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start of the mountain-climbing season

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to take more time than expected; to take a long time; to be delayed

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taking up a new line of work; the beginning of things; starting the preparations for New Year's festivities (December 8 in Tokyo, December 13 in Kyoto); resuming work after the New Year's vacation

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central figure; pillar (e.g. of the nation); chief; boss; master carpenter; beams and ridge supports of a roof

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mountain climbing

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division into groups; separation into classes (e.g. of schoolchildren according to ability)

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array; muster; line-up; full force

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

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the Japanese syllabary symbols

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all kinds of things; various things; large number of people

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thirty; 30

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to decide; to determine; to establish; to lay down; to bring peace (to); to make peaceful

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decoration; ornament; trimmings

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craftsman; artisan; tradesman; worker; workman

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polish; improvement; burnishing

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mason; stonemason

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law; rule; regulation; destiny; fate; karma

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completion of construction

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descending (mountain)

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under construction

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one's homeland; one's old home

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overseas Chinese

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Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion

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both Houses of Parliament

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itinerant Buddhist monk; practitioner of Shugendō

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to invite; to ask; to beckon; to wave someone in; to call in; to send for

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to pay (e.g. money, bill); to brush off; to wipe away; to drive away (e.g. one's competitors); to sell off (something unneeded); to dispose of; to pay (e.g. attention)

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to purify; to cleanse; to exorcise; to purge; to ward off

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in accordance with the situation

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book; document; calligraphy (esp. Chinese); penmanship; handwriting; letter

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while; during (the time when)

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notice; bulletin; post; posting; placard

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to put up (a notice); to post

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inside; interior

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moving about in confusion; going every which way; going this way and that

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this time; now

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being in charge (of an area of responsibility); being responsible (for a work role, etc.)

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Koura

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shell (of crab, tortoise, etc.); carapace; person's back; years of experience

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to make it a principle to ...; to aim at doing

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president (of a nation); big man; boss; buddy

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Ōsumi (former province located in the east of present-day Kagoshima Prefecture, including the Amami Islands)

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Chikuzen (former province located in the west of present-day Fukuoka Prefecture)

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carving; engraving; sculpture; tattoo

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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hollow; cavity; hole; cave

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bell-shaped bronze vessel of Yayoi period

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scarlet; red

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sailor; seaman

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Heijuurou

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