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guardian deity of pregnant women, newborn babies and one's birthplace

rural landscape

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

thanksgiving rice dish after childbirth

lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

stereotypically masculine cuisine

to feign friendliness

numbering plan

tool storage room

casting pearls before swine

symbol

system of guilt by association (especially that of Japanese election law, which stipulates that an elected official may lose his position if someone in his campaign commits a crime)

cat grass (often Avena sativa)

Felis (former constellation)

co-education

grave

number sign

command

following one's master into death by committing ritual suicide (seppuku)

Ci Hai, an encyclopedic dictionary first published in 1936, most recent edition 1999

photo email (sent from mobile phone)

sending off a customer (e.g. to the closest train station)

iteration mark (used to represent repetition of the previous character)

sending a follow-up message (on LINE) before receiving a reply

stepping out of the ring while carrying the opponent over the edge, not considered as a loss

water supply pipe inlet/outlet (esp. on standpipes and dry risers)

geochemistry

feel uncomfortable

capital

to send (something) unsolicited