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harmonic progression

commemorative stamp

to write the kanji for "person" on one's hand three times and mimic swallowing them (as a technique for calming one's nerves)

mountain beaver (Aplodontia rufa)

access point

to hint at something

criminal investigation

marine transport

cerebral commissure

fire station worker

weather balloon

to be arranged (flowers, etc.)

international marketing

weather of the four seasons (warmth of spring, heat of summer, cool of autumn, and cold of winter)

to attack a routed enemy

bisexual (person)

to say it out loud

all the gods and goddesses

tea dispenser (in office break rooms)

regular kanbun (following the rules of classical Chinese grammar)

advisory provision

joint committee of both houses

to bow

form of poetry found on the stone Buddha Foot monument at Yakushi Temple in Nara (following a 5-7-5-7-7-7 moraic pattern)

Arab Spring (revolutionary wave in the Arab world, 2010-2011)

retirement from active life

location without an address

heated (e.g. debate)

assay (of metal, ore, etc.)