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regular kanbun (following the rules of classical Chinese grammar)

advisory provision

joint committee of both houses

to bow

form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

Short-Term Economic Survey of Enterprises in Japan (Bank of Japan's quarterly economic survey)

increased tax revenue

high-grade Japanese fresh confections (usu. colorful sculpted mochi in seasonal designs around bean paste)

weld

graduate recruitment

to spend (money) like water

small scale

worst-ever

cutouts (of coloured paper)

oleophilic

senior military official

vegetable fats and oils

poisonous substance

writing ability

to burn into one's memory

re-entering (data)

dark of the night

public funding for political parties

pure double chow

pure double chow

condemn the offense, but not the offender

to distinguish between

mass food poisoning

metallic foil cut into strips or other shapes to form decorative motifs

frog spawn