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introduction; presentation; referral; listing

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to show; to display

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Wakasa (former province located in the south of present-day Fukui Prefecture)

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coating (esp. lacquering)

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although; though; despite the fact that ...

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beginning; outset; first; onset

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to take something into ...; to bring in; to lodge (a complaint); to file (a plan); to bring to (a state: tied game, vote, trial, etc.)

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Edo period (1603-1868)

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shellfish; seashell; shell

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eggshell

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ornament; decoration

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nature (of a person); sex; gender; sex (i.e. sexual attraction, activity, etc.); gender; -ty

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high; tall; expensive; high-priced; high (level); above average (in degree, quality, etc.)

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to give birth; to bear (child); to lay (eggs); to produce; to yield; to give rise to

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to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

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Tsugaru (Western region of Aomori Prefecture)

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Niigata (city, prefecture)

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lacquer ware; lacquerware; lacquer work; lacquerwork

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the whole country

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East-Asian lacquer; japan; Chinese lacquer tree (Toxicodendron vernicifluum, formerly Rhus verniciflua)

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producing area

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rich in personality; of great individuality; highly individual; expressive of one's personality

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lacquered chopsticks

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

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daimyo (Japanese feudal lord)

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space (between); gap; period of time (during, while); duration; between (two parties or things); among (a group); relations (between)

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common people; ordinary people; masses

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to; towards; for

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to continue; to last; to continue (without a break); to be unbroken; to occur again and again; to lead to; to connect to

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silver (Ag); silver coin; money; silver medal; silver colour; silver color; bank

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dangerous; risky; in danger; in jeopardy; uncertain; unreliable

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small quantity; little; little while; short distance

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to come down; to go down; to hang; to dangle; to move back; to step back; to deteriorate

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short; brief

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method; manner; appearance; air; tendency; folk song (genre of the Shi Jing)

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to stretch; to extend; to straighten out; to be flattened; to spread (of paint, cream, etc.); to stretch out (e.g. of a hand); to extend

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to shake out; to draw a check (bill, draft, etc.); to issue (e.g. money order); to infuse (e.g. in hot water)

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travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

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carrying (on one's person or in the hand); mobile phone; cell phone

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arsenic (As)

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to touch; to feel; to touch (with); to experience; to come in contact with; to touch on (a subject); to allude to

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black; dark; blackish; suspicious; criminal; darkened and dirty; sooty

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change of color; change of colour; fading; discoloration; discolouration

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nobleman; dignitary; feudal lord (of the Edo period); daimyō; man brought up away from the world; arrogant man with little knowledge of the ways of the world

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tasting (food or drink) for poison; checking the taste (of a dish); seeing how something tastes

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duty; role; function

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seeming ...; appearing ...; -ish; like a ...; typical of ...

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terrible; dreadful; amazing (e.g. of strength); great (e.g. of skills); to a great extent; vast (in numbers)

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big; large; loud; extensive; spacious; important

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this way; this direction; here; this (one); I; me

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