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Kōgo register; Japan's first census register (670)

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mountain cherry (Cerasus jamasakura)

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author unknown; anonymous

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crimson

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acquaintance; friend; (arch.) lover

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white cloth; white

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harvested grain; harvested rice ears

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Ooe

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(arch.) space between two nodes (on bamboo, etc.); a short time

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competitive karuta

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passing shower

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tie-dye

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Chihaya

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compilation (esp. dictionary, history, law code); editing

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Chihayaburu

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Yoritsuna

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creepers; trailing plants

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judge; selector

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moxa; Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps)

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chronological order

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dusty

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to report to the Emperor; to play (musical instrument); to accomplish

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imperial bridal party's entry into the court

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door chime; doorbell

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twelve-layered ceremonial kimono (worn by a court lady); ajuga (Ajuga nipponensis); bugle

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glutinous rice steamed with red beans or some other ingredient; (arch.) trickery; (arch.) deception

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Inaba (former province located in the east of present-day Tottori Prefecture)

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to pass (examination)

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thin, white ceremonial haori worn by miko

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Taichi

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Ayase

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focusing on; paying attention to; observation; perception; taking notice of

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arrangement

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decorative

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love song; love poem

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evergreen tree

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knot; tying; bundle; lumping; conclusion; ending

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touching a wrong card (in karuta); buzzing too early (in a quiz); making a mistress of a servant; mistress (who is one's servant)

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proficiency test

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hinoki cypress (Chamaecyparis obtusa); Japanese cypress

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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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Japanese mugwort (Artemisia princeps); mugwort (any plant of genus Artemisia); wormwood; sagebrush

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sense of the seasons; feeling of seasonality

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glance; look; glimpse; complete view; bird's-eye view

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Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry)

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pillow word; decorative word used prefixally in classical Japanese literature; preface; introduction

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kimono fabrics shop; draper

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meeting; gathering; village assembly; two wrestlers approaching each other

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winter

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