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aircraft carrier

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blue dragon; Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the eastern heavens; large horse with a bluish-leaden coat; shape of an old pine tree

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Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

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the south; southward; southern direction; countries in the south (esp. Southeast Asia and the pre-WWII South Pacific Mandate)

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White Tiger (god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

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albino fox; white (spiritual) fox

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western direction; Western Pure Land (Amitabha's Buddhist paradise); western fighter in a match (e.g. sumo)

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white tiger (var. of Bengal tiger); bleached tiger

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Black Tortoise (god said to rule over the northern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the northern heavens

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reallocating private land to public use (e.g. parks, roads); reduction in the amount of private land following a land reallocation; reducing the area of private land to reallocate it to public uses

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the north; northward; northern direction; northern part (e.g. of a country); northern district

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tail (animal, kite, comet, etc.); tail end; slope at the foot of a mountain

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large bird; peng (in Chinese mythology, giant bird said to transform from a fish); fenghuang (Chinese phoenix)

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feng (male Chinese firebird)

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dapeng (giant bird in Chinese mythology, similar to the roc or Garuda)

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tapir (Tapirus spp.); mo; mythological Chinese chimera similar to a tapir, said to devour bad dreams

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vague; obscure; vast; boundless

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legendary; fabled; fabulous

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baboon; lecher; dirty old man; skirt-chaser

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hamadryas baboon (Papio hamadryas); sacred baboon

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orangutan; heavy drinker

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symptoms; condition (of a patient)

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fruit fly (any insect of family Drosophilidae); vinegar fly; pomace fly; banana fly

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Princess Mononoke (1997 animated film)

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Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character

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tanuki (Nyctereutes procyonoides); raccoon dog; sly dog; sly old fox; sly fox

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to make sound (of an animal); to call; to cry; to make a meld call (e.g. pung, kong)

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cut in the skin caused by a vacuum formed by a whirlwind; mythical weasel-like creatures riding on whirlwinds and inflicting sharp, painless wounds

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weasel (esp. the Japanese weasel, Mustela itatsi); mustelid (any other member of the weasel family, incl. badgers, martens, minks, ferrets, otters, polecats, stoats, skunks, etc.)

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to cut off; to cut up; to tear to pieces

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originally

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nine; nine years of age; twelve o'clock (old time system)

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black magic; black art; witchcraft; sorcery

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pale fiery light seen in the fields and mountains at night; will-o'-the-wisp

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seaweed

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

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Inari Shrine

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three (long cylindrical things); three-of-a-kind (in a dealt hand)

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Emperor Jimmu; Jimmu Tenno

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guidance; showing the way; guide; guidepost; signpost; waymark

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eight-headed, eight-tailed serpent (in Japanese mythology)

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eight; 8

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to get (someone) drunk; to inebriate; to intoxicate; to charm; to enchant

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to behead; to decapitate

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lion; left-hand guardian dog at a Shinto shrine

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imported (transmitted) from China

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Felidae (family comprising the cats)

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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lion dance; traditional dance performed by one or more dancers wearing a guardian lion costume

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(stone) guardian lion-dogs at Shinto shrine

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