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tokonoma (alcove where art or flowers are displayed)

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hanging scroll; kakemono; bed covering (quilt, futon, blanket, etc.); sugared sweets

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(flower) vase

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nervousness; oversensitivity

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flower arrangement

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ornament; decorative object; object placed in a tokonoma; figurehead; leader without real power

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refined; elegant; chaste

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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taste (in goods, etc.); manners; etiquette; modesty; restraint; knowledge, experience (of the arts, etc.)

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ready wit; quick wits; resourcefulness; raising (money)

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ability; gift; talent; sai; traditional unit of volume, approx. 1.8 ml

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support; stay; prop

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crossarm; bracket; blade; semaphore

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rectangle; oblong

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crowd of people; great number of people; in great numbers

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extraction; abstraction; selection (from a group); sampling

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something; nothing (with neg. verb)

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to assume the air of ...; to behave like ...; to put on airs; to be self-important

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desktop; desk-top; tabletop; after-dinner speech

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western style

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knife

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spoon

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question; inquiry; enquiry

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due form; official; formality

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second line of a four-line Chinese poem

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foundation; base; basis; from the beginning; from the outset; by nature

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Japanese-Chinese; Japan and China

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boy; juvenile; young boy; youth; lad

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skill; dexterity; proficiency

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imitating; copying; mimicry; behavior; behaviour; action

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technology; engineering; technique; skill; art; craft

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to hold between (e.g. one's fingers, chopsticks); to grip (from both sides); to put between; to sandwich between; to catch (e.g. a finger in a door); to trap; to insert (e.g. a break into proceedings)

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convenient; useful; handy; helpful

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to get (e.g. the gist of something); to understand; to turn out as one thought

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desire; request; wish

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sillago (any fish of genus Sillago, esp. the Japanese whiting, Sillago japonica)

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bowl (of rice); pair (of chopsticks)

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to giggle

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notice; attention; observation

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small bones

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to be manageable; to be able to handle

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to lay hands on; to touch; to care for; to look after; to make off with; to steal

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to pluck; to pick; to tear

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eight; 8

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mackerel (esp. the chub mackerel, Scomber japonicus); server (in an online game)

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Japanization; Japanisation

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way of eating; how to eat

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audience; spectator; spectators

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to be ready; to be prepared; to be in order; to be put in order; to be adjusted; to be regulated

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to arrive at; to reach; to sit on; to sit at (e.g. the table)

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