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recitation (of a poem); chanting; composition (of a poem); composed poem; classical Chinese poetry form; stress of sound in noh song

2

to develop a rash or inflammation (e.g. in response to a skin irritant); to react to (something); to be strongly influenced (usu. negative or critical nuance)

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to pay attention (to)

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reciting Chinese poems

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bad (taste); unpalatable; poor; unskillful; ugly; unattractive

1

to destroy; to demolish; to disturb; to put into disorder; to relax (one's pose); to make oneself at ease; to break (a bill)

1

worth; merit; value; good point; redeeming feature; saving grace

4

dealing with (people, customers, complaints, etc.); receiving (callers, visitors, etc.); attending to; handling; serving

1

to have a go; to try and do (something); to take a chance with something

4

Tansou

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fashion; way; school (of thought); class; rank; current (electrical, water, etc.)

10

to decide to; to pretend that; to make a practice of doing; to make it a rule to

2

way (of doing things); method; style; school (e.g. of poetry)

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Hirose Tansou (1782.5.22-1856.11.28)

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tō-on; Tang reading; on reading of a kanji based on Song dynasty and later Chinese

1

to discuss; to talk about; to argue; to dispute; to take into consideration; to make an issue of

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recitation (of Japanese or Chinese poem)

2

relativity; relative

3

south side of a mountain; Sanyo district

6

student; student who performs housework in exchange for meals and lodging; houseboy (attending school or university)

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Higo (former province located in present-day Kumamoto Prefecture)

1

feature; trait; characteristic; peculiarity; distinction

2

bass range (in Japanese music); six even-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale; Japanese seven-tone gagaku scale similar to Mixolydian mode (corresp. to: re, mi, fa, so, la, ti, do)

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(in Japan) 8th note of the ancient chromatic scale (approx. A)

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law (esp. ancient East Asian criminal code); regulation; vinaya (rules for the monastic community); Ritsu (school of Buddhism); lüshi (style of Chinese poem); (musical) pitch; six odd-numbered notes of the ancient chromatic scale

2

graceful; affable

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grave; sad; mournful; sorrowful; pensive

3

righteous indignation; patriotic lamentation; deploration

1

violent; vehement

1

light; faint; pale; fleeting

2

to mimic; to imitate

1

preface; introduction

1

clear; sonorous; full-sounding; resonant; bright

5

voice

1

greed; avarice

1

celadon porcelain

1

cool autumn; cool fall

1

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

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barrier; gate

1

to float; to become merry; to be cheerful; to become loose; to become unsteady; to feel out of it; to be cut off (e.g. from those around you)

3

Konronzan

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cooking stove; burner (gas, electric, etc.); range; cooktop; hob

2

slanting; tilted; sloping; distorted (feeling); slanted (e.g. view of the world); bad (mood)

3

greed; craving; desire; appetite; hunger; avarice

1

man month; man-month

1

great mountain; large mountain

1

far away; far off; far; long ago; long before

1

every evening; night after night

1

to be delighted; to be glad; to congratulate; to gratefully accept

3

front and rear; before and after; order; sequence; consequences; context

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