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puppeteer; puppet player; wirepuller; string-puller; man behind the scenes

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to rewrite; to overwrite; to renew; to transfer

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New Year's Week (festivities)

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popular song; hit song

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Enpō era (1673.9.21-1681.9.29)

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Meiwa era (1764.6.2-1772.11.16)

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Kansei era (1789.1.25-1801.2.5)

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making one's debut; making one's first appearance; (just) showing one's face; showing up; introductory kabuki performance (to introduce the actors); December kabuki performance at Kyoto's Minamiza Theater in which all famous actors perform

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18; eighteen

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nameless; unnamed; obscure; unknown; causeless; unjustifiable

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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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to the end; to the last

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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identical; same; one and the same; fair; equal treatment; without discrimination

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tan-e; early multi-colour ukiyo-e print

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Katsukawa Shunshou

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degree (angle, temperature, scale, etc.); counter for occurrences; strength (of glasses); glasses prescription; alcohol content (percentage); alcohol by volume; extent

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journey; trip; travels; during the journey; on the way; while travelling

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to manufacture; to produce; to raise (crops); to invent; to dream up; to create

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Ryuutei Tanehiko (1783-182) (alias Takaya Hiroshirou)

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Hōei era (1704.3.13-1711.4.25)

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memory; sense; experience

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Kiyoharu

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Hokusai

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to surpass; to outstrip; to excel

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to be the case that

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various countries; various regions; various provinces

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place of scenic beauty; scenic spot; beauty spot

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great (i.e. great-grandson, great-grandmother)

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Furiwake

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88 years old; (arch.) rice

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Hōreki era (1751.10.27-1764.6.2)

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Sendai (city in Miyagi)

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that is so; that is right; it looks to me; people say that; it is said that; I hear that

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senryū; comic haiku; humorous seventeen-mora poem

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haiku; 17-mora poem, usu. in 3 lines of 5, 7 and 5 morae

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United Kingdom; Britain; English (language)

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last day (of the month)

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festive annual custom

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collaboration; joint work

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inlet; bay

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library; book collection; paperback book

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things like; something like; someone like; such a thing as; (the fact) that; to think that

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undutifulness to one's parents; lack of filial piety; (arch.) (the crime of) cursing one's parents; (arch.) disowning one's child

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returning home

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coming and going; recurring (esp. thoughts)

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southeast

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(book) illustration

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excellent article; fine item; rare beauty; masterpiece; gem

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New Year (esp. first three days); first month of the year; January

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