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offer for use

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pair; eyes

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carnivorous plants

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tampala; Joseph's coat; Amaranthus tricolor

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The Eight Greater Hells

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nonexistence or existence; absence or presence

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suffering pain; experiencing hardship

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Lethal Weapon (series) (film)

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Momotarou (legendary Japanese folk-tale hero)

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crank call; prank call; nuisance call

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imitation crab meat; crab sticks

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report of death; notification of a death

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covering one's head with a handkerchief, scarf, etc.; tying a cloth around one's head

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Kshitigarbha (bodhisattva who looks over children, travellers and the underworld) (travelers); Ksitigarbha; Jizo

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binary star

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small, crow-billed tengu

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regrettable; unsatisfactory; deplorable; lamentable

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Inari (god of harvests, wealth, fertility, etc.); Inari shrine; inarizushi (sushi wrapped in fried tofu); scrotum; testicle sack

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bodhisattva; one who has reached enlightenment but vows to save all beings before becoming a buddha; High Monk (title bestowed by the imperial court); title bestowed to Shinto kami in manifestation theory

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bamboo grass; generally smaller species of running bamboo that do not shed their sheaths (e.g. Sasa spp.)

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carrot and stick; (lit.) candy and whip

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Shang dynasty (of China; approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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brothel

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to transplant; to reset

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(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

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Genji and Heike clans; two opposing sides

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eaves; narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building

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Mount Penglai; Penglai Island; sacred mountain (e.g. Mount Fuji, Mount Kumano, etc.); Kansai New Year decoration (made from food); Formosa; Taiwan

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dwarf; midget; elf; Issun-bōshi (Japanese fairytale)

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Heike family; Taira family

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natural drugs; natural remedy; herbal medicine; crude drugs; galenical

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nine-tailed fox; old, golden-furred fox with nine tails and shapeshifting powers used to fool humans; orig. a Chinese mystical beast whose appearance was considered auspicious

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to work together; to strive together; (lit.) to form a tag team

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vaccination; inoculation; immunization; immunisation

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in large quantities

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Muromachi period (1333-1573)

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blame; accusation; torture; maltreatment; pangs (of conscience)

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fabrication; put-up job; trumped-up story; frame-up; hoax

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dual nature; bilateral character; two-facedness; two-sidedness

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at last; finally; barely; narrowly; yo-ho!; heave-ho!

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Kaguya-Hime (main character of Taketori Monogatari); Princess Kaguya

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field overseer; site foreman

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lewdness; lewd person; pervert; lecher

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often (happens); tend to; be apt to; be likely to

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portrait

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disinfectant

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one class; one set; a pair; a suite; a series

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hanging low (over); hovering around (price level); low hanging (e.g. clouds); sluggish (e.g. economy); slump; recession

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quantity; volume; amount

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funeral parlor (parlour); funeral home; undertaker's; undertaker; mortician; funeral director

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