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

reflective power

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

proportional representation system in which both party and individual votes are cast, seats are distributed amongst parties by proportion of vote obtained, and candidates are elected in descending order of number of votes obtained

earth observation satellite

performance by two or more musicians playing similar instruments

democracy (as propounded by Sun Yat-sen)

special envelope for monetary gifts

paper treated with astringent persimmon juice

adopting a son-in-law into one's family

court-appointed attorney

Japanese white pine (Pinus parviflora)

neighborly relations

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

notebook with records of monies received

with-data primitives

Declaration of the United Nations Conference on the Human Environment (Stockholm, 1972)

gingivitis

polishing process

superficial (shortsighted) way of thinking

greens pickled in salt (mizuna, mustard leaves, etc.)

stretching pieces of a kimono on boards to dry after they have been washed and starched

Declaration of the Rights of Man (during the French Revolution; 1789)

war of attrition