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• Trimma imaii (species of goby found in Japan)

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• brown hagfish (Eptatretus atami, species found in Japan)

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• saddle carpetshark (Cirrhoscyllium japonicum, species found in Japan)

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• latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture) - Architecture term

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• counter in a sushi restaurant

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• position at the imperial court in ancient China - abbreviation ➜ 内閣大学士

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• conjecture; guesswork; shot in the dark ➜ 当て推量

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• poetry form (esp. haiku) ➜ 句法
• grammatical structure in kanbun ➜ 句法

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• small fish bone stuck in one's throat - archaism

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• new yen (issued in 1946 to fight inflation)

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• tub used to collect feces in an outhouse ➜ 便壺

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• brute force approach (esp. in a video game) - colloquialism

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• party appointee in a safe constituency; parachute candidate [literal]

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• sliced abalone served in cold water ➜ 水貝
• raw shellfish

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• cicadas which sing in late autumn

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• Betelgeuse (star in the constellation Orion); Alpha Orionis - Astronomy term

noun:

• Rigel (star in the constellation Orion); Beta Orionis - Astronomy term

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• cloth dyed in a dapple pattern ➜ 鹿の子

noun:

• ancient Japanese coinage first minted in 760 CE

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• capstone in a cist (archaeology); dolmen burial chamber

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• siren (in Greek mythology) - セイレーネス is plural - From Greek "seiren" or Greek "seirenos"

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• western side house (in traditional palatial-style architecture) ➜ 寝殿造

noun:

• latticed shutters (in traditional Japanese and Chinese architecture) - Architecture term

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• jobs available section (e.g. in a newspaper)

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• bucket used for cleaning oneself in a bathhouse