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• Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century ➜ 南蛮

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• Japan Fine Arts Exhibition ➜ 日展

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• Christian churches built in Japan in the second half of the 16th century ➜ 南蛮寺

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• mythical shark-like demon sea monster with barbed tail fin, said to live off the coast of Matsuura and other places in Western Japan; Beach Stroker

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• thorium series

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• Japan's first coinage (dating to 683 CE, but perhaps never in circulation) ➜ 和同開珎

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• convergent series - Mathematics term

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• Japan Series

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• the Japan Record Award ➜ レコード大賞

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• a series of paperbacks published since 1964 by Kodansha

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• one group comprising the lowest rank of Japan's Edo-period caste system (people whose work usually involved handling human bodies or animal carcasses) - vulgar ➜ 被差別部落民

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• Japan - From Dutch

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• Japan wax; Japan tallow

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• trade deficit with Japan

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• radioactive decay series ➜ 崩壊系列

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• Japan-India relations

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• Japan bashing

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• provincial maps of Japan (Edo period)

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• former residence status in Japan for foreign students in Japanese language schools and vocational schools (abolished in 2010)

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• Japan Standard Time; JST

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• the Japan Record Award ➜ 日本レコード大賞

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• sword-shaped stoneware found in archeological sites in eastern Japan dating to the end of the Jomon period

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• southwest Japan (southwest of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line) ➜ 東北日本

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• everyday garment worn by nobles in ancient Japan
• silk dried after having been washed in plain water and stretched out

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• harmonic series - Mathematics term