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• universal illumination (esp. in Buddhism, by the dharma-body) ➜ 法身

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• sexual harassment from colleagues in the work environment

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• fingerspelling (in sign language for the deaf); finger alphabet

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• torture in which the victim is whipped with arrow shafts

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• latticed butterflyfish (Chaetodon rafflesii, species found in the Indo-Pacific)

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• Tetraodon (largest genus in the pufferfish family Tetraodontidae)

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• slender bambooshark (Chiloscyllium indicum, found in the Indo-West Pacific)

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• coral catshark (Atelomycterus marmoratus, found in the Indo-West Pacific)

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• chain catshark (Scyliorhinus retifer, species found in the Western Atlantic)

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• deep-water catshark (Apristurus profundorum, species found in the Atlantic)

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• whitenose shark (Nasolamia velox, species found in the eastern Pacific)

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• Paragaleus (genus in the weasel shark family Hemigaleidae)

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• position at the imperial court in ancient China; grand secretariat ➜ 大学士

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• five residences for court ladies (in the inner Heian Palace) ➜ 後宮

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• bringing out the pillows and futon (in Zen Buddhism); sleeping - Buddhism term

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• Chinese-style vegetarian cuisine (popular in the Edo period)

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• curved nose
• crosspatch
• male salmon in the breeding season

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• costume for women serving in the inner palace (Heian period) - archaism

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• old orogenic belt; mountain belts formed in the Palaeozoic era

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• sociolect spoken in the Tokyo area by gyaru - Linguistics term ➜ ギャル

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• letting horses out the barn to graze (in spring)

noun / ~する noun:

• leaving water in the bathtub (to use later for laundry)

noun:

• rank and social status (e.g. in the imperial family)

noun / ~する noun:

• living in tranquility; retiring to the countryside

noun:

• retirement house

noun:

• the four examinations (in Chinese medicine: seeing, hearing, asking, touching)