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Pisces (12th zodiacal sign)

ridiculously

Japanese box tree (Buxus microphylla var. japonica)

scorpionfly (esp. the Japanese scorpionfly, Panorpa japonica)

equatorial coordinates

heterozygote

Heptranchias (genus of cow shark containing the sharpnose seven-gill shark as its only member)

as a nation

chance of precipitation

X-ray machine

four orders of Buddhist followers (monks, nuns, male lay devotees and female lay devotees)

urea cycle

Nash equilibrium

autosome (non-sex chromosome)

Order of the Sacred Treasure, Gold and Silver Rays

ichikotsu mode (one of the six main gagaku modes)

pinky swear (i.e. linking little fingers to confirm a promise)

hunter wasp (i.e. potter wasp, sand wasp, etc.)

socialist realism

breathalyser

bhikkhuni (fully ordained Buddhist nun)

Tourette syndrome

meiosis

Act on the Protection of Personal Information

Indian song and dance (introduced to Japan by the Chams in approx. 736 CE)

anhemitonic pentatonic scale (pentatonic scale containing no semitones)

London Underground mosquito (Culex pipiens f. molestus)

daughter cell

10th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. B)

bimodal