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Food, cooking

chōfu-maki (traditional Japanese sweet)

handout

Computing

distribution (esp. software)

fishpole bamboo (Phyllostachys aurea); golden bamboo

Civil engineering

strip foundation; continuous foundation; continuous footing

(water-repellent) umbrella fabric

to lay out a futon; to make a bed

down quilt; feather quilt; feather duvet; eiderdown

futon (laid on the floor); (Japanese) mattress; underquilt; sleeping mat

Personal seal of Oda Nobunaga from 1567 onward

unify the nation by force; spread military force under the heavens

rubdown with a dry towel

type of food (sliced dried herring or other fish wrapped in kombu seaweed and boiled)

drying a futon (by hanging it outside in the sun)

down quilt; feather quilt

thin bedding; hard bed; bedding worn flat and hard by usage

quilt coverlet for a kotatsu; kotatsu quilt

electric blanket

Colloquial; Jocular, humorous term; From the long-running TV show 笑点

that was a good one!; good pun!; what a stinger!; one zabuton

population distribution

shredded kombu

Kjellmaniella gyrata (species of kelp)

Laminaria ochotensis (species of kelp)

spread of rumours (esp. to influence stock prices); spread of rumors

to hold the purse strings

After the Peanuts character Linus

security blanket; comfort blanket; comfort object

cloth mask; cloth face mask