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opening a new hospital, institution, temple, etc.; opening a hospital, institution, temple, etc. (for the day); opening of a Diet session (pre-WWII)

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Tajima

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hibernation; staying indoors during winter

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competitive karuta

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crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore

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creepers; trailing plants

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double-lined fusilier (Pterocaesio digramma); Taiwan (nickname); Takasago (classic noh play by Zeami)

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polishing with a dry cloth; wiping with a dry cloth

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common hornwort (Ceratophyllum demersum); Analipus japonicus (species of brown alga)

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first part of a poem or verse

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projection; reflection; image; match; harmony

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field full of flowers

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tiger fur

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Mutsu (former province located in present-day Fukushima, Miyagi, Iwate, and Aomori prefectures)

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provisional club enrolment (school, etc.); trial period in a club

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worldly affairs; public affairs

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wetting; love affair; lover

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evening; last night; yesterday evening

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love song; love poem

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first rank in the senior class (in martial arts, go, etc.); lowest rank; one dan

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Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

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mascara

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nail clippers

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Naniwa (former name for Osaka region)

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(Ogura) Hyakunin Isshu; classical Japanese anthology of one hundred Japanese waka by one hundred poets; hyakunin isshu karuta; hyakunin isshu poetry cards

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structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

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to brew (sake, etc.); to cause; to bring on; to bring about

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approval; endorsement

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hiragana; cursive Japanese syllabary used primarily for native Japanese words (esp. function words, inflections, etc.)

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right-handedness; right-handed person; right-hander

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sensation; feeling; tendency; propensity

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lower reaches (of a river); bottom; lower part; lower half (of the body, esp. the privates); feces (faeces); end

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catapult

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scary

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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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tanka; 31-mora Japanese poem

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karuta; traditional Japanese playing cards

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boys' school

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coeducation

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to dye; to colour; to color

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to be disordered; to be disarranged; to be discomposed; to be upset; to lapse into chaos (due to war, etc.)

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rational; logical; coherent

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left-handedness; left-handed person; left-hander; fondness for alcohol; person who is fond of alcohol; drinker

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husband; groom; (one's) son-in-law

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Suō (former province located in the southeast of present-day Yamaguchi Prefecture)

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finely chopped fish or meat (sometimes seared first); mince; hitting (e.g. a drum); striking; bashing; criticizing

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vague; obscure; vast; boundless

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traditional ordering of the Japanese syllabary; fundamentals; the ABCs of ...

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public (institution)

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within the borders of a country; domestic soil; inland; interior; Japan proper (as opposed to its overseas colonies); homeland

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