severe fever with thrombocytopenia syndrome; SFTS
dhyana (profound meditation); Zen (Buddhism)
Confucianism and Buddhism
the two houses of legislature
Stevenson screen (louvre-sided box housing for meteorological gauges)
eleven; 11; jack (playing card); Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo
annual average; annual mean
technical college; higher schools and colleges
Japanese knotweed (Reynoutria japonica); flowering bamboo
Japanese chimera; mythical creature with a monkey's head, tanuki's body, tiger's limbs, and a snake tail; White's thrush (Zoothera dauma); mysterious person; person of unknown character
kokkuri; divination technique similar to table turning and planchette
lidded; covered; container with a lid
clione (small floating sea slug of the genus Clione, esp. of species Clione limacina); naked sea butterfly; sea angel
bad habit; bad custom; evil practice; vice
black-market lending; illegal loan
location where spirits and ghosts allegedly often appear; haunted place
repeatedly; several times; many times
charm against evil spirits; talisman; amulet
nurse call; a patient's call button in a hospital
accidental death; casualty
fundraising; financing; cash flow
hiss (esp. cat); sizzle; whoosh
far away in the distance; in the far distance
stubborn person; bonehead; bullethead; pig-headed person
what time; (lit.) which hour
high grade; special grade; classy
to allow (someone or something) to come near; to let get close
dubious tale; cock-and-bull story; questionable information; taking care not to be fooled