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• (in China) 6th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. G) ➜ 十二律・双調
• fourth lunar month

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• (in China) 3rd note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. E) ➜ 十二律・平調
• first lunar month

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• second note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. D sharp) (in China) ➜ 十二律・断吟
• twelfth lunar month

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• Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices) ➜ 太政官

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• Buddhist pilgrim (carrying 66 copies of the Lotus Sutra to be left at sites across Japan)

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• distinctive character used in the names of all people belonging to a single clan or lineage

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• first half of a tea ceremony (in which the charcoal is set and light food served) ➜ 後座【ござ】

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• BRIC, BRICs (Brazil, Russia, India, China), referring especially to the fast-growing economies of these countries

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• blessing of heaven; hand in which the dealer goes out on their initial deal - Mahjong term - From Chinese

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• shoemaker spinefoot (Siganus sutor, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

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• dusky spinefoot (Siganus luridus, species of rabbitfish from the Western Indian Ocean)

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• marbled spinefoot (Siganus rivulatus, species of rabbitfish from the western Indian Ocean)

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• Ctenopoma; genus of freshwater climbing gouramies with terrestrial locomotion ability in the family Anabantidae

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• balloon shark (Cephaloscyllium sufflans, species of catshark from the western Indian Ocean)

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• Apristurus (genus of catshark in the family Scyliorhinidae known as ghost or demon catsharks)

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• dusky batfish (Platax pinnatus, species of Western Pacific spadefish found from the Ryukyu Islands to Australia)

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• Edo period office in charge of compiling the koyomi, astronomical measurements, surveying, translating Western books, etc. - archaism

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• traditional Japanese fire extinguisher (bamboo pole with a clump of rope attached at the end)

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• unlucky direction (in Onmyōdō; due to the presence of a god such as Ten'ichijin) - archaism ➜ 陰陽道・天一神・方違え

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• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

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• stink bomb; foul odour emitted from the anal sacs of a frightened weasel
• final desperate tactic - idiom

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• aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor remains seated ➜ 曲【くせ】・仕手

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• swellshark (Cephaloscyllium ventriosum, species of catshark in the Eastern Pacific) ➜ アメリカナヌカザメ

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• single kanji that is read twice (with different pronunciations) in the Japanese reading of Chinese texts - e.g. 将 is read as「まさに...んとす」

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• magistrate in charge of finding out and converting hidden Christians (during the Edo period)