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• type Japanese folkloric monster (yokai), thought to be a trio of weasels who appear in a whirlwind to cut their victim
• cut caused by whirlwind

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• Japanese word constructed of elements from foreign languages ➜ 和製英語

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• Japanese hop hornbeam; ostrya japonica

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• system of Japanese provinces under the ritsuryo system; ancient provinces of Japan ➜ 律令【りつりょう】

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• Japanese honeybee (Apis cerana japonica)

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• First Sino-Japanese war (1894-5) - colloquialism

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• Japanese pipistrelle (Pipistrellus abramus); Japanese house bat

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• Japanese giant salamander (Andrias japonicus) ➜ 大山椒魚

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• traditional Japanese pattern; traditional Japanese design

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• Japanese scallop (Patinopecten yessoensis); Yesso scallop - abbreviation ➜ 帆立貝【ほたてがい】

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• Japanese Western-style envelope (opening on the long dimension; numbered 0-7, each with different sizes)

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• Japanese-language education (for non-native speakers)

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• overseas Japanese merchant

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• Japanese calendar's six labels, indicating how auspicious each day is ➜ 六曜

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• Japanese yew (Taxus cuspidata) ［櫟］ ➜ 一位【いちい】
• Quercus gilva (species of oak) ➜ いちい樫

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• Japanese green gentian (Swertia japonica)
• alderfly (esp. species Sialis japonica); alder fly

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• solitary Japanese cedar

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• Japanese-German (e.g. dictionary)

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• Japanese dancing mouse (Mus musculus musculus)

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• Japanese-Spanish dictionary

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• Japanese version of baseball played with a hard rubber ball - Sports term ➜ 硬式野球

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• Japanese plum-yew (Cephalotaxus harringtonia); Harrington's cephalotaxus; cowtail pine

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• Japanese crayfish (Cambaroides japonicus) ➜ アメリカザリガニ

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• Japanese clethra; tree clethra; clethra barbinervis

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• former rank in the Japanese army and navy, equiv. to private first-class, lance corporal, etc. ➜ 士長