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loveable; very likeable; like very much

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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boo! (sound used to scare someone); ugh (dissatisfaction, aggravation); ulp (consternation)

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Buckleya lanceolata (species of parasitic deciduous shrub)

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oh; ah

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common; commonplace; reckless; pulp paper; granulated sugar; (arch.) coins

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sparsely growing cogon grass; short cogon grass

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love song; love poem

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to take; to pick up; to pass; to hand; to get; to obtain; to adopt (a method, proposal, etc.)

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I; me; oneself; (arch.) you

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to do

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heavy; weighty; heavy (feeling); depressed; slow; sluggish; important (position, responsibility, etc.)

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passing shower

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may; might; perhaps; may be; possibly

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lonely; lonesome; solitary; desolate

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good-natured person; good person; (one's) lover; boyfriend; girlfriend

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with the exception of; excepting; excluding

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also; too; not ... either; (it's not possible) no matter what; although one might wish otherwise

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to move; to stir; to operate; to run; to make a move; to take action; to be touched

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ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

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difference in elevation (between two points in a body of water); head; drop (e.g. of a waterfall); difference; gap

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to be heard; to be audible; to be said to be; to be reputed

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simple; plain

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ingredient; (raw) material; unprocessed timber; raw timber; subject matter; topic

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with trouble; at great pains; rare; valuable; kind; generous

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ear; hearing; edge; crust; selvedge (non-fray machined edge of fabrics); selvage

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seeing off; sending off; funeral; escapement

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and the like; such as; or something; something like; I hear that ...; people say that...

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devising (a way); contriving; device; design; dedication to spiritual improvement (esp. through Zen meditation)

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freedom; liberty

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to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

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theory

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avenue; street; coming and going; street traffic; flow (of water, air, etc.); transmission (of sound); reach (e.g. of voice)

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to favor; to favour; to show favor to; to show favour to; to be partial to; to be a regular customer of

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in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; take care (so as); hoping or wishing for something

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strange; weird; odd; strange thing; strange person

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foam; form

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to collect; to put (it all) together; to summarize; to aggregate; to bring to a conclusion; to finalize

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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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one thin flat object; one sheet

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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(arch.) youth; (arch.) freshness; good omen; Sweden; Switzerland

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mountain stream; valley; dale; wetlands; swamp; marsh

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willingness (e.g. to do something); eagerness; motivation; inspiration; determination; high aspirations

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to take out; to get out; to put out; to reveal; to submit (e.g. thesis); to turn in; to publish

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children

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highlight (scene); high point; climax; show-off scene (of an actor in a play)

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olden-day; hidden in the past

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to; towards; for

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creepers; trailing plants

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