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Shinto

the Twenty-Two Shrines; the 22 most important Shinto shrines, as designated during the Heian period

twelve coinages minted in Japan during the Nara and Heian periods

Proverb

just as even coarse tea tastes good when fresh, even homely girls look beautiful at the peak of their youth

ten disciples of Confucius

cross-head screw; Phillips-head screw; Phillips screw

Astronomy

False Cross (asterism)

Colloquial

spot baldness; 10-yen (coin) baldness

Mahjong

thirteen orphans; winning hand containing one of each terminal and honor tile

Proverb

every person has their eccentricities

Proverb

a stitch in time saves nine; one needle today, ten needles tomorrow

Proverb

don't count your chickens before they're hatched; there's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip; consider a journey of 100 ri to be halfway completed at 90

Jūrukunichī; New Year's Day of the Dead; Okinawan festival celebrated on the 16th day of the first month in the lunar calendar

tithes

duodecimo (folding)

Dewey Decimal System

Music

64th note; hemidemisemiquaver; semidemisemiquaver

operating on a ten-minute schedule

cross choke

Sumo

10 year career in the highest division is enough for anyone

From Du Fu

men seldom live to be seventy; few people live to be seventy

the 24 seasonal divisions of a year in the old lunar calendar

The Twenty-One Demands

From Mencius

bursts of exertion will fail to bear fruit if interrupted by long periods of idleness

strenuous efforts, unless sustained, are to no avail

grudge of ten years' standing; harbouring a grudge for many years