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main temple building

centrally placed troops (usu. under general's direct command)

central city; major city (in a region)

middle grades of primary school (third and fourth grades)

Abbreviation

felt hat; fedora; trilby

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

stopping in the middle; being interrupted in the middle; being broken in the middle

Slang; Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru

prematurely going soft during intercourse

Chūbu region (incl. Aichi, Nagano, Shizuoka, Niigata, Toyama, Ishikawa, Fukui, Yamanashi and Gifu prefectures)

midterm examination

(highway) median; median strip; central reservation

medium damage; modest damage; some damage

relay station; translator station

insole; (shoe) insert; intermediate layer

rug; carpet

relay station

intermission (during a play, sumo, etc.); interval

temporary departure of an actor (between the first and second halves of a noh or kyogen performance)

cease and desist order; stay order; discontinuance order; suspension order

home and abroad; domestic and foreign

inside and outside; interior and exterior

outside broadcasting van; OB van; mobile unit; outdoor broadcasting van

middle-aged spread; weight put on in middle age

felt hat; fedora; trilby

axis; pivot; central figure; key man

Food, cooking

bowl of rice topped with a chop-suey-like mixture

neutrality

Medicine

palsy; paralysis

every second solar term (occurring in the latter half of each month)

Adverb (fukushi)

about the middle (of an era)

Anatomy

middle lobe (right lung); median lobe (prostate)

Republic of China; ROC; Taiwan

Historical term

Republic of China (country controlling mainland China from 1912 to 1949)