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going along with a joke, etc. at the beginning then pointing out its ridiculousness

haploidy

professional dengaku performer (usu. appearing as a monk)

company information session

tea container (usually for thick tea used at the tea ceremony)

diffuser

death (and entering the hereafter)

small mercy (from some misfortune)

difficult to obtain

calling bird (esp. a cuckoo)

phala (attained state, result)

Lamarckian evolutionary theory in which individuals lose characteristics that are not used and develop characteristics that are often used

bread-centered diet (as opposed to rice)

epigenesis (theory)

little ringed plover (Charadrius dubius)

(ethical) mistake

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

to be answerable (for)

pardon me for leaving (first)

vegetable-based food (incl. nuts, berries, etc., but excl. all meat and fish)

freshwater prawn (Macrobrachium spp., esp. the Oriental river prawn, Macrobrachium nipponense)

air pump

to go to sea

baby hatch (for unwanted newborns)

migrating bird (that is just passing through en route to its final destination)

being put off (by someone's words, behaviour, etc.)

thirty-three temples in the Kinki area containing statues of Kannon (Avalokitesvara)

to add meat (or weight)

giant tiger prawn (Penaeus monodon)

Roche limit