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to come for the first time; to become for the first time

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to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

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-ist; -er

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peace; tranquility; tranquillity; (arch.) happy-go-lucky

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virtue; Meitoku era (of the Northern Court; 1390.3.26-1392.10.5); Meitoku era (of reunified Japan; 1392.10.5-1394.7.5)

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Oouchi Yoshihiro (1356-1399)

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extermination; elimination; renouncing worldly desires (in order to concentrate on Buddhist teachings); curing (an illness)

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Ōei era (1394.7.5-1428.4.27)

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explanation (of a text, phrase, etc.); lecture; explanation (in a pompous fashion); (long-winded) lecture; (arch.) storytelling

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war chronicle

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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master musician

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Kanze style; Kanze school of noh

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Kan'ami

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Zeami

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advance (into a new market, industry, etc.); expansion (into); launch (into); advance (to the next round of a competition)

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ritual music and dancing in shrines and temples; rice dance; rice festival; tofu (or fish, etc.) baked and coated with miso; turning something in the manner one would use to cook dengaku-tofu on both sides

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sarugaku (form of theatre popular in Japan during the 11th to 14th centuries); (arch.) noh; (arch.) fooling around

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to pass (a car); to overtake; to surpass; to outstrip; to outdistance

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posterity; future generations; future life

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noh play

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contour; outline; summary; outline; looks; features

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peach (Prunus persica)

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well

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style of recitative dance popular during the Muromachi period (often with a military theme)

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renga poet

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Kyūsei

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Tsukuba

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new form; new formula

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plaything; toy

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flavour; flavor; taste; charm; appeal; interest

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sense of beauty; aesthetic sense; attention to one's appearance; grooming-consciousness

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tuck (e.g. in a dress); rise (e.g. in price)

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few decades; many decades; several decades

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Ashikaga shogunate (i.e. the Muromachi shogunate, 1336-1573)

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arbitrariness; despotism; high-handedness; tyranny

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full force

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extreme decline; decay

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altitude; height; elevation; high-degree; high-grade; advanced

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colouring; coloring; shade (of colour); flavour; nuance; feel

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from ... to; between ... and; or

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beauty

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with one's own hands

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to be completely weakened; to be utterly exhausted; to be worn out; to be completely at a loss; to be at one's wits' end; to be greatly annoyed (by)

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to be in charge of; to manage; to direct; to rule; to govern; to control

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person of doubtful origin; suspicious stranger

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taking something as absolute truth; regarding something as absolute

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regarding as sacred; apotheosis; deification; sanctification

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dramatic (improvement); remarkable (difference); marked; (far) better; exceptional

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to deepen; to heighten; to intensify

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