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Self-Strengthening Movement (political reform movement in China during the late Qing dynasty)
there is unexpected good in what others have left behind
divination based on laying out various items before a toddler and predicting his future based the items chosen
merchant class culture that flourished in Edo during the Bunka-Bunsei period
National People's Congress (of the People's Republic of China)
national identification number system
heavy and chemical industries
chemical species
death not caused by a violent crime (excl. dying of natural causes)
hiking notification form (registered with the police, etc. before undertaking a hike)
Euphrasia insignis (species of eyebright)
study of the English language as a means to acquire Western knowledge (esp. after the end of Japan's period of isolation)
Filipino (standardized Tagalog, the national language of the Philippines)
to drag down
principle of maximum entropy
traditional Koshōgatsu ceremony where one person beats a fruit tree (usu. persimmon tree) with a pole while threatening to cut it down if it does not provide a plentiful harvest, with another person responding "I will, I will" for the tree
trader who provides cash to debtors by getting them to make expensive credit card purchases and then buying the purchases at a fraction of the price
person who steals money from the workplace
Republic Day
Certificate for Students Achieving the Proficiency Level of Upper Secondary School Graduates
middle school (esp. the middle school section of a school that also encompasses other grades)
Finlandization
planned mass transit service suspension (as a precaution ahead of typhoons, etc.)
there are no mysterious losses
rock placed on a corner of one's plot facing the road to protect against cars
music industry
hotel room with both Western and Japanese elements (usu. with Western-style beds and a separate tatami-floored living area)
special functioning hospital (category of hospitals that can provide highly advanced care)
decorative cutting technique using alternating diagonal slices (for cucumbers, udo, etc.)
Nanjing University of Science & Technology