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• sixth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Venus and north-west) ➜ 九星

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• eighth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and north-east) ➜ 九星

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• agnosia (loss of ability to recognize objects, persons, sounds, shapes, or smells)

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• period of Japanese economic expansion from February 2002 to October 2007

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• period of Japanese economic expansion from February 2002 to October 2007 ➜ だらだらかげろう景気

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• playful style of haikai poetry popularized in the mid-seventeenth century ➜ 談林派・俳諧

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• Chinese windmill (species of red-bodied swallowtail butterfly, Atrophaneura alcinous)

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• Great Kobe earthquake of 1995 (the epicenter was located on Awaji island) ➜ 阪神大震災

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• imposition (printing); laying out page order
• assembly (e.g. of components)

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• vase used to hold flower offerings (often made of gilded copper) - Buddhism term

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• Maitreya (buddha appearing 5.67 billion years after the death of Gautama) - Buddhism term ➜ 弥勒・前仏

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• Sargassum fulvellum (species of edible brown alga)

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• double election (e.g. of the lower and higher chambers) ➜ 同時選挙

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• bonnethead (Sphyrna tiburo, species of hammerhead shark found in the Western Hemisphere)

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• type of sushi with vinegared fish and rice lightly pressed overnight

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• New Year's decoration of willow, etc. branches with colored rice balls ➜ 餅【もち】・繭玉

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• time when moles transform into quails (second climate of the third month) ➜ 七十二候

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• Tengin Bank robbery (1948), in which 12 people died of cyanide poisoning

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• action taken to soften the impact of something - From English "one cushion"

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• Oreochromis; genus of tilapiine cichlids in the fish family Cichlidae

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• pale grass blue (species of gossamer-winged butterfly, Pseudozizeeria maha)

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• Elatostema umbellatum var. majus (variety of plant related to the nettles)

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• Japanese sweets in the form of long blocks (e.g. yokan, uiro)

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• comprehensive list of famous places in Kyoto accompanied with pictures and text

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• dish of white and red-fleshed fish arranged next to each other