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adult striped mullet; in the end; after all is said and done

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ascent; climbing; up-train; train heading toward the starting point of its route; upbound (esp. toward Tokyo); upstream

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Japanese domestic

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criterion; standard; yardstick; rough estimate; approximation

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poem; narrative (style of the Shi Jing); classical Chinese rhymed prose

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divining sticks; counting; calculation

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ticket; token; label; tag; sign; card; playing card

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to distribute; to hand out; to deliver; to allot; to allocate; to place (staff, soldiers, etc.)

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Jishū sect (of Buddhism)

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once; one time; exclusively; only; alone

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holy priest; saint

5

En'ō era (1239.2.7-1240.7.16)

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first year (of an imperial era); year something (important) first happened or began

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Shōō era (1288.4.28-1293.8.5)

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death

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than; other than; except; but

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to dance (orig. a hopping dance)

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piece (in shogi, chess, etc.); (arch.) horse; (arch.) foal; bridge (of a violin, etc.)

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to peep (through); to peek; to await (one's chance); to guess; to infer

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to think of; to hit upon; to come into one's mind; to remember; to recall

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beginning; start; outset

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willingly; voluntarily; on one's own accord

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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both sides

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image; figure; figure; form; image

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flanking image (e.g. in a Buddha triad)

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to amuse oneself; to make merry

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principal object of worship at a temple (usu. a buddha or bodhisattva); principal image; idol; the man himself; the person at the heart of the matter

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Gautama Buddha; Shakyamuni; the historical Buddha (5th c. BCE?)

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Samantabhadra (bodhisattva); Universal Compassion

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two halves of the whole; two wheels on which everything rolls

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even scale; equilibrium; balance; equalization; equalisation

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balance

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separate; respective

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to be understood by each other (of thoughts, feelings, etc.); to be comprehended; to exchange with each other (thoughts, feelings, etc.); to express to each other (e.g. intentions); to communicate with each other

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pool (in river)

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Shinanogawa

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each; individual

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communality; community; having something in common

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bank; embankment; dike

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almost; roughly; approximately

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natural tendency; natural course of events; force of circumstances

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to go in the direction of; to proceed toward; to become; to face (facts, circumstances, etc.); (arch.) to abide by; (arch.) to agree to

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to incline toward; to slant; to lurch; to go down (sun); to wane; to sink

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repair; mending

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flood; flooding

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torrentially; swiftly flowing (water, esp. river); (speak) eloquently; fluently; flood of the times (moving strongly in one direction); current of the times

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full of; brimming with

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both banks (of a river)

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anti-

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