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to stroll about; to saunter; to wander; to dangle; to swing

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darkness

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creepy (feeling); uneasy (feeling); bad (feeling); giving one the creeps; hideous; scaring

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to make merry; to frolic; to be in high spirits

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white paper; flyleaf; blank paper; clean slate; lack of prior opinion, positions, etc.; scratch

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request; favor; favour; reliance; dependence; trust

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six (long cylindrical things)

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to pick out; to single out; to select; to extract; to draw out; to pull out

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to take out; to drag out

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summer play

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dropping; unloading; grated vegetables, fruit, etc.; grater; using new tools (or clothes, etc.); new tools (or clothes, etc.)

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to go crazy; to go off one's head

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consent; assent; agreement; understanding; comprehension; grasp

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noh mask resembling a dignified youth

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it's no big deal; it's no problem; it's nothing to worry about; safe (and sound); all right

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style of haikai or haiku from the Tenmei era (based on a return to the style of Basho); style of comical tanka from the Tenmei era (popularized by Oota Nampo)

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Sichuan (province in China); Shu; Shu Han; Shu; kingdom in ancient China (-316 BCE)

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life; thread of life

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10^12; 1,000,000,000,000; trillion; sign; omen; indication

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to die down (storm, anger, conflict, etc.); to calm down; to be at peace; to be governed well; to subside (of pain, symptoms, etc.); to be alleviated

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judge (of literary contests)

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four generations; fourth generation immigrant; yonsei; the fourth (e.g. George IV)

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Mendou

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third month of the lunar calendar; (arch.) thick growth (of grass, etc.); Yayoi period (ca. 300 BCE-300 CE); Yayoi culture

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every month; trite; commonplace; conventional

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(small) mallet; gavel

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spool (of thread); reel; bobbin; tuning peg

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and various other things; and many other things; and more; and what not; and all that

1

opening a meeting; first meeting

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announcement; presentation; demonstration; displaying; showing; introducing

1

to pile up; to form into a (huge) pile

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illustrated; pictorial

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to age

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beauties of nature; the traditional themes of natural beauty in Japanese aesthetics; artistic pursuits involving nature themes

1

current issues; current topics

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to include in a poem (season word, place name, etc.)

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each party; each faction; all sects

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union; alliance; combination; RENGO (Japanese Trade Union Confederation)

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meeting up; gathering; assembly; set

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representative; exemplary; model

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to abandon; to fail; to desert; to forsake

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lonely; lonesome; dreary; (arch.) loneliness; (arch.) desolation

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devotion; attachment; infatuation

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someone who is greatly one's senior; veteran

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to rally; to make a comeback

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crab

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Kanagaki

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to rise; to flourish

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literary art; literary activity; writing

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pleasantry; joke; tomfoolery

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