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

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• short coat for noblewomen (Nara and Heian period)

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• Buddhist service in which the eight scrolls of the Lotus Sutra are read one scroll at a time (one morning and one evening reading each day for four days with a different reciter each time)

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• umbrella polypore sclerotium (used as a diuretic, antipyretic, and antitussive in traditional Chinese medicine) ➜ 猪苓舞茸

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• Minister of the Right (official in Nara and Heian periods)

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• salamander shark (Parmaturus pilosus, found in China and Japan)

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• (from heart and utopia) welfare institutions, etc.

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• rapping sound (and other sounds when associated with poltergeists)

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• lay-up (in basketball and golf); layup

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• US Open (esp. tennis and golf championships)

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• Decapoda (the order of crustaceans including shrimp and crabs)

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• Jōdo Shinshū Buddhist uprising (Muromachi and Warring States periods)

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• the eight precepts (in addition to the five precepts, prohibitions against: lying in a luxurious bed; self-decoration, song & dance; and eating after noon) - Buddhism term ➜ 五戒

noun:

• Higashiyama period (cultural and artistic period of the mid-Muromachi) ➜ 室町時代

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• rain chain (hanging from a gutter and functioning as downspout, often made of ornamental cups)

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• San-in region of western Honshu (incl. Tottori, Shimane, northern Yamaguchi and sometimes northern Hyogo and Kyoto prefectures)

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• kimnara (celestial musicians and protectors of Buddhism) - Buddhism term

noun:

• thermosetting material (esp. plastics and resins)

noun:

• all existing things (formed and formless) - Buddhism term

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• three activities (action, speech and thought) - Buddhism term ➜ 身口意

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• metazoan (any member of the animal kingdom, excluding protozoans and sponges)

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• Japan's three antinuclear principles (against producing, possessing and allowing the entry of nuclear weapons into Japanese territory)

noun:

• Great Leap Forward (failed attempt to industrialize China and increase agricultural production, from 1958-1960)

noun / ~する noun:

• significant breakthrough; great strides

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• absentee appointment to a distant administrative post (Nara and Heian periods) - archaism

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• the four great civilizations of the world (China, Babylon, India and Egypt as put forward by Chinese scholar Liang Qichao in 1900)