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most hallowed grounds (of a sacred site in Okinawa)

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the three Rs; reading, writing and arithmetic

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cold tofu

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instantaneous wind speed; instantaneous wind velocity

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cosine

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mixture; impurities

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tangent (trigonometric function)

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weather map

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going out; one's best clothes; formal (e.g. language); best (behaviour, manners, etc.)

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detour; diversion

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Kaei era (1848.2.28-1854.11.27)

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phosphoric acid (H3PO4)

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to be itching to put one's skills to use

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arrival of ships (from abroad); arrival by ship

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private lesson

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passer-by; traveler; traveller

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ikebana; Japanese art of flower arrangement

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Perry; Peli; Pelly; Perri

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stuffy; steamy; sultry

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toot (e.g. of trumpet); honk (e.g. of klaxon); beep; farting sound; sound of something being inflated; puff

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temple elementary school (during the Edo period)

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to let out; to utter; to issue; to send; to leave; to depart

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bee; wasp; hornet

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Lord; Highness; (arch.) you

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detour; diversion; alternative route

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such and such; so and so

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wet nurse; nursing mother

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abacus; soroban; calculation (esp. of profit and loss); reckoning

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to wish to go well; to have good intentions

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penmanship; calligraphy

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whirlwind

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squirrel's foot fern (Davallia mariesii); Lepisorus thunbergianus (species of fern); color of clothing layers under one's overcoat (light green on blue); ancient women's hairstyle; clothing patterned using squirrel's foot fern

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sound of something small rolling once (often into a hole); easily; suddenly; completely (e.g. forgetting); utterly; disappointing; curling up into the fetal position

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tonkatsu; breaded pork cutlet

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seven

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to be transparent; to be see-through; to be clear; to be clear (voice, sound)

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association; link; connection; pledge (esp. for marriage); promise

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under construction

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to get torn; to tear; to rip; to be broken off (of negotiations, etc.); to break down; to collapse

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coochy-coo; hitchy-koo; kitchy-koo (tickling sound)

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playing dead; feigning death; playing possum

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good handwriting; skillful penmanship; speedy writing; vigorous writing

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without cause; without reason

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upper grades of primary school (sixth, fifth, and sometimes fourth grades)

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ninja arts

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(person with) no sense of direction; poor sense of locality

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blunder; miss; slip; oversight

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to assemble (in a hall); to meet together (in a room)

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order; turn; sorting; obedient; docile; submissive

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person that annoys or causes trouble; false alarm

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