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• bi (ancient Chinese artifact; flat jade or glass disc with a circular hole in the centre)

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• blessing of heaven; hand in which the dealer goes out on their initial deal - Mahjong term - From Chinese

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• shoemaker spinefoot (Siganus sutor, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

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• dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus, species of rabbitfish from the Western Indian Ocean)

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• marbled spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

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• Ctenopoma; genus of freshwater climbing gouramies with terrestrial locomotion ability in the family Anabantidae

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• balloon shark (Cephaloscyllium sufflans, species of catshark from the western Indian Ocean)

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• dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus, species of Western Pacific spadefish found from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia)

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• small toy bow that can be shot while sitting, popular in the Edo period

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• constellation (in ancient China; important constellations were then used to divide the ecliptic into 28 "mansions") - obscure term ➜ 星宿【せいしゅく】

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• Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc. - archaism

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• traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)

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• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

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• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

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• Osaka Incident; plot by Oi Kentaro and the Liberal Party to support a Korean uprising, 1885

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• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor remains seated ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

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• swellshark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum, species of catshark in the Eastern Pacific) ➜ アメリカナヌカザメ

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• announcement calling for someone (e.g. "would XX please come to the ticket counter")

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• paper put between newly completed prints to prevent the ink from smudging; interleaf; slip sheet

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• Rumble in the Jungle; Foreman vs. Ali boxing match, Oct. 30, 1974; Kinshasa Miracle [literal]

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• ABCD encirclement; embargoes against Japan by America, Britain, China, and the Dutch starting in 1940

expression / noun:

• person who has lost something they used to rely on; a monkey fallen from the tree [literal] - idiom

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• magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)

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• former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period) ➜ バテレン

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• (one of) the eight earliest and most prestigious high schools (Meiji period) - From English "number school"