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Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)

anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)

London Underground mosquito (Culex pipiens f. molestus)

daughter cell

10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B)

bimodal

integrated set of schools that offers education from one stage to the next without taking entrance exams en route

Luvarus (genus of perciform fish whose only member is the luvar)

seven orders of Buddhist disciples (monks, nuns, probationary nuns, male novices, female novices, male lay devotees, female lay devotees)

five ranks of nobility (in Japan; 1869-1947)

Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale (corresponding to: so, la, ti, do, re, mi, fa), similar to Mixolydian mode

phylogeny

apologetics

wives and tatami mats are best when new

chytridiomycosis (fatal infectious disease of amphibians)

inconspicuous

damage caused by harmful rumours or misinformation (rumors)

four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)

point mutation

phosphorescent lights seen at sea at night

former public prosecutor who now works as a lawyer

sugar palm (Arenga pinnata)

advice column

(in Japan) 10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B)

having a high threshold (for entry)

being out of consideration

miyako-bushi scale (characteristic Japanese hemitonic pentatonic scale: mi, fa, la, ti, do)

pattra (palmyra leaves used in Ancient India for writing upon)

germ cell

broad-minded