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Ōmi (former province located in present-day Shiga Prefecture)

Kaga (former province located in the south of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)

Tajima (former province located in the north of present-day Hyōgo Prefecture)

tiger-striped pants

to cause repercussions

quinquennial

large and small buildings, esp. shrines and temples

Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures)

to take the law into one's own hands

drunken elephant piece, used in some variants of shogi

to get an upset stomach

constraint satisfaction problem (esp. in AI)

important local businessmen (in the Muromachi period)

prepaid cellphone

counterfactual thinking

septennial

(animal) whiskers

Zen blowing meditation (performed with shakuhachi)

Scarus (genus of parrotfish)

change log

toy soldier

Gymnocanthus (genus of northern demersal fish)

safari

lipopolysaccharide

debt cancellation order issued by the Emperor or the Shogun (during the Muromachi and Kamakura periods)

hourglass drum used in Nara-period court music

second language

photo projective method (esp. in psych.)

oicho-kabu (traditional gambling game)

seafood cooked in a way that preserves its original shape