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• seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usually for fish or vegetables - Food term

noun:

• Golden Triangle (area near the borders of Burma, Thailand and Laos)

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• mixture of mayonnaise and canned tuna, used on bread, pasta, etc.

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• Sunni Triangle (area of Iraq bounded by Baghdad, Ramadi and Tikrit)

noun / ~する noun:

• beginning one's studies with something familiar and gradually increasing the depth of learning - four character idiom

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• public awareness (e.g. publicity and education campaigns aimed at improving the health, environment, etc.)

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• euphonic change wherein some mora ('ki', 'gi', 'shi' and 'ri') are pronounced 'i' - Linguistics term

noun:

• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activities

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• twelve words used to mark the old calendar as indicators of lucky and unlucky activites - obscure term ➜ 十二直

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• robe worn by military officials with a round collar, unstitched open sides and no ran ➜ 襴

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• vijnapti-matrata (theory that all existence is subjective and nothing exists outside of the mind) - Buddhism term

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• taiji (in Chinese philosophy, the principle that embodies all potential things, incl. time and space)

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• thin, dried strips of daikon soaked in vinegar and other flavorings

noun:

• The Five (circle of Russian composers: Balakirev, Cui, Mussorgsky, Rimsky-Korsakov, and Borodin)

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• Qing-dynasty system assigning equal numbers of Manchurians and Han Chinese to central government agencies

noun:

• framing (e.g. a picture)
• flaming; hostile and insulting interaction between persons over the internet

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• common and low grade type of katsuobushi
• bamboo rod used during imperial exorcism ceremonies

noun:

• megapode (any bird of family Megapodiidae, incl. brush turkeys and mallee fowl); mound builder

expression:

• he that fights and runs away may live to fight another day; fleeing is winning [literal] - proverb

noun:

• Edo-period school of Chinese medicine based on post-Jin and Yuan teachings ➜ 古医方

noun:

• purple chimaera (Hydrolagus purpurescens, species of cartilaginous fish found in Japan and the Hawaiian Islands)

noun:

• longnose sawtail cat shark (Galeus longirostris, found in Amami-oshima, the Ogasawara and Izu islands)

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• Pomacentridae; family containing about 360 species of primarily marine tropical damselfishes and clownfishes

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• Panthera (genus of the cat family Felidae containing tigers, lions, jaguars, and leopards)

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• juvenile Japanese sea perch (under two years of age and 25 cm in length) ➜ 鱸