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shrine receiving offerings from the Bureau of Divinities (pre-Meiji) or the Imperial Household Department (post-Meiji)

Oversight Department (division of the daijokan responsible for controlling central and provincial governmental offices)

doctrine that all phenomena are produced from consciousness (a central teaching of the Avatamska sutra)

obstruction markings (red or yellow and white markings on structures taller than 60 meters in accordance with Japanese aviation law)

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Act on the Protection of Personal Information Held by Administrative Organs

diffuse reflection coefficient

professional negligence resulting in injury or death

Chinese bleak (Aphyocypris chinensis)

method of Buddhist study and practice that is based in meditative concentration

Imperial Declaration of Humanity (renunciation of imperial claim to divinity; January 1, 1946)

network service provider

fetch abstract-operation

Atilax (genus containing the marsh mongoose)

Low Frequency Oscillator

emperor red snapper (Lutjanus sebae)

(warning) flare (esp. used on roads and railways)

amino acid sequence

hiring rate

the eight precepts (the five precepts with the addition of prohibitions against lying in a luxurious bed, self-decoration, song and dance, and eating after noon)

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visually correct

type of dance where the ground is stamped (Heian period)

Sauropsida (branch of amniotes that includes reptiles, birds and non-avian dinosaurs)

something so difficult that one doesn't know if there's even a 1 in 1000 chance of success

standard printed form (of the 1,022 non-jōyō kanji commonly used in print)

dull

the importance of creating an environment conducive to a child's learning

Atelocynus (genus containing the short-eared dog)

pavilion housing the empress's reception hall (in the inner Heian Palace)