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10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication

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signs; omen; symptoms

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to present; to offer; to show; to display; to assume (e.g. a shape)

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guidance; leadership; leading the way

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small boat

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charming; bewitching; enchanting

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(husked grains of) rice

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price; cost; value; worth; value

3

rise (in price or value); appreciation; advance

3

to eat; to live on (e.g. a salary); to live off; to subsist on

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rich person

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buying up of goods; cornering (market)

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row of syllables on the Japanese syllabary table that ends with the vowel sound "a"

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hunger; starvation

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Ise (former province located in the major part of present-day Mie Prefecture and parts of Aichi and Gifu prefectures); Ise (city)

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just the other day; quite recently

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stock or supply of lumber

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to imitate; to copy; to enter someone as a candidate; to press (e.g. a weapon against someone's back); to compare; to liken

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frame (i.e. of a sliding door); crosspiece; bar; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); rung (of a ladder)

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stationary point

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three large cities (esp. Edo, Kyoto, and Osaka during the Edo period)

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Tango (former province located in the north of present-day Kyoto Prefecture)

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geisha; professional female entertainer, usu. at traditional banquets

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pots and pans; kitchen utensils

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

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popular use; circulation; to pass as; to pass for

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Honmachidoori

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here and there; in twos and threes; sporadically; now and then; from time to time; occasionally

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Ming dynasty (China, 1368-1644)

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aka-e; late 19th century woodblock prints, using imported aniline dyes; red painting on ceramics

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to become famous; to go out into the world; to make one's way in the world; to appear

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program board (concert, theatrical production); act-announcement sheets; mekuri karuta

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kan (obs. unit of weight, approx. 3.75 kg, 8.3 lb); kan (obs. unit of currency, equiv. to 1000 mon in the Edo period; col. 10 mon in the Meiji period); counter for pieces of sushi; 10 points; 12 points

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rank; place (e.g. first place); decimal place; counter for ghosts

2

samurai for the shogunate

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juice; sap; soup; broth

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the five vegetables (garlic chive, Japanese leek, green onion, wasabi and mame); (meal of) five dishes

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even

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lucky; fortunate

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good luck; fortune

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direction; orientation; suited to; suitable for; tendency; inclination

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Japanese clothing; being dressed in a kimono; Japanese-style bookbinding

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main street

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hayfield; field of miscanthus

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particular; special; exceptional; particularly; especially; exceptionally

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reason; circumstances; meaning

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counter for birds, rabbits, etc.

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weekday; ordinary days (i.e. non-holiday); kanji radical 73

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turning around (once); suddenly; abruptly; completely (wrapped in something); quickly (unwrapping something); beautiful, round (eyes)

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flower basket (or plate) used for flower-scattering rituals

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