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New Year ornament (usu. of straw, fern leaves, seaweed and bitter orange fruit, and hung at the entrance of a home)
alleviation of congestion (esp. traffic)
wretched state
cursing ritual where one visits a shrine at 2am and nails a doll representing a person to a tree, praying for said person's death
transient ischemic attack
to be in focus
tearing someone in two by tying their legs to two carts moving in opposite directions (form of medieval punishment)
brawl outside the stadium
Schlegel's Japanese gecko (Gekko japonicus)
waiving (a right)
wingspan
communication disorder
account name
punching the wall
as you can see
funeral performed for someone while they are alive
Japan
flip teaching
temporary tightening (during assembly)
to be performed (on the stage)
loophole
photosensitive emulsion
Waseda University, Keio University, Sophia University and the Tokyo University of Science (four highly selective private universities in Tokyo)
anti-inflammatory drug
you learn, without realising it, from what is around you
to gain experience
scoundrel
public area of the Imperial Palace where the emperor carries out official business
United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
resale price