夷振り
noun:
- appearing rustic
- ancient song played at the court
- comical tanka ➜ 狂歌
- ダブル選挙【ダブルせんきょ】
noun:
- double election (e.g. of the lower and higher chambers) ➜ 同時選挙
- オリンピック景気【オリンピックけいき】
noun:
- economic boom created by the Tokyo Olympic Games (1962-1964)
- ボンネットヘッド
noun:
- bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo, species of hammerhead shark found in the Western Hemisphere)
- 孟母三遷の教え【もうぼさんせんのおしえ】
expression:
- the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning
- 三遷の教え【さんせんのおしえ】
expression:
- the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning ➜ 孟母三遷の教え
- 田鼠化して鶉となる【でんそかしてうずらとなる】
expression:
- time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month) ➜ 七十二候
- 旗本八万騎【はたもとはちまんき】
noun:
- the shogun's eighty thousand guards, comprising hatamoto and lower-ranking vassals - archaism ➜ 旗本【はたもと】
- 応援者【おうえんしゃ】
noun:
- supporter; cheerer (e.g. from the sidelines at a sporting event); rooter
- 表方【おもてかた】
noun:
- theatre staff who deals with the audience (e.g. ticket-taker, usher) ➜ 裏方
- ワンクッション・ワン・クッション
noun:
- action taken to soften the impact of something - From English "one cushion"
- カワスズメ属【カワスズメぞく】
noun:
- Oreochromis; genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae
- 大鵬【たいほう】
noun:
- dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)
- うわばみそう《蟒草》ウワバミソウ
noun:
- Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)
- 棹物菓子【さおものがし】
noun:
- Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)
- 厨子甕【ずしがめ】
noun:
- decorated pottery container for storing the bones of one's ancestors (Okinawa) - called じ〜しか〜み or じ〜しが〜み in Okinawa ➜ 厨子
- 五念門【ごねんもん】
noun:
- five gates of mindfulness: worship, praise, vows, observation, prayers for the dead - Buddhism term