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Rare term

loose-flowered hornbeam (Carpinus laxiflora)

Rare term

Chinese muntjac (species of barking deer, Muntiacus reevesi)

four sides (boundaries) of a property

Archaic

fractional sampling; method of quartering; quartation

method of lunar calendar formulation

fourth watch of the night (approx. 1am to 3am)

head, trunk, arms, and legs; the whole body

land-tax system during the Edo period under which the government took 40% of the year's crop and the farmers kept 60%

Matashirō shaku (approx. 30.26 cm)

4-stringed biwa (Oriental lute)

the Big Dipper (asterism); the Plough; the Plow