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representative; representation; delegation; switchboard number; main number

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ginkgo (Ginkgo biloba); gingko; maidenhair tree

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stomach and intestines; gastrointestinal tract; digestive organs

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Buddhist teachings; Buddhist scriptures; Dharmakara; Amitabha Buddha in a pre-enlightenment incarnation

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temple (Buddhist)

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blunder; bungle; clumsiness

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middle palace guard (ritsuryo system)

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genuine article; real thing; real deal

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testing; experiment; test; examination; exam; trial

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beautiful woman

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to keep company; to look after; to entertain; to play (a game) with

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wonderful; splendid; magnificent

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handsome man

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contrary; opposite; inverse; reverse; back-to-front

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accompanying; being accompanied by; going with

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to wave one's hand

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to just appear; to be half out; to be on the tip of one's tongue

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two by two; by twos; as a couple

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to tear up; to tear off; to rip up; to separate (e.g. a couple); to disrupt (a relationship)

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string made from twisted paper

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each (person); individually; one by one; one at a time; in turn

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married couple; husband and wife; man and wife; his and hers; pair of objects, one larger (for man), one smaller (for woman)

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newly-wed; newly married

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personnel selection

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cheers; applause; ovation; acclamation

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slightly; faintly

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to dye; to colour; to color

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ginkgo nut; gingko nut

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main temple building; nave

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to become a wandering ghost; to appear as a spirit

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existing in opposition or interdependence

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companion; partner; spouse

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to have a cramp; to be pulled too tight

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dark; gloomy; overcast; heavy; leaden; dull

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(not) anywhere; nowhere; everywhere; anywhere

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extensive; spacious

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dark night

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distinction

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several hundreds

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to reach; to touch; to be delivered; to arrive; to be attentive; to be scrupulous

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cemetery; graveyard

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the dead; ghost; person who is obsessed (with money, power, etc.); person with a blind lust (for)

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(animal) feed; fodder; pet food; bait; lure; enticement

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fishing; gathering seafood (e.g. clams, seaweed); catch (e.g. of fish); haul

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grey nightjar (Caprimulgus indicus); nightjar (any bird of family Caprimulgidae); goatsucker; streetwalker; low class prostitute (Edo period); soba vendors who walk around at night

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yikes!; eek!; ook; eek; customer

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to shout; to cry; to scream; to clamour

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period from midnight until the early morning; around 4am

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(arch.) division of the night (from approx. 7pm to 5am) into five 2-hour periods; the fifth of these periods (approx. 3am to 5am)

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drizzling (rain); blearily; weakly (blinking); dejectedly; gloomily

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