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cavolo nero (cultivar of Brassica oleracea acephala)

land given to high-ranking government officials (ritsuryō system)

system by which hitting a certain jackpot increases the probability of hitting the next jackpot (on prepaid card pachinko machines)

soba given to one's new neighbors after moving in

Greek fire

while alive (e.g. I won't allow ... while I'm alive)

Six-Day War (June 5-10, 1967)

to slip into (a place) for the purposes of having sex (e.g. a lover's house, hotel, red light district)

to give an address (before a large number of people)

four-on-the-floor

to be able to hold one's head up (of an infant)

one's own way (esp. of an assertive man)

the Four Freedoms (as defined by Franklin D. Roosevelt: freedom of speech, freedom of worship, freedom from want, freedom from fear)

unable to find adequate words (e.g. to express feelings)

the four great Japanese grammar texts (Yamada, Matsushita, Hashimoto and Tokieda)

classifier (in Japanese and Chinese linguistics)

seasoning of grated daikon with soy and vinegar, usu. for fish or vegetables

three greatest teas of Japan (Uji-cha, Sayama-cha and Shizuoka-cha)

tangible side of things (such as equipment and facilities; as opposed to the abstract side)

six-year secondary school (type of school introduced in the 1998 revision of the Japanese School Education Law)

Belarus

distribution list (for assets after seizure, bankruptcy, etc.)

abstract side of things (such as personnel, skill, information; as opposed to physical things)

pung (or kong) of north tiles when north is both the round wind and one's seat wind (meld)

having been told something so often that one is fed up with it

(woman with) beautiful eyes and mouth

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