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quotient; dealing; dealer; second degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale); Shang dynasty (China, approx. 1600-1046 BCE); Yin dynasty

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spine; backbone; spinal column

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Scotland

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oath; abjuration; pledge

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rare; uncommon

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great popularity; sensation; good reputation

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to inspect; to supervise

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easily; without effort

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way; destination; reason

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mistake; error; discrepancy; discrepancy between one's actions and intentions

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Ken'ichi

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counter for leaves in a book (esp. one with traditional Japanese-style binding); counter for blocks of tofu; counter for servings in a restaurant; counter for long and narrow things such as guns, scissors, spades, hoes, inksticks, palanquins, candles, jinrikishas, shamisen, oars, etc.; even number; 109.09 m

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romantic story; colorful story; colourful story; highly embellished story

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romance; love story; love affair; romantic relationship; romance

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natural history

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offering ceremony held on the third day of the dog after the winter solstice; twelfth month of the lunisolar calendar; year in the Buddhist order (after the completion of the first meditation retreat)

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barbarian tribes surrounding ancient China

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(large) parrot (incl. the cockatoo)

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Tenpō era (742-756)

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Guangzhou (China); Kwangchow; Canton

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tide; current; sea water; opportunity; chance; thin soup of fish or shellfish boiled in seawater

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earnestly; immediately; exactly

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dead body; corpse; cadaver; carcass

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Taishō era (1912.7.30-1926.12.25); Taisho era

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(just) making sure; just to be sure; just in case; for caution's sake

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various families; various schools of thought

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criticism; critique; review; commentary

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James

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Richie; Ritchie

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instruction; teaching

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bristle worm; polychaete

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thorn; spine; splinter (esp. lodged in one's flesh); hard sharp item (esp. lodged in one's throat, e.g. fish bone); biting words

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prawn; shrimp; lobster; crayfish

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pair; couple; antithesis; counter for items that come in pairs; counter for sets (of clothes, small furniture, utensils, etc.)

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counter for scraps, fragments, petals, etc.

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wave motion; undulation; surge; wave

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or; otherwise; furthermore; also; (arch.) perhaps; (arch.) by some chance; (arch.) that being said

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marine product; marine (e.g. product, animal etc.)

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vague; obscure; indistinct; hazy; ambiguous

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general term; generic name

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Norway

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North America

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rare; seldom

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to take; to catch; to capture

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ragworm; sandworm; clam worm (Hediste)

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deep purple

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rest; quiet; repose

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green; greenery (esp. fresh verdure)

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flesh-color; flesh-colour

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trout; Japanese dace (Tribolodon hakonensis); Nibe croaker (Nibea mitsukurii)

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