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drinkers drink too much (and harm themselves in the process), nondrinkers drink too little (and miss out on the medicinal benefits of alcohol)
gathering edible wild plants
Hi (former province located in present-day Nagasaki, Saga and Kumamoto prefectures; later split into Hizen and Higo provinces)
earplug (traditional jewellery worn in the earlobe, popular in Han dynasty China)
halfway-done
slit in the curtains that allows someone on stage to see the audience (in kabuki theatre)
New Year event to pray for a rich rice harvest
to relate to
government funding
permanent staff
incorrect answer
Nahuatl (people)
graduate school entrance examination
place where one spends the night to avoid travelling in an unlucky direction
passing each other (without meeting)
tempura soba without the noodles
rosacea
mountain in springtime when all of the tree buds open at the same time
a very short while ago
rokurokubi
skin eruptions caused by a cold or fever
liquid cooled
natural form (of a vitamin, etc.)
cut bamboo
rectangular bugaku mask made of thick paper and white silk with facial features drawn on it
to set fire (to)
prostitute in a brothel disguised as an archery range
(finger) ring
sparing life and taking life
eighth of nine traditional astrological signs (corresponding to Saturn and north-east)