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• toy from Fukushima prefecture in the shape of a red cow, also used as a talisman against smallpox

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• magnificent rabbitfish (Siganus magnificus, species of rabbitfish found from Thailand to Java)

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• goldspotted spinefoot (Siganus punctatus, species of Western Pacific rabbitfish); gold-spotted rabbitfish

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• pearl-spot chromis (Chromis notata, species of damselfish found in southern Japan, Ryukyu Islands, Taiwan, and China)

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• Pseudocarchariidae; family whose only member is a species of mackerel shark known as the crocodile shark

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• Lamna (genus of mackerel sharks or white sharks with two living species in the family Lamnidae)

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• Indian swellshark (Cephaloscyllium silasi, species of catshark from the western Indian Ocean)

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• Pseudotriakis (genus of ground shark in the family Pseudotriakidae whose sole member is the false catshark)

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• Mustelus (genus of smooth-hound sharks in the family Triakidae); from the Latin mustela meaning weasel

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• Nile monitor (Varanus niloticus, species of carnivorous monitor lizard native to sub-Saharan Africa); water leguaan ➜ ナイルモニター

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• Acanthuroidei (suborder of the order Perciformes, containing the families Acanthuridae, Ephippidae, Luvaridae, Scatophagidae, Siganidae, and Zanclidae)

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• Luvarus (sole genus of perciform fish in the family Luvaridae whose only member is the luvar)

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• train ticket printed on soft paper, etc. (usu. dispensed from a vending machine as part of a roll) ➜ 硬券

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• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

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• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大黒天

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• Okuninushi; deity of magic and medicine later viewed as equivalent to Daikokuten and celebrated at Izumo Grand Shrine ➜ 大国主命【おおくにぬしのみこと】

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• everyday robes worn by males of the imperial family, nobility, etc. (from the Heian period onward)

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• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

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• monk who attends to the principal image of a temple - abbreviation ➜ 供奉僧
• Buddhist monk serving at an attached Shinto shrine

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• tanbo art; using rice of various types and colours to create giant pictures in rice fields

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• Japanese traditional architectural style where the main entrance is on one or both of the gabled sides ➜ 平入り

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• branch of a sacred tree (esp. sakaki) with paper or cotton strips attached (used as a Shinto offering) - poetic name - archaism ➜ 玉串

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• Washington Convention (i.e. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora) ➜ ＣＩＴＥＳ

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• folk song from the Tsugaru region of Aomori Prefecture (used as a Bon Festival dance song)

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• meaningless or stupid turn of phrase that at first glance resembles a wise saying; silly saying; nonsensical proverb - pun on 名言 - humorous term ➜ 名言