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home country; one's own country; suzerain country (from the perspective of the vassal state); colonizing country; country of one's ancestors; this country

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perception; sensing; noticing

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forte; strong point

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to bud; to sprout

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to pick up; to adopt (e.g. a proposal); to accept; to take away; to confiscate; to deliver (a baby)

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hesitation; indecision; vacillation

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Yamada Bimyou

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to detach; to decapitate; to cut loose; to let loose; to dismember

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short way; shortcut

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we

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to release

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(not) ever; (not) by any means; (not) in the least; (not) in any way; (not) at all

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after; later

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(the) whole; as a whole; in general; at large

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to spread; to be propagated

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article; discourse; dissertation; editorial; leading article; leader

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science

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description; account

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each person

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giving and taking; exchange (of letters); arguing back and forth; (conversational) exchange

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writing (an essay, prose, etc.); composition; formal writing with little real meaning

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months and years

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jōruri; type of dramatic recitation accompanied by a shamisen (associated with Japanese puppet theater)

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length and width; length and breadth; four cardinal points; every direction; as one wishes; as one pleases

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colloquialism; colloquial language; slang

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using freely; making full use of; having a good command of; working (someone) hard; driving (someone) on

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to throw into; to dump in together

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scholar of (ancient) Japanese literature and culture

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Man'yōshū (8th century anthology of Japanese poetry); (arch.) thousands of leaves; (arch.) thousands of years; (arch.) all ages

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Kojiki; Records of Ancient Matters; Japan's oldest historical record

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search; quest; pursuit

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once more

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bright place; the light; the open; light of day; public knowledge

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establishment; founding; organization; organisation

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root; basis; foundation

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in a day; in a brief space of time

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pleasant smell; aroma; fragrance; pleasant-smelling vegetation

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to smell sweet; to be fragrant

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Arishima

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Cynanchum caudatum (species of swallowwort)

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complexity; frequency; trouble; traditional Chinese character; unsimplified Chinese character

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Tayama Katai (1872.1.22-1930.5.13)

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Yanagita Kunio

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circle; entirety; whole; money; dough; enclosure inside a castle's walls; soft-shelled turtle

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Banka

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late summer; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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travel; trip; journey; excursion; tour

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memories; recollections; reminiscence

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