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former Christian missionary who apostatized and converted to Buddhism (during the Edo period)
Medicine
congenital central hypoventilation syndrome; CCHS
Proverb
a straw will show which way the wind blows; a falling leaf shows that autumn has come
Proverb
everyone has their favorite; pick the right thing to please someone; catnip for cats, gold coins for prostitutes
Legend
first emperor to rule the land (title bestowed upon Emperor Jimmu on his coronation)
children's game of throwing a shoe up in the air and seeing how it falls to predict whether it will rain or not the following day
Idiomatic expression
water is wet; on days when it rains, the weather is bad
Quotation; Buddhism; Words supposedly recited by Buddha on his birth, while raising his right arm
throughout heaven and earth, I alone am the honored one
Idiomatic expression
to have a narrow view of things; to peek at the sky through the eye of a needle
parlour game in which three people each write one line of a 5-7-5 poem (without seeing the other lines; often producing humorous results); tengu haiku
Idiomatic expression
feeling extremely happy; being in seventh heaven