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begging Zen priest of the Fuke sect (wearing a sedge hood and playing a shakuhachi flute)

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-ian (e.g. Italian); -ite (e.g. Tokyoite); -er (e.g. performer, etc.); person working with ...; man; person

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bamboo (any grass of subfamily Bambusoideae); middle (of a three-tier ranking system)

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gold brocade

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to put (into); to put away (in); to include (in an anthology, catalogue, etc.); to contain; to achieve (results, success, etc.); to obtain; to pay (fees, taxes, etc.)

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to insert; to put in; to come in (of light); to shine in; to have a griping pain (in the stomach, chest, etc.)

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a certain ...

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canopy; dome; priestly minstrel's reed hood; reed hood worn by Komuso priests

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deep emotion; strong feelings

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open sea; Okinawa

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wave; billow; ups and downs; (something) advancing step by step; (something) surging forward inopposably; tendency

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to twist (yarn); to lay (rope)

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to spread (out); to extend; to stretch; to reach to; to get around; to fill (e.g. a space)

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chin; jaw; gills; branchia

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cold; frigid; dignified; distinguished; (of an atmosphere) tense; nerve-racking

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bright or beautiful eyes

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to be lost in thought; to be immersed in reverie

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handsome man

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trance; ecstasy; enthusiasm

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to bring forward (e.g. by 3 hours); to advance; to hasten (e.g. one's death); to quicken (e.g. one's step); to speed up; to accelerate

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safe, easy childbirth; guardian bodhisattva, buddha or deity of children or childbirth (esp. Ksitigarbha or Avalokitesvara)

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Namamugi

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Tsurumi

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Kawasaki (city)

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countryside; country; 50-home township (comprised of 2-3 neighbourhoods)

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Toshuu

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riding together; fellow passenger; joint partnership

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year end

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that sort of; that kind of; like that; such; so

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to do completely; to do accidentally; to do without meaning to; to happen to do

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raincoat

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traveler; traveller; stranger

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furoshiki; wrapping cloth; cloth wrapper

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apiece; each; at a time; piecemeal

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sales clerk (in a merchant house, ranking between the head clerk and an apprentice); shopman; shop assistant

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side of a boat; gunwale

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busy; hectic; hurried; rapid; quick; sudden

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sea basses; groupers

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to interrupt; to interfere; to meddle; to intrude; to butt in; to poke one's nose into

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noodles made from regular flour and horse chestnut flour

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facetious; droll; funny

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... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"); ... in the world (e.g. "why in the world?"); ... on earth (e.g. "who on earth?")

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last night; yesterday evening

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residential area

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sunset; sundown; end; close; year-end; end of the year

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burnt field

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Sakumachō

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rush mat; matting; mat

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shaft of an arrow (usu. made of thin bamboo); cornetfish

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making a prayer (to a god or Buddha)

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