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Southern Song dynasty (China, 1127-1279)

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picture; drawing; painting; image (TV, film, etc.); picture; footage

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hermit; recluse

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how much; something over; and something; however (much); no matter how

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criminal (bound by ropes); prisoner in bonds; being bound by ropes

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shed; barn; outhouse

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refined; elegant

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to all appearances; no matter how you look at it

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stern; grim; rough; rugged; forbidding; overbearing

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structure; construction; posture (e.g. in martial arts); pose; readiness; determination

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to introduce; to compare; to check; to adjust; to pull into place

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mountain villa; house in the mountains; mountain retreat

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one's father; one's old man; middle-aged (or older) man; old man; one's boss; proprietor (of a restaurant, store, etc.)

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feeling obliged; being grateful; being thankful; (arch.) shrinking back in fear

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personality; character; personal appearance; gentility

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grandchild

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once more; again

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My goodness (expresses surprise, wonder, etc.); very; extremely

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to play dumb; to feign ignorance; to play the fool; to be in one's dotage

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to make use of aizuchi; to back-channel; to throw in interjections to show that one is paying attention

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young man; young woman; young people; young employee; young manservant; young follower

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novel; new; unfamiliar; hear for the first time

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worldly affairs; ways of the world

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openly; squarely; directly; to a person's face

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to be able (to); to be possible (to)

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sixty; 60

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silkworm (Bombyx mori)

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weave; weaving; woven item

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big mouth; mouth opened wide; boastful speech; tall talk; large amount; large quantity

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trunk; torso; plastron (in kendo); touching the plastron (kimari-te in kendo); frame (of a drum, etc.); sound box (of a shamisen, etc.)

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(arch.) mourning clothes; mourning; period of mourning

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Mimasaka (former province located in the northeast of present-day Okayama Prefecture)

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short sword; knife; dagger; dirk; tantō

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three-stringed guitar

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sitting; stability

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beautiful

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fold; crease; pleat; manners; courtesy; responsible behavior (behaviour)

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difference (of opinion); strange; odd; different

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bamboo ladle

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wooden spoon; ladle; rice scoop

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difficult to ...; hard to ...

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nose

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curly hair; kinky hair; frizzy hair

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whirlpool; swirl; eddy; vortex; maelstrom

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grayish color; greyish colour; grizzled hair

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to wear one's hair up; to arrange one's hair

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(approximate) age; years; elderly; old; older (than); senior

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hair (on the head); tresses; locks

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purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.); daringly (doing something); not necessarily; not particularly; (arch.) definitely not

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arrowhead

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