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quickly prepared meal or dish

string-fastener

vegetables pickled in salted rice-bran paste

field cap (used by Japanese troops in WWII)

very auspicious day for all types of occasions (one of the six special days in the Japanese lunisolar calendar)

ray gun (in science fiction)

Japanese puppet theatre in which recited narrative and dialog is accompanied by a shamisen (forerunner of bunraku)

you

electoral quota (e.g. in a proportional representation system)

crest-decorated habutae (silk fabric used as a cloth for lining high-quality kimono)

homophony (having the same pronunciation as another word but a different meaning)

manufacturing industry

introduction, development, turn and conclusion (quadripartite structure of certain Chinese poetry)

hairstyle of Meiji and Taisho era, featuring a bun resembling a halved peach

mashed sweet potatoes with sweetened chestnuts

punitive force

solid foods (as introduced during weaning)

refined sugar

Nichiren sect of Buddhism (sometimes specifically referring to the Hokke school of Nichiren)

to go without saying

isolated island

jumping to hasty conclusions

prize beyond one's reach

rim of a volcano (esp. Mt. Fuji)

basic resident register network system

water-filled bamboo tube in Japanese garden which clacks against a stone when emptied

Java water dropwort (Oenanthe javanica)

(vehicle's) type certification

sacred teachings (esp. of Confucius)

falling apart while cooking