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eight hereditary titles (designated by Emperor Tenmu in 684 CE: Mahito, Ason, Sukune, Imiki, Michinoshi, Omi, Muraji, Inagi)

mediator

fixed-amount (postal) savings

sealed letter

Manchukuo (Japanese Manchurian puppet state; 1932-1945)

pencil case

cold sweat

indefinite metric space

wide (e.g. belt, shoes, ribbon)

audit trail

surface

qian (one of the trigrams of the I Ching: heaven, northwest)

effective potential

conferring court rank posthumously

closing in on (the enemy, first place, etc.)

government course (curriculum) guidelines

very small (particularly of a room or flat)

(electric) polarization

Ministry of International Trade and Industry (1949-2001)

gram equivalent

quantity of heat (e.g. in calories, BTU, etc.)

gift for close relatives or friends (given on the occasion of a family celebration)

unparalleled

good results

Ministry of Labour (now Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare)

refreshing (e.g. feeling, scene, wind, morning air)

wife (esp. of a prominent, recently married man)

(crop) damage from disease and harmful insects

transfer of permanent domicile (as recorded in the family register)

to pay for someone else (with the expectation of being reimbursed later)