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Newtonian telescope (having a secondary mirror at 45 degrees, reflecting light into the eyepiece)

Albanian languages

yellow dog contract (employment contract which forbids the employee to join a labor union)

yellow-bellied sapsucker (Sphyrapicus varius)

hyperbilirubinemia

Chrysocyon (genus containing the maned wolf)

Act on Labor Relationship of Specified Independent Administrative Agency, etc. (2002)

coherence theory (theory that a proposition is true if it corresponds with a specified set of other propositions)

thin, dried strips of daikon soaked in vinegar and other flavorings

carrier sense multiple access with collision detection network

mushroom that springs up in the morning and withers by night

Allotheria (subclass of Mesozoic mammals)

(to be ashamed enough) to wish you could just disappear

Chernobyl disaster (April, 1986)

variety of sweet potato with red skin and sweet yellow flesh (product of the Kawagoe region)

Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)

Toranomon Incident (assassination attempt on Prince Regent Hirohito; December 27, 1923)

the twelve nidanas (continuum of twelve phases that lead to suffering)

Order of the Precious Crown, Apricot

shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji)

Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

doctrine that all phenomena are produced from consciousness (a central teaching of the Avatamska sutra)

obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)

sort-merge file description entry

Act on the Protection of Personal Information Held by Administrative Organs

diffuse reflection coefficient

professional negligence resulting in injury or death

Chinese bleak (Aphyocypris chinensis)

method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration

Imperial Declaration of Humanity (renunciation of imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)