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art of tanka poetry

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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military family; warrior class

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merchant; store; shop; merchant house; merchant family

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to prohibit

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or rather (say); or better (say); or perhaps I should say; or, how should I put it,...; I mean

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to lessen; to decrease; to diminish

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pattern; design; body build; figure; essential qualities; character

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before I knew it; next thing you know; when I came to

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acutely (feel); keenly; severely; tightly; hard

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halo (around the Sun, Moon, etc.); ring; corona

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to love

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to turn completely into; to become completely

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high; noble; refined; advanced

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quickly; calmly; intently

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et cetera; etc.; and the like; and so forth

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to slander; to libel; to criticize; to criticise

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important law; fundamental law

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anti-; antithesis; fanqie; traditional Chinese spelling system in which two characters are used: the first one for the onset, the second one for rhyme and tone

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(mental) attitude; way of thinking; attention; care; prudence; intention

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to go by; to cross; to pass by; to flash across

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bird; bird meat (esp. chicken meat); fowl; poultry

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whole (body); full-length (e.g. portrait); systemic

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to wring (towel, rag); to squeeze; to squeeze (fruit to extract juice); to press; to rack (one's brains); to strain (one's voice); to extort

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four tones (of Chinese)

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crisis; critical situation; emergency; pinch

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lesser cuckoo (Cuculus poliocephalus)

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Takasaki (city in Gunma)

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right now; just now

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attachment; adhesion; tenacity; fixation; obsession

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vicissitudes; ups and downs

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transcendence; transcendency; transcendental; to transcend; to rise above

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shramana (wandering monk)

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(the path of spiritual) enlightenment

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still; even now; to this day

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as usual; as always; as before; as ever; still

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moving about; stirring about

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one's own style; self-taught manner

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fossil; petrifaction; petrification; fossilization

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stirring; slight movement

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kneecap

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meek; quiet; docile; mysterious; marvelous; marvellous

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softly; gently; stealthily; secretly; to leave alone; to leave as it is

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shades of evening; dead of night

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speck; dot; point; only a little; particle; only one

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to resign; to abandon; to step aside; to back out of; to retire; to get away

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worldly; secular

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sadness; sorrow; grief

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counter for generations; epoch

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to wish (for); to pray (for); to hope (for); to pray silently; to recite (Buddha's name, sutras, etc.) in one's mind; to chant (a silent prayer)

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