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Saikaidō (name for the Kyūshū region under the ritsuryō system)

Noto (former province located in the north of present-day Ishikawa Prefecture)

colored wood-free paper (coloured)

solid printing

modern Japanese

type of works

points to remember

the three guardian deities in time of war (Marici, Mahakala and Vaisravana)

Koshi (former province located in present-day Fukui, Ishikawa, Toyama and Niigata prefectures; later split into Echizen, Etchū, and Echigo)

first "horse day" in any lunar month, but esp. the second lunar month

chocolate given to a man on Valentine's day out of genuine sentiment

substances requiring priority action (with regard to environmental issues)

ant tribe (Chinese university graduates who have failed to find well-paid jobs)

loan repayment

Tottori (city, prefecture)

fight outside the stadium

he who has never toiled, does not know what it is to enjoy repose

output level (e.g. in manufacturing)

newly rebuilt house

electric power producer and supplier (PPS)

non-jōyō kanji

woman who looks very attractive with a surgical mask on

wooden rack with shoulder straps for carrying loads on one's back

national assembly (esp. France)

type of candy given to a child after it wakes up from a nap

differential uptake (marketing)

to express ... in terms of ...

ending a sentence or poem with a noun or noun phrase

western style-house (esp. those built before WWII)

perfect (for)