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old retainer

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for generations; hereditary; generation after generation

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dispersal; scattering; discrete

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roaming; drifting about; wandering

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(male) farmer; peasant; farmhand

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to settle (in a place); to settle down

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older sister; elder sister; young lady; miss; ma'am

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history; pedigree; lineage

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eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.)

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cavity; tooth decay; decayed tooth; dental caries

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paper; note; document; bill

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small pouch containing a paper charm or talisman

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painstaking; careful; meticulous; scrupulous; detailed; elaborate

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piece (scrap, bit, strip) of paper

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(staring) piercingly; (looking) hard

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to compare with the eye

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finally; after; following; at the end (of)

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older sister; elder sister

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prayer; wish; vow

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chief priest of temple

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writing; composition; essay; sentence

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dozens; scores of; decades

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to cross over; to go across; to extend; to cover; to range

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Tao

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first-person plural (or singular); second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to)

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two masters

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thoughtless; inconsiderate; tasteless; cruel

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doer; performer; protagonist (in noh or kyogen); hero; speculator (in trading)

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Sikh

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(arch.) lowly person; (arch.) lowliness; I

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China; Chūgoku region (western part of Honshu comprising the prefectures of Okayama, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi, Tottori and Shimane); central part of a country; main region; province of the second lowest rank (ritsuryo system)

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one daughter; eldest daughter; first-born daughter

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equanimity; upeksa; upekkha

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ancestral; hereditary; imported; transmitted; handed down

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one flute; one brush

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diaper; nappy; (arch.) swaddling clothes; (arch.) loincloth

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forte; strong point

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prayer (for something); supplication

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child (esp. a boy); viscount; founder of a school of thought (esp. Confucius); master; masters and philosophers (categorization of Chinese classical literature); (arch.) you; -er (i.e. man who spends all his time doing...)

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to get; to earn; to understand; to comprehend; to receive something undesirable (e.g. a punishment); to get (ill)

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mama; mamma; mom; female proprietress (of a bar, etc.)

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mountains and rivers; natural surroundings

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horn; antler; antenna; feeler; horn-like projection (e.g. peaks of whipped cream)

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before one knows; unnoticed; unawares

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time; years

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how!; what!; alas!

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Kamakuranoudaijin

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to be good (at); to go well; to look (taste, etc.) good; to hold one's liquor; to be able to hold one's drink

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different school (e.g. of ikebana)

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Ute

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