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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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Aoi Festival (Kyoto, May 15); Aoi Matsuri

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fresh; new

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interesting (personality, turn of phrase, etc.); pleasantly different; tasteful; attractive; charming

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reason; grounds

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acquaintance; relation; affinity; reason

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new; unused; new

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discovery; detection; finding

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umeboshi; pickled dried ume; pickled dried plum

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to drip; to drop; to trickle; to overflow (with freshness, beauty, etc.)

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shiso (Perilla frutescens var. crispa); perilla; beefsteak plant

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founder; originator; pioneer

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to soak; to dip; to steep; to moisten; to wet

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to air; to dry; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc.

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drying; dried

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woven mat (esp. one made of straw); (arch.) seat

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to find out; to discover; to locate

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soul; spirit

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reed screen

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to cool (from room temperature); to chill; to calm down; to cool off; to be frightened (at); to be scared (of)

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to enclose; to surround; to shelter (e.g. a criminal); to shield; to keep (e.g. a mistress); to store (vegetables, fruit, etc.)

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to throw into

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coming and going; traffic; road; street; association; socializing

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teahouse; (Edo period) rest stop; (geisha) teahouse; establishment where patrons are entertained by geisha; tea house (that sells tea); tea dealer

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far beyond one's power; not at all equal; no match for

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precisely because

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tub; washbasin; washbowl

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common mallow (Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana)

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common mallow (Malva sylvestris var. mauritiana)

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incubation; hatching

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wrong; bad; not allowed; not possible; failing grade

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to release; to let go; to free; to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.

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to keep (a pet or other animal); to have; to own; to raise; to rear; to feed

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in swarms; crawling with

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duckling; baby duck

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cloth width

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shadow of a leaf or tree

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rice reaping; rice harvesting

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dull (e.g. a knife); blunt; thickheaded; obtuse; dull (sound, color, etc.); dim (light)

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rice grasshopper (of genus Oxya); grasshopper; locust (of family Catantopidae)

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walk; stroll

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to cut (grass, hair, etc.); to mow; to clip; to trim; to prune; to shear

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to jump; to leap; to break up; to close; to hit (e.g. to have a car hit something or someone)

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a number of days

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late autumn (fall) windstorm in the countryside; typhoon, esp. one that blows from the 210th to the 220th day of the year; name of the 28th roll of the Genji monogatari

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armpit; under one's arm; beside; close to; aside; to the side; off-track

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bush clover; Japanese clover (any flowering plant of genus Lespedeza); dark red exterior with blue interior (color combination worn in autumn); Hagi (city in Yamaguchi)

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every year; yearly; annually

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about this time

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to rub on; to rub against; to wipe on; to strike (a match)

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