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South Sea Islands

Nansei Islands; Ryukyu Islands; chain of islands extending from southwestern Kyushu to northern Taiwan

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy!

Expressions; Buddhism

Homage to the Three Jewels (Buddha, Dharma and Sangha)

Dated term

oh no!; good heavens!; oops

Antarctic expedition

confections adopted from Portugal, Spain, etc. during the Muromachi period and since Japanized

Southern Europe

Work of art, literature, music, etc. name

Nansō Satomi Hakkenden (1814-42; novel in 106 volumes by Kyokutei Bakin); Eight Dog Chronicles; Tale of Eight Dogs; Biographies of Eight Dogs

Organization name

Hainan University

Company name

(former) South Manchuria Railway

Republic of South Africa

Antarctic Treaty

constant travelling; constant traveling; being on the move; restless wandering

spaghetti squash

Milk Dipper; southern dipper asterism (star pattern) within Sagittarius

Sub-Saharan Africa

six sects of Buddhism brought to Japan during the Nara period (Sanlun, Satyasiddhi, Faxiang, Abhidharmakosha, Vinaya, and Huayan)

southwest Japan (southwest of the Itoigawa-Shizuoka Tectonic Line)

Astronomy

Piscis Austrinus (constellation); the Southern Fish

Abbreviation

O Great God of Arms, I beseech your aid against my enemy

Nankai megathrust earthquake

Food, cooking

Hainanese chicken rice

Philosophy

Southwest school (of neo-Kantianism)

Southern Buddhism (as practised in Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia)