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Konjaku Monogatarishū (abbr) (31-volume collection of stories written during the late Heian period); The Tale of Konjaku

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complete cure; radical cure; complete recovery

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with a bang (clash, bump)

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olden days; former

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three; 3

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medium amount of wealth; middling property; owner of medium wealth

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to be

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monkey (esp. the Japanese macaque, Macaca fuscata); ape; sly person; idiot; hick; sliding wooden bolt (for holding a door or window shut); clasp used to control the height of a pot-hook

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snake; serpent; large snake

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every year; yearly; annually

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festival; feast; harassment by an Internet pitchfork mob; online shaming; galore (as in "goals galore"); frenzy

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(living) sacrifice; victim; scapegoat

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pond

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indigenous person; inhabitant of a country; local; native; local lords and samurai; daimyo who did not leave his domains to meet the shogun in Kyoto (during the Muromachi period)

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wife; bride; (one's) daughter-in-law

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virgin; maiden

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white robe or costume

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past and present

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imperial court; royal court

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without

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remote place; backcountry; the sticks; hinterland

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demonstration; presentation; stage show; performance

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to disappear into; to be lost in; to do something under the cover of (confusion, etc.); to be almost indistinguishable; to be confusingly similar; to be diverted from (negative emotions, etc.)

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court dance and music

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mask; disguise; guise; mask

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mask worn by a bugaku dancer

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garlic chives (Allium tuberosum); Chinese chives; Chinese leek

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repeatedly; to a tremendous extent

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unable to resist; unable to suppress

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deep regret; grief

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being empty-handed; bare hands (in a fight); being penniless

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it cannot be helped; there's nothing for it; it's no use fighting back; it's hopeless; there is no way out of it

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unexpected; unforeseen; inconceivable

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safety; welfare; well-being

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to ascertain; to check; to make sure

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season; the times; opportunity; occasion

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nevertheless; at any rate; even so; all things considered; be that as it may

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strict; stern

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having to be; must be; should be; ought to be

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solace; relaxation

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ink black

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to serve (in a bowl, on a plate, etc.); to dish out; to pile up; to heap up; to administer (medicine, poison); to dose out; to put into (e.g. information in a report, meaning in a statement)

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imperial throne

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pouring alcohol; person pouring alcohol (esp. a woman)

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heavy drinker

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drunkenness; intoxication; motion sickness; travel sickness

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fleeting; transient; short-lived; empty (dream, etc.); mere (hope); faint (possibility)

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armful; employee

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tottering; staggering; faltering; reeling

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leopard (Panthera pardus)

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