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isolated island

jumping to hasty conclusions

prize beyond one's reach

rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji)

basic resident register network system

water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied

Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica)

(vehicle's) type certification

sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius)

falling apart while cooking

"new" sumo (for women) conducted on a mat, wearing leotards instead of a mawashi

Erabu black-banded sea krait (Laticauda semifasciata)

(dispensation of) free medicine

(machine's) service life

negotiable securities

secretly hoarded goods (esp. those belonging to the Japanese military at the end of WWII)

lily magnolia (Magnolia quinquepeta, Magnolia liliiflora)

(fish) appearing fresh but actually gone bad

student preparing to re-take initially failed university entrance examinations

shallow thinking

consumer's price

cakes heaped in a container for a shrine offering

stomach acid that flows backwards into the mouth (due to acid reflux)

barely keeping a business going (analogy that a bicycle falls over when its wheels cease rotating)

high-class Edo-period pleasure house (where outside prostitutes were hired to entertained guests)

second most severe of the five punishments of ancient China (castration for men, confinement for women)

infectious disease originating overseas entering the country through an infected traveller or goods

one who experiences a chronic ailment takes better care of his health and lives longer

Altair (star in the constellation Aquila)

multiculturalism