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Keichō era (1596.10.27-1615.7.13)

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post horse

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(arch.) female slave; female servant; housemaid

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awe; fear; dread; fright

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mercy; compassion; clemency; Hodgson's hawk-cuckoo (Cuculus fugax); Horsfield's hawk cuckoo

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Buddha-nature

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kitchen; financial situation

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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

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grain of boiled rice

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to defend against; to protect against; to prevent; to avert; to avoid

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my; one's own; I ...; one ...

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beggar; begging

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together with ...

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finally; at last; in the end; after all; never (happened)

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living flesh; flesh and blood; physical body of Buddha or a bodhisattva

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growth; metamorphosis

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soul; spirit; departed soul; ghost

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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heart; mind; bottom of one's heart; core (of one's character); centre; center; heart (organ)

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to deify; to enshrine; to pray; to worship

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degenerate age; corrupt word; age of the decline of Buddhism; latter days of the law

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to shine; to glitter; to be bright

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halo; aureole; aureola; halo (optical phenomenon); glory

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maidservant

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senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

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tree sparrow (Passer montanus); talkative person; knowledgeable person

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Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)

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really; very; extremely; (not) anything; (not) at all; (not) a bit

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lukewarm; tepid; lenient; (arch.) slow; (arch.) stupid

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to wear out (something)

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number of years

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relation; relative; kind; cordial

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epilepsy; epileptic fit

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odd; strange; queer; peculiar

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Kiichi

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theatergoer; someone who likes plays

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(some type of) enthusiast; somebody possessed of a (certain kind of) mental abnormality

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slope; incline; hill; milestone; (age) mark

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to pass through town

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seat; place; position; status; gathering; party; stand

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to peek (through a keyhole, gap, etc.); to look down into (a ravine, etc.); to peek into (a shop, bookstore, etc.); to sneak a look at; to take a quick look at; to peep (through a telescope, microscope, etc.); to stick out (a scarf from a collar, etc.)

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song; singing; classical Japanese poem (esp. tanka); modern poetry

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folding fan

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actor; actress; man of wits; clever person; cunning fellow

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leader of a troupe

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leading male role in kabuki

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to be popular

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popular

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theatre; theater; playhouse

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