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dusk; twilight

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dusk; twilight

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crowd of people

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at first; in the beginning; originally

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six immortals of poetry; six notable Japanese poets whose poems were included in the anthology Kokin Wakashū

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belle; (town) beauty

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first line (of a poem); first bars (of a melody)

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sentence; composition; text; the literary arts (as opposed to the military arts); academia; statement

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Yasuhide

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courtier

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one's rival in love

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dice; die; baton (of command)

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female; smaller (of the two); weaker; (arch.) woman; (arch.) wife

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ridge (in field); row of raised earth when planting crops; rib (cloth, mountains, sea); cord (e.g. corduroy)

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to yearn for; to be in love with

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to live; to exist; to make a living; to subsist; to be in effect; to be in use

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Sagenta

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noisy; loud; much talked of; much-discussed; strict; severe

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please; kindly; I beg of you; by all means; without fail

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pleasures of a pious life; entertainment for or dedicated to a deity or Buddha; pastime; entertainment; free admission

2

a throw; a fall

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round coin with a (square) hole in the center; coin made of non-precious materials; money

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sen (hundredth of a yen); coin made of non-precious materials; one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of currency); (arch.) one-thousandth of a kan (as a unit of mass)

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to scatter; to sprinkle; to distribute (handbills, etc.); to spread (rumours, etc.); to give the slip; to throw off

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to like; to be pleased with; to be delighted with; to take a liking to; to suit one's fancy

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hand; arm; handwriting; penmanship; 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

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promise; agreement; arrangement; something expected or predictable (e.g. running gag); typical or clichéd development (in a story); something considered obligatory or guaranteed (in a certain situation)

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successfully; with success

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many; much; a great amount; (arch.) excessive amount

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tiny amount of money; a penny; one letter; one character; one mon (unit of currency)

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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determined purpose; an incredibly short span of time (i.e. the time occupied by a single thought); a single repetition of a prayer (esp. in Jodo-shu)

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to cross over; to cross; to pass through; to exceed; to surpass; to be more (than)

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dew; tears; (not) a bit; (not) at all

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eyebrow pencil; blackened eyebrows; (metaphorically) distant mountain range

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practice; practising; experience

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early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

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death; rejection (of a manuscript, etc.); lacking; without

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wisteria (esp. Japanese wisteria, Wisteria floribunda); wistaria

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rabbitear iris (Iris laevigata)

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fence; paling; railing; (arch.) fortress

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yatsuhashi; cinnamon-seasoned rice flour cracknel (local delicacy in Kyoto); zigzag bridge

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crossing; passage; importing; import; wandering; wanderer; migration

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(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu

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to express sudden recognition and being impressed; (lit.) to slap one's knee

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to continue; to keep up; to keep on

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pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

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to rub; to chafe; to strike (match); to lose (e.g. a match); to forfeit; to squander one's money (e.g. through gambling, Pachinko, etc.)

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Gion Festival (in Kyoto during the month of July, with high point on the 17th)

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imitative sound (in film, theatre, etc.); sound effect

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