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acceptable; satisfactory; approval; being in favour; Pass (grade); Fair

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hereditary occupational group (Yamato period)

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standard length of material used in a kimono

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versatile

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feeble; faint

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look; glimpse; apparently; seemingly; (arch.) first meeting

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clear; fresh; bright

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by all rights; properly speaking; legally speaking

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to rise up (e.g. pillar of smoke); to go up

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to talk; to speak; to tell; to explain; to speak (a language)

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Houfu

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abundant; plentiful; rich; ample

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state-supported provincial temple (Nara period)

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moat; fosse; canal; ditch

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to be dyed; to be tainted; to be infected; to be stained

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sink (e.g. in a kitchen); cruising (e.g. taxi); strolling (entertainer, musician, etc.); washing area (in a Japanese-style bath); back-washing service (in a public bath); floating (something on water)

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ceramics made in a mold; formulaic production style in kyogen

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mushroom

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that is to say; that is; in short; in brief; clogging; obstruction; shrinkage

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food steam-boiled in an earthenware teapot

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to accustom oneself to using; to train; to break in (horses)

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one's nature; one's feelings; plain; unadorned; mere; poor

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Hagi ware; Hagi pottery

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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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old castle; old fortress

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first generation; founder

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Kouraizaemon

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now; come (now); well

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technique; method

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there is nothing

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as one would expect; naturally; indeed; still; all the same; after all

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warm; mild; genial

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stillness; quiet; peacefulness

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to grow in intensity; to be aggravated; to get worse; to develop

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distant

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to step aside; to move (i.e. out of the way); to make way; to resign; to retire; to quit

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to understand; to comprehend; to become clear; to be known; I know!; I think so too!

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Monday

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furnished with; including; attached to; impression; appearance; luck; sociality

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general term; generic name

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Sawa

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virtue; benevolence; profit; benefit

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to place on (something); to give (someone) a ride; to give a lift; to load (luggage); to carry; to send out (on the airwaves, etc.); to deceive

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purplish red

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thickness

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narrow; thin

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morning; breakfast; (arch.) next morning

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difference; discrepancy; variation

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curiously; curiously enough; oddly enough; to the point of being mysterious; to the extent of being strange

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each other; one another

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