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people from one's hometown

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marriage

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funerals and ceremonial occasions

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cherry blossom viewing; flower viewing

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excursion; outing; picnic

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trifle; minor detail

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eternal; everlasting; unchangeable; invariant

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narrow-minded; obstinate; stubborn; perverse; unreasonable; warped

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inconvenient; inexpedient; unfavourable; wrong; improper; objectionable

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conception; idea; thought; samjna (perception)

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information; news; report; reward; retribution

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kalpa (eon, aeon); ko (in go); position that allows for eternal capture and recapture of the same stones

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propriety; right and wrong; advisability; pro and con; ayes and noes

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fairness; impartiality; justice; objectivity

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to judge; to decide; to solve; to decipher; to divine; to guess

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lightly; easily; carelessly

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to manage; to dispose of; to carry through; to distinguish; to discriminate

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to copy; to imitate; to counterfeit; to forge

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Eastern Zhou dynasty (China, 771-256 BCE); Eastern Chou dynasty

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smoke and fumes (e.g. from cooking); beacon; skyrocket; fireworks

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the capital (esp. Kyoto)

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fallen leaves; leaf litter; leaf fall; dropping leaves; deciduous

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rubbish; trash; garbage; refuse

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dust; trash; garbage; negligible amount; tiny bit; hustle and bustle (of life)

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(real) ability; true strength; merit; arms; force

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bad fortune; misfortune

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dynasty; reign; period; epoch; court; North Korea

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Arai Hakuseki (1657-1725)

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turning point; critical juncture; knot (in a tree, etc.)

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cinnabar; vermillion; red pigment (and ink made from same); red text (as used to correct documents)

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leader of a (large) group; large decorative black flagpole tassel made from tail hair (of a yak, horse, ox, etc.) or dyed hemp; puffbird (any bird of family Bucconidae); first makushita rikishi listed on the banzuke

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ape mask; ape-like face; ape face

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nth son; lang; official title in ancient China; (arch.) man; (arch.) young man; (arch.) my husband

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secret technique; secret art

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unlike; unique; unusual

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drama; play; Chinese opera

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stale; hackneyed; cliched

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conventionality; triteness

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superior; first-class; excellent; (that's) just fine!; bring it on!

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vigorous; powerful

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blue; azure; green; pale; gray; unripe

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winding; twisting; zigzagging

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surface; face (i.e. the visible side of an object); front (of a building, etc.); obverse side (i.e. "head") of a coin; outside; exterior; appearance

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one reading (of a poem aloud) leaves one with ceaseless sighs of admiration

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conjugation; incorporation; embrace

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magnificent spectacle; thrilling sight; grand view

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warning

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beauty; siren; courtesan; prostitute

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inevitable; necessary; foregone; brinkmate (inevitable checkmate)

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pressure; stress; pressure (e.g. political); coercion; arm-twisting

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