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(pair of) wooden doors in the interior of a home; door to a pavilion in a Heian period palace

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folding door

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to avoid being seen; to be clandestine

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to get close; to cuddle close together; to nestle close to; to snuggle up to

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Metropolis (of Tokyo); (Tokyo) Metropolitan District; counter for cities and towns; capital

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capital (esp. Kyoto, Japan's former capital); seat of government; capital (of music, fashion, etc.); city (e.g. of light); location of the Imperial Palace

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style; manner; way; after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year); for the first time in (period of time)

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snow woman

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silk floss

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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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(flower) bud; promising young person; budding beauty

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from the beginning; from the first; all along; of course

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collapsing in the street (from exhaustion, illness, etc.); falling dead in the street; person lying dead in the street

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crippled; deformed; imperfect; incomplete; one wheel

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car; vehicle

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rubbish heap; garbage dump

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(in gagaku or noh) middle section of a song

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woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

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to (an extent); up to; doesn't amount to doing ...; not significant enough to require ...; even if ...

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origin; source; history; originally; from the start; by nature

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karma (from one's previous life)

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foe; enemy; resentment; enmity; harm; injury

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east

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extreme cold; intense cold; coldest season; midwinter

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sign; indication

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to change; to be transformed; to move to; to be different; to be uncommon

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hand game (e.g. rock-paper-scissors)

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fist

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door (esp. Japanese-style); shutter; window shutter; (arch.) entrance (to a home); (arch.) narrows

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awning (over window, doorway); eaves (of roof); narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building; visor (of a cap); brim; classic Japanese women's low pompadour hairstyle

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to let fly; to make fly; to skip over; to leave out; to run fast; to drive fast; to spray

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fair complexion; face without makeup; inexperience

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march; parade

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yaksha (Buddhist guardian deities sometimes depicted as demonic warriors)

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wide open sky; the blue; heavens; firmament

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to run about; to rush about

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to bury (e.g. in the ground); to fill up (e.g. audience fills a hall); to cause to be packed; to plug (a gap); to stop (a gap); to make up for (a loss, shortage, etc.); to make amends

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15; fifteen

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to drift; to float; to waft (e.g. a scent); to hang in the air; to be in the air (e.g. a feeling or mood); to wander; to walk around aimlessly

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revolt; rebellion; war

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heavenly nymph; celestial maiden; beautiful and kind woman

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phantom; vision; illusion; extremely rare item

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Liang dynasty (China, 502-557)

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(roof) beam

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rainbow

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face; looks; vestiges; trace

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personal ornament (adorned with gemstones, and usu. worn by the nobility in ancient India or adorning Buddhist statues); necklace; diadem; moulded decoration hanging from the edges of a Buddhist canopy, gables, etc.

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hollow; mid-air; air; sky

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to wipe; to dry

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to settle down; to stay (for good); to stay long; to stay on

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