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生
labor pains; birth pangs
throes of creation; toil of producing something new
Proverb
children pay back their debt to their parents in full by age 3 (through their cuteness)
Proverb
even accidentally touching sleeves with a passing stranger is caused by fate
Proverb
the events of today are destined by the past; even drawing water from the same river reveals a bond from a former life; even chance relationships can be attributed to the working of fate
Architecture
namako-kabe; style of tiled wall with a prominent white grid pattern
Public Health Emergency of International Concern (formal WHO declaration); PHEIC
Proverb
better to ask and be embarrassed than not ask and never know
Historical term
government official next in rank to the sakan (ritsuryō system)
Heian-period student of government administration
Buddhist scholar; researcher at a Buddhist temple; person studying Buddhism
learning; scholarship
