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conditional expression (programming, programing)

prenatal influence of the mother on her unborn baby

beating time with one's hands

Japanese mustard spinach (Brassica rapa var. perviridis)

high-status Shinto shrine with connection to imperial family

great virtue

lethal dose

suffocation

modifier

government-guaranteed bond

food (esp. chicken and vegetables) boiled in plain water (or sometimes dashi, etc.) and served with dipping sauce (esp. ponzu)

appearance of a layperson (as opposed to a Buddhist priest)

large-size refuse (e.g. furniture, electrical goods)

legitimate child

death by suffocation

primary nursing care requirement authorization (a 5-level graded system under health insurance)

man's weeping (esp. of someone not prone to tears)

to abide one's shame

diastrophism (movement and deformation of the earth's crust)

particular word that an owner includes in the names of their racehorses

the palace sanctuary, shrine of imperial ancestors and temple inside the Japanese imperial palace

carrying over a bill from one Diet session to the next, being deliberated by a committee in the interim

word-for-word translation

global warming

first lieutenant

made of bamboo

eldest son's descendants

things to fear: earthquakes, thunder, fires and, most of all, fathers

flight

district court