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夏越の祓

夏越しの祓、名越しの祓
なごしのはらえ
summer purification rites (held at shrines on the last day of the 6th lunar month)
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夏越し

なつごし
keeping over the summer
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越年蝶

おつねんちょう、オツネンチョウ
eastern pale clouded yellow (butterfly, Colias erate)
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越年草本

えつねんそうほん
biennial herb
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越年生植物

えつねんせいしょくぶつ
winter annual; biennial; biennial plant
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越南

えつなん、ベトナム
Vietnam
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越中褌

越中ふんどし
えっちゅうふんどし
string loincloth; G-string
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越後獅子

えちごじし
street performance by itinerant entertainers featuring a tumbling act in which a child performer wears a carved lion's head
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越光

こしひかり、コシヒカリ
Koshihikari (variety of rice)
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越権

えっけん
going beyond authority; unauthorized; unauthorised; ultra vires