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originally; essentially; naturally; in the first place; to begin with

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Buddhist teachings; Buddhism

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large number of children (per family); bearing many children

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taking a meal; eating

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tea drinking; teahouse; tearoom; coffee lounge

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(written) work; book; (written) by; clearness; obviousness

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clothing; garment; dress

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self-deprecation; self-derision; self-mockery; laughing at oneself

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gatha (poetic verse of a scripture)

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after all; anyway; actually; well, ...; ... on earth (e.g. "what on earth?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")

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point of view; viewpoint; standpoint; field inspection (e.g. in architecture, building)

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try to be; want to be

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kick; treating (someone) poorly

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to be pleased with; to be to one's liking

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to recognize; to recognise; to deem; to judge; to approve; to deem acceptable; to admit

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poem; poetry; verse; Chinese poem

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to laugh; to smile; to sneer; to ridicule; to be dumbfounded; to be flabbergasted

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fool

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to be exhausted

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dumbfounded; overcome with surprise; in blank amazement; in a daze

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unusual; unwonted; uncharacteristic

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urgent business

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to become quiet; to quiet down; to quieten down; to calm down; to die down; to subside

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noon; midday; daytime; lunch

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Ōtsu-e; Edo-period folk art genre of painting originating in Ōtsu

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hatago (type of Edo-period inn for travellers)

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Ōtsu (city in Shiga)

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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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well

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quiet (place); still; silent; inconspicuously; modestly; quietly

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night fog

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to meet; to encounter; to see; to have an accident; to have a bad experience

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to take a breather; to take a rest; to catch one's breath; to take a breath

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biwa (Japanese lute)

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excluding; except (for); apart from; outside (a boundary, scope, etc.)

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one color; one kind; one tendency; being the sole mood, sentiment, focus of attention, etc.

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mica; isinglass

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to shine; to glitter; to be bright

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a pair (of shoes or socks)

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near; close (to); nearby; (drawing) near; approaching; almost here

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Sunday; nth day (of the month); counter for days; Japan

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sinus; cavity; antrum; neighborhood (administrative division in North Korea)

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failure; defeat; mistake; unconsciousness

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10th day of the month; ten days

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to think hard; to brood over; to worry too much (about); to torment oneself (with the thought of)

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rib; frame (of a ship)

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to be packed (with); to be filled; to be blocked (of a pipe, nose, etc.); to be clogged; to be become shorter; to shrink; to be at a loss (for)

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fear; horror; risk; danger; awe; reverence

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apt to (do); liable to; predominantly; mostly; ... reaps the rewards; ... takes the prize

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dried lacquer; dry lacquer (technique); kanshitsu; technique for making objects (vessels, sculptures, statues, etc.) from many layers of hemp cloth soaked with lacquer

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