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gate in the middle of the corridor connecting an annex to a pond-side building (in traditional palatial-style architecture)
afferent nerve
building where one keeps oxcarts and other conveyances inside a private estate
early phase of the shoin-zukuri residential architecture style
reliable
to stick (in)
ten rulers of the afterlife (who judge the dead and determine their placement in their next life)
large warship of the Muromachi and early Edo periods
headmaster
humorous words
type of fast military boat used from the Warring states period until the Edo period
tea seller
someone who has a title but no real duty
schist
rival candidate
distemper painting
to have been decided (so) that
passing by flying
aural highlight of a noh play in which the main actor remains seated
Democratic Republic of Sao Tome and Principe
nonsense
main southern gate (of a temple, castle town, etc.)
sick soldier
Blood Pond
person at a public bath in charge of heating the water and filling the baths
highest ever (number of)
flavour enhancer (e.g. monosodium glutamate)
song sung by children during the New Year's bird-driving procession (later adopted by door-to-door musicians)
Islamic Republic of Afghanistan
(something) has never occurred