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• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

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• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

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• "grain in ear" solar term (approx. June 6, when awns begin to grow on grains) ➜ 二十四節気

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• oval pad with two long strips tied underneath the obi to make it look fuller

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• standard formal wear worn by students, usu. when going to interviews - From English "recruit suit"

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• case that something major happens; event of an emergency; when it comes to the crunch

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• Qing-dynasty system assigning equal numbers of Manchurians and Han Chinese to central government agencies

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• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb

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• waiting (e.g. at the stage door) for performers or celebrities to arrive - slang ➜ 出待ち

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• Australian marbled catshark (Atelomycterus macleayi, species endemic to Australia)

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• King's goanna (Varanus kingorum, species of small carnivorous monitor lizard native to the Australia)

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• Monrovia doctorfish (Acanthurus monroviae, species of Eastern Atlantic tang found from southern Morocco to Angola)

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• ninespine batfish (Zabidius novemaculeatus, species of Indo-Pacific spadefish found from Indonesia to northwestern Australia)

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• place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction - the へ is pronounced as え in this word - archaism ➜ 方違え・方塞がり

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• to stamp on the ground rhythmically while singing ➜ 鼓腹撃壌
• ancient Chinese game of wooden clog throwing

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• room in Edo castle where the shogun's council of elders attended to governmental affairs

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• koto erected in one's yard as decoration during the Festival to Plead for Skills - archaism ➜ 乞巧奠

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• using early morning time (before going to work) for some other activity (e.g. study)

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• Mozambique tilapia (tilapiine cichlid fish native to southern Africa, Oreochromis mossambicus) ➜ モザンビークティラピア

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• homemade bento containing food decorated to look like cute characters (from anime, etc.) ➜ キャラ・弁【べん】

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• office system where employees are free to change desk ➜ フリーアドレス

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• person who is employed but has nothing to do at their company ➜ ＮＥＥＴ

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• game similar to rock, paper, scissors, with the hand gestures fox, hunter and village headman

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• journal club; gathering to read and discuss papers, articles, books, etc. ➜ 輪講

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• taking action although it may result in death; acting while being fully prepared to die