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• according to (depending on) the mood of the moment; as one's fancy dictates - four character idiom

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• flower-patterned material used to bind the ends of the spine in books

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• Shinto shrine on Buddhist temple grounds dedicated to the tutelary deity of the area

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• in calligraphy, a style of holding the brush between the thumb and index finger ➜ 双鉤法

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• pattern of Japanese accent with the first mora high and the following ones low

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• pattern of Japanese accent with the last mora high and the succeeding particle low

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• metal rod in a wooden plane which holds the chip breaker against the blade

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• name given to the lowest rank of the Japanese caste system after its abolition - obsolete term - derogatory term

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• Rikkokushi; the six ancient Japanese historical collections compiled between the Nara and Heian periods

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• general term for the nine holes in the body of humans and other mammals

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• the three kleshas that poison the heart of man (desire, ill will and ignorance) - Buddhism term ➜ 煩悩

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• Yata no Kagami (the eight-span mirror; one of the Imperial regalia) ➜ 三種の神器

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• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor) - abbreviation ➜ 紫微垣

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• Purple Forbidden Enclosure (group of constellations in the northern sky associated with the emperor)

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• mounted bandit (esp. historically in NE China from the end of the Qing dynasty)

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• august (in ref. to the emperor or the gods); imperial; divine - honorific language

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• big moment (e.g. performance, in the spotlight); gala occasion; (on the) world stage ➜ 晴れ舞台

expression:

• slow and steady wins the race; there is luck in the last helping - proverb

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• dip (angle that the direction of a compass needle makes with the horizon)

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• nut (on the head of a shamisen, supporting the second and third strings)

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• anticipating the escape of the king and blocking him in advance with a knight - Shōgi term

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• form of astrology based on the Xiuyaojing (brought to Japan in the Heian period) ➜ 宿曜

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• Kaiseijo (school of foreign studies set up by the shogunate during the Edo period)

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• finishing board nailed where the floor boards meet the wall; (similar to) skirting, baseboards

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• over-the-counter drug; medication bought directly from the drugstore without a prescription ➜ 売薬