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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

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ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

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large number; innumerable; great many; immense; vast; abundant

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coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

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isolation; cut off; blockade; quarantine; interception; deprivation

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stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

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attack; assault; raid; criticism; censure; denunciation

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monopoly; monopolization; exclusivity; hogging; keeping to oneself

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innumerable; countless; numberless

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yokozuna (highest rank in sumo); grand champion; best in its field; crème de la crème; cream of the crop

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ōzeki (second highest rank in sumo)

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beginning; start; first (in line, etc.); origin; such as ...; not to mention ...

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low-ranking unsalaried wrestler (ranked below juryo)

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fundoshi; loincloth; kimono underskirt; wrestler's ornamental apron

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a large number; all sorts; hundreds and thousands

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ahead; further on; beyond (this place); before this; prior to this; earlier

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manager; controller; chief treasurer; boss (of a gambling den)

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Ogin

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to wait upon; to serve

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visit to a temple or shrine; worship; pilgrimage

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(Shinto) shrines and (Buddhist) temples

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to neglect; to ignore; to disregard; to make light of

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painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

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worship (esp. Christian); adoration; divine service; worship (esp. Buddhist and Shinto)

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reverence

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Inari (god of harvests, Uka-no-Mitama); Inari shrine; Fushimi Inari shrine (in Kyoto); fox (said to be messengers of Inari); fried tofu (said to be a favourite food of foxes); inarizushi

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Shinto shrine

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visit to a shrine or temple; paying homage at a shrine or temple

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zealous; enthusiastic; ardent; fervent; keen; eager

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way; method; means; resource; course

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deity of rice fields and harvests

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contents; content; substance; matter; detail; import

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clearly miraculous; remarkably miraculous; striking

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shintai; object of worship believed to contain the spirit of a deity, typically housed in a shrine

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poor; lame; ill-prepared

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being struck with awe

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parish

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chancy trade or business with uncertain profitability; night entertainment business (e.g. hostess bar); nightlife business

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to show respect for; to revere; to honour; to honor; to worship; to hold in esteem

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omen; sign of luck; origin; history; dependent arising; doctrine that everything has a cause and there is nothing that arises out of nothing

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to celebrate; to congratulate; to present (a gift) in celebration; to drink in celebration; to wish for (a happy future, good fortune, etc.); to pray for

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convention; tired tradition; old custom

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prayer; grace (at meals); exorcism

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form; shape; figure

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to fish; to look for; to search for; to go on a spree (spending, reading, etc.); to binge

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grounds (esp. of shrines and temples); compound; churchyard; precincts

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temple; shrine; hall; company; (arch.) front room

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to pay attention (to)

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garden stone

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purificatory font at shrines and temples; kitchen; cupboard; room adjacent to a tea ceremony room, where utensils are washed; vendor of drinking water; building for taking refuge during a flood

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