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blue dragon (an auspicious creature in Chinese mythology); Azure Dragon (god said to rule over the eastern heavens)

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Sumida River (in Tokyo); Sumidagawa

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west

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White Tiger (Taoist god said to rule over the western heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the western heavens

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Tōkaidō (Edo-period Edo-Kyoto highway); Tōkaidō (under the ritsuryō system; one of the seven districts of ancient Japan)

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south

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Vermilion Bird (god said to rule over the southern heavens); seven mansions (Chinese constellations) of the southern heavens

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Edo Bay

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north; the North; northern territories; North Korea; (arch.) north wind

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sacred mountain

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Mount Fuji

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to name; to call; to christen; to term

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eternity; perpetuity

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forevermore; for eternity

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so; like that; that's right; indeed; let me see ...

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life; life force; lifetime; lifespan; most important thing; foundation

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to receive; to get; to catch (e.g. a ball); to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.); to sustain (damage); to incur (a loss); to undergo (e.g. surgery)

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completion; perfection; accomplishment

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ancestor

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but; however; (and) yet; nevertheless; still; for all that

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to compose; to put together

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difficult voyage; stormy passage; hard flight; rough going; running into trouble; proceeding with difficulty

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to carry to extremes; to go to the end of something; to reach the limits of something; to reach the peak of something (e.g. luxury, hardships, etc); to be extremely (e.g. busy)

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because; the reason is; if you want to know why

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original; unique; distinctive; independent; one's own; personal

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to make; to produce; to prepare (food); to brew (alcohol); to raise; to grow; to till

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to try to ...; to be about to do ...; to decide to ...; to take as; to treat as; to use for; to suppose that (such) is the case

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hence; for that reason

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to; for; in order to; for; as for; regarding

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literally; to the letter; literal

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hindrance; obstacle; to visit (someone's home); demon who hinders Buddhist training; demon who obstructs sentient beings from maintaining moral behaviour

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to become; to be

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reason; circumstances; grounds; because of; due to; as a result of

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two

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violent; furious; extreme; intense; fervent; vehement

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fight; dispute; feud; competition; contest; rivalry

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result; consequence; consequently; as a result; as a result of; following

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(a) step; one step; level; stage; small degree; small amount

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to pull; to tug; to draw (attention, sympathy, etc.); to attract (e.g. interest); to draw back (e.g. one's hand); to draw in (one's chin, stomach, etc.); to draw (a card, mahjong tile, etc.)

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in some way or other; one way or another; somehow; only just; barely

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one (esp. of two); the other; on the one hand; on the other hand; whereas; although

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to be defeated; to be beaten; to be unsuccessful; to lose

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country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)

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to disappear; to vanish

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place; spot; address; district; area; one's house; point

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at this stage; at this point; (only) now

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to come back; to return

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this time; now

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uproar; disturbance

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to include (in a group or scope); to instruct; to make one understand; to include (a nuance); to put in (an implication); to put in (someone's) mouth

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