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common camellia (Camellia japonica)

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(mountain) pass; highest point on a mountain road; ridge; peak (e.g. of summer); worst (e.g. of an illness); crisis

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sakaki (species of evergreen sacred to Shinto, Cleyera japonica); evergreen (esp. one planted or used at a shrine)

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to work; to labor; to function; to operate; to commit (e.g. a crime); to perpetrate

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grass; weed; (arch.) ninja; not genuine; substandard; LOL

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traditional cap worn by Shinto clergy and courtiers; crown; diadem; top kanji radical; first verse of a haikai, etc.; best; peerless

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stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

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to agree

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archery range; archery ground; position where an archer is standing; launch site (e.g. for rockets, missiles, etc.)

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way; method; means; resource; course

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not distinguishing between what's good and bad; (lit.) miso and shit are the same

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Chinese mahogany (Toona sinensis)

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Chinese mahogany (Toona sinensis)

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ding (of a bell); bing; honk (i.e. sound of blowing one's nose); snort; heating in a microwave; cooking in a microwave

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(arch.) chinaberry; (arch.) Japanese bead tree (Melia azedarach); light purple outside, green inside; purple outside, light purple inside; type of garment layering color scheme, worn in April and May

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throughout; over a period of ...; over a span of ...

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god tree (Ailanthus)

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pearl

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tree of heaven (Ailanthus altissima)

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stinking; smelly; suspicious; fishy; clumsy; unskilled

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tolerable; passable; adequate; so-so

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pocket size

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fifth degree (of the Japanese and Chinese pentatonic scale)

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to closely resemble; to suit well; to match well; to go well with

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mountain castle

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Amur cork tree (Phellodendron amurense)

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vague; obscure; vast; boundless

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all health and happiness

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Kanbun era (1661.4.25-1673.9.21)

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(period of) a year; during an era

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cooking; cookery; cuisine; dealing with something; handling; administration

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ball (for sport, games, etc.); kemari; type of football played by courtiers in ancient Japan

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witnessing; observing; sighting

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merit; success; meritorious deed; achievement; accumulated experience

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drying rice on a rack; rack for drying rice

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tiller; offshoot

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early summer; fourth month of the lunar calendar

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to be struck by lightning; to be yelled at (by someone of higher status); to be scolded harshly

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direct

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sake cup; small deep porcelain bowl for serving food

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continuation; rest (of the story, work, etc.); flow (e.g. of a piece of writing); pacing (of a story); succession (of); sequence

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to swipe; to nick; to pilfer; to steal

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marsh land; swamp

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contained in a letter

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treating alike

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collaboration; joint work

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it is assuredly that ...; can say with confidence that ...; did not ...

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praise; glorification; extolment

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Tamatsubaki

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literary

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