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jagaimo | potato (other names: jagatara-imo, bareisho,etc.) |
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jaguchi | water outlet // tap//faucet | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
janken | Paper, rock, scissors Goo (rock), Choki (scissors), Paa (paper) We call out "Jan, Ken, Pon/Poi/Hoi). If it's in even, then "Aikodesho". |
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jinchoge | daphne jinchoge has nice sweet fragrance. |
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jinrikisha | jinrikisha, rickshaw | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Jinsei-ji | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
joka-machi | castle town | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
joki-kikansha | steam locomotive | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
jugoya | the moon on August 15th of the lunar calendar. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
junishi | - |
Junishi are the twelve signs of the Chinese zodiac. It is said to have originated during the Tin Dynasty (1600B.C.-1000 B.C.). They began to express dates through a system of sets of characters used as symbols: a set of 10 stems 十干/jikkan and a set of 12 branches 十二支/junishi, used in convination to create a cycle of 60 called 十干十二支/jikkan-junishi or 干支/eto. Today they are used mainly to indicate years. |
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junihitoe | lit. a twelve-layered costume. A ceremonial costume for a court lady in the Heian period (794-1185) |
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juwaki | receiver | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Juyo-Bunkazai | - | Juyo-Bunkazai 重要文化財 are important cultural assets The most significant among them are classified as national trasures 国宝/kokuho. |
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