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Shinto ritual in which a shaman or priest soaks bamboo grass in boiling water and sprinkles the water on worshippers (originally a form of divination, later a purification ceremony, now primarily used to pray for good health)

national research and development agency

prefectural senior high school; public senior high school

orthostatic hypotension; dizziness experienced when standing up

single or detached house

age 30

prefectural university

right of or to independence

break between the light meal and the actual serving of tea (during a formal tea ceremony)

Organization name

National Institute for Japanese Language and Linguistics; NINJAL; Kokken

Noun or participle which takes the aux. verb suru; Intransitive verb

setting out at night

nighttime penile erection

temporary legislation; legislation with a specified duration; act valid for a limited time

Organization name

Japan Institute of Sports Sciences (JISS)

special legislation

to set upon a journey; to start travelling; to set off on a trip

sword fight scene choreographer

threat to national existence

simultaneous inequalities

assembly line

National Institute of Health Sciences; NIHS

Idiomatic expression

situation in which one can move neither forward nor backward; Benkei's last stand

maintenance fee (in an apartment building); maintenance charge; reserve fund for building repairs

Proverb

you can't control what people say; you can't stop rumours (rumors)

Abbreviation

private junior high school