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white gem

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supple; pliant; slender; delicate; lithe; lissome

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clothes (esp. Western clothes); clothing; dress; counter for doses of medicine, gulps of tea, puffs of a cigarette, etc.

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roundness; rotundity; mellowness; maturity

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straggling hair

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pity; sorrow; pitiable; pitiful; alack; alas

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seductive; carnal; troubling; difficult; anxious; uneasy

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languid; weary; listless; melancholy

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lady attendant; female servant; lady's maid; waiting maid

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to hang one's head; to droop one's head

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to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

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sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

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sad; miserable; unhappy; sad; lamentable; deplorable

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gracious (defeat, apology, etc.); graceful; upright; righteous; (arch.) unspoiled (scenery, etc.); (arch.) pure

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luxury; splendour; splendor; prosperity

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to belittle; to look down on

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mountain forest; forest on a mountain; forest land; mountains and forests

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quiet and secluded

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to conceal oneself; to hide; to endure; to bear; to stand

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this temple

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orchid; Netherlands; Holland

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youth; child (esp. of the young son of someone of high social standing); young; new

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temple (Buddhist); central pillar of a pagoda; kshetra (realm, country); ksetra

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Tenpyō-hōji era (757.8.18-765.1.7)

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June; sixth month of the lunar calendar

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15th day of the month; 15 days

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to drop; to lose; to clean off (dirt, makeup, paint, etc.); to remove (e.g. stains or facial hair); to lose (a match); to reject (an applicant); to lower (e.g. shoulders or voice)

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passing on to the next life; death; giving up a struggle; submission; being at one's wits' end; being flummoxed

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service; duty; business; Buddhist religious services

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A Collection of Tales Heard, Past and Present (Kamakura period collection of stories by Tachibana Narisue)

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writing (a book); book; (literary) work; writings

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naked eye; the physical eye

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red heat

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to recognise; to recognize; to know by sight; to become acquainted with

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poor; low-grade; load; pack; packhorse

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order (for an item); request; demand; condition

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thread; yarn; string

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beautiful woman

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to weave a pattern; to begin to weave

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dawn; daybreak

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light; lamplight

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bundle of straw; sheaf

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weave; weaving; woven item

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who

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to be needed; to be necessary; to be required; to be wanted; to need; to want

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Sukhavati; Amitabha's Pure Land; land of Perfect Bliss

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to weave

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your body; your health; yourself; you

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slowness; inertness; inability; lack of talent; dullness

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comfort; consolation; diversion

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