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Asiatic dayflower (Commelina communis)

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dark (color); concentrated; thick

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(arch.) kariginu (informal clothes worn by the nobility from the Heian period onwards); (during the Edo period) patterned kariginu

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ancient oriental belt decoration; counter for swords

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eboshi; black-lacquered headgear (made of silk, cloth or paper) originally worn by court nobles in ancient Japan

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approximate age; age range

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appearance; air; mien; getup

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quietly; slowly; gracefully

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bow (salute, greeting)

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silence (not speaking); muteness

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speck; glimpse

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natural; reasonable; understandable

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hunting

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to start; to leave

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automatic; intransitive verb

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on board a ship

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if

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worldly affairs; ways of the world

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to amuse oneself; to make merry

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to be fragrant; to smell (good); to stink; to smell (bad); to glow; to be bright

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regrettable; disappointing; precious; dear; too good for; deserving better

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disembarkation; getting off a ship; going ashore

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low birth; humble origin; lowly; base; vulgar

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within the prefecture (of Kyoto or Osaka); (arch.) within the town limits of Edo

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visitor

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staringly; fixedly; unblinkingly

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to look at again; to re-examine (policy, estimate, plan, etc.); to review; to get a better opinion of; to see in a more positive light; to improve

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to give one's name (as); to introduce oneself (as); to claim to be; to call oneself; to reveal oneself (as); to admit to being

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impression

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Sasaki Douyo

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to learn by hearsay

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various

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existence; being

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swing; shake; appearance; behaviour; pretence (pretense); show; going to restaurant, hotel etc. without a reservation or introduction

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wind and frost; hardships

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wow

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sigh (of grief, disappointment, etc.); grieving; lamenting; deploring

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to pile up; to heap up; to stack up; to repeat many times over; to go through repeatedly; to accumulate

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token; a trifle

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bringing; taking; carrying

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feeling; sensation; emotion; interjection

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fish market; fish dealer; fishmonger

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(sake) decanter

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dangling; aimlessly; casually; unexpectedly

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stuffing; packing; end (esp. the foot of a bridge); lowest-ranking guest at tea ceremony; tea master; endgame (esp. in shogi or used figuratively); sweet eel sauce

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person; member

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top of the head

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forefoot; forefeet; foreleg; forelimb

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particle indicating that the speaker is trying to recall some information

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Takako

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