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Review (1)

How is your hiragana study going? This week we will have review about the hiragana words we have learned so far. Do you recognize them? Read (or write) them and choose their meaning from the list below. 

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(a) Japanese traditional flower arrangement.
(b) The traditional wooden dolls made in the northern region of Japan.
(c) One of the most common and beloved tastes of autumn in Japan.
(d) One of the marital arts with the concept of "ki."
(e) Paintings developed in the Edo period and have influenced many European artists. 
(f) One of the representative traditional theater forms of Japan.
(g) Traditional Japanese clothing. 
(h) 260 years span following Shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu's establishment of the government.
(i) In one of the traditional Japanese martial arts, "shinai (bamboo swords)," are used.
(j) An essential part of Japanese daily life.

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